For the first in my ad hoc (meaning totally unplanned and I hope I can come up with eight topics) eight-post series to build excitement for and remind myself of the meaning of Hannukah as the first night approaches in…
violin and keyboard redux, and cr*p
It is important to note, especially for those who may be fearing for our sanity, that Jonah has progressed past Mary Had a Little Lamb to an appreciation of all seven pre-recorded songs on his WinFun Concert Master Violin. I…
we have entered the era of the noisy toy
Some mothers are assiduous about avoiding plastic. Others diligently acquire intelligence boosting toys like black-and-white everything and Baby Einstein (when that was, you know, the thing). I’d managed, up to now, to avoid toys that would emit sounds that make…
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…
the skull obsession continues
And we continue to oblige it. Went back to craft store yesterday to get more sparkly skull stickers — because we’d completely lost the piece of paper where he’d stuck the first batch. Came home with new batch, found old…
so nice, i bought it twice
I think we have entered the obsessive phase of toddlerhood. Anyone have advice on when this ends? It started like this: Ages ago, I saw a pair of jeans in Baby Gap. Fake distressed, with fake patches, and an embroidered…