You never know when Jonah might actually reveal something about what happens during the day at summer camp. He certainly doesn’t reveal much when asked. Sometimes I can trick him into giving me a detail. I’ve wormed out of him…
I’m feeling weepy about the end of an era in our lives. The six month occupation of the Lawrence Hall of Science by the Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit. We were there from the first day, on May 28th, when we stumbled…
You insert your quarter and pull the arm. Every third, tenth, hundredth time, you hit the jackpot. Your brain likes jackpot. You insert your quarter and pull the arm, insert quarter, pull arm… But the 4-year-old is easier to please.…
And poof, it’s over. Am already back in Oakland which was shivery and cold and gray from the moment we returned through midday today, just depressing enough to make the already fading memories of the trip a little more vivid…
We came to Kauai as a family for the first time when Jonah was barely 4 months old. We came back again two years ago when he was almost 2. And now we are here, with our almost-4-year-old. Given that…
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…
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…
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…
