It’s like a butterfly landed on your nose, only better because it’s the Emily sticker you got for your third potty success of the day. (Alternate title of this post: In Which Thomas the Tank Engine And His Friends Assist…
Category: milestones
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 preschool diaries: the remains of the (first) day
So, here’s how the bento came back: Rice cakes were a dud. Sandwich was not as popular as expected. Cucumber was much more popular than could possibly have been anticipated. Dates and cheese were demolished — not surprising. All in…
the preschool diaries: the first almost-full day of school
Today was Jonah’s first day of preschool. I dropped him off at 8:30 this morning. Will pick him up after lunch at 12:30. Here’s what the toddler house looks like, from the front (to go with the interior and yard…
the preschool diaries: transition week
We have officially survived the first week of Transition. Transition isn’t over yet, but rather continues into next week, one of the many reasons why I like this preschool. Yesterday was Day 3. We arrived at 8:45 a.m., the first…
a lot and nothing at all
1. More skulls: Thank you GAP for continuing to keep us in skulls. The boy now has skull-and-crossbones socks. Three pair, though I’m already wondering if I should get more, and in more sizes. He also now has a GAP…
jonah’s birthday
Jonah is 2 today. Right now we’re in Nana and PopPop’s house. They’re still sleeping. Scott is building giant towers out of Duplos with the birthday boy. He is an extraordinary boy. He has a way of wanting things a…
jonah’s song
Jonah made up a song. The melody was from a ditty he learned in our punk-rock singalong class. I didn’t know he’d actually “learned” it until now. He’d never sung it or shown any particular interest in it. But this…