He says to me: “Tell a story about Remmy and Hammy.” (We’ve been making up stories for a couple of weeks now about Hammy the hammerhead shark and his best friend Remmy the Remora fish. There’s also a Mako shark…
Category: conversations
marry me
We had a normal-to-rough-ish day. Threat level: Yellow/Bert. It started out mostly sweet. Jonah had his morning beverage and I had mine. We squished into the glider chair together and read about dinosaurs. Getting him out the door to preschool…
sign him up for acting classes
Tonight, while Jonah was eating his sandwich, a little bit may have gone down the wrong pipe. He coughed vigorously. And then he proclaimed that he needed to go to the hospital. This is because last week, on Thursday night,…
jonah said
This morning, Jonah crawled into bed next to me, wiggled himself up into the pillows until we were practically nose-to-nose, and said: Momma, I love you. I am saving all of my love for you. … This afternoon, as we…
things have changed – and not
Once upon a time, my child was so entranced with ants, he would try to catch them. To have them sit in his palm. This afternoon, he was sitting beside me on my office floor, smacking them DEAD with the…
lightning mcqueen vs. the dinosaurs (with special thanks to the lawrence hall of science)
For now, dinosaurs win. From the previous postings, you’d think we were all CARS all the time around here. But no. In fact, the most popular characters in our imaginary play lately have been dinosaurs. Jonah’s favorites are T-Rex and…
a few words on death and dying
Jonah has been talking a lot about death and reincarnation lately — not that he knows the latter word but the idea is pretty strong for him. Of course his whole take on the issue is kind of adorable… Our…
jonah’s computer
Jonah has a computer that his friend Vida made for him at preschool. Just now, as I was sneaking a peak at Facebook (oh no, I never ever check email or social media during our playtime because I am a…