We’re driving in the car on the way to the gym. Jonah says, “Mama, tell me a story.” I turn the radio off and begin: Once upon a time, there was a… Train! says Jonah. Once upon a time there…
Category: conversations
in which i inadvertently introduce violent toys into his life and we wax philosophical about poohpooh
I subscribe to Freecycle. As a Freecycler, I’ve passed along some pretty cool stuff and picked up some pretty cool stuff. There have been duds. The trio of giant wicker pumpkins comes to mind. It’s a bit like gambling. Or…
jonah’s stories
This morning, Jonah told me he had stories to tell. And then he told them, one after the other. I have no idea where the data came from for the Dragon story. The Zebra story is a variation on one…
joy, pain, sunshine, (no) rain
Again with the weeks between posts. What is going on??? Excuse, the first: I’ve been working. As a professional writer/editor, I find that my blogging mojo gets zapped when I am using my powers for good in other areas. Been…
more tantrums
Today I screamed at Jonah until he cried. We were leaving the house, in the car, having just said goodbye to daddy. Daddy had seen a scrap of wood on the floor and as he was about to close the…
dee-ay-emm-emm-eye-tee
(Note: One word of not-genteel language may appear in this post — more than once. Adjust your screen, browser, expectations, whatnot, accordingly.) Today Jonah had his other first day of preschool. We already went through the first day back in…
it’s thomas’ world; we just peep-peep around in it
Oh Thomas. How quickly you overtook our lives. It started innocently enough with a seeming affinity to train tables at the play spaces and toy stores. We could have gone Brio. Thought briefly about the Brio; Brio would have been…
the purim post: toddler megillah, cookies, sprained hand, and a bad man
Having seen the lovely presentation put together by another preschool parent in honor of Chinese New Year, I boldly volunteered to bring a little of the culture of my people to the kids for Purim. And then these things happened:…