Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Random things said to children on a Sunday night:Pie, we don’t put artichoke leaves on our ears. Pie, seriously. Pie, get the artichokes out of your ears now! Pie, you can’t hide artichoke leaves in your hair, either. Pie! No, Pie, you cannot sleep with your shalach manot. Me: Doodles, you can’t celebrate both Purim [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
I have a to-read list a mile long. I’ll never get through it, but I still always add new books to it. I have no shortage of books. But movies? I have no clue about movies. Odd that I was once a film major, huh? I couldn’t be more disconnected from the movie scene. I [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hey, you! What are you doing here? Are you just trying to distract me. People, I have THINGS to do! Okay, deep breath. Those of you who know me, know I’m a fairly organized person. I have binders. They’re labeled. They’re color coded. They’re pretty. Adam just went to the accountant to do our taxes. [...]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I’ve read a number of times that kids like boundaries. It helps them feel safe in the world. But no one has demonstrated that more the Pie. We’re having a tough time with that monkey, but as she’s both two and terrible, I’m hoping this is a phase she will outgrow. Our lives have become [...]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Pie’s in a big girl bed. I really, really didn’t want to do it, but she was starting to sling her leg over the side of her crib, and I feared for the splat. Last Thursday morning, she was up at 3:47 a.m. Adam tried bringing her into our already overcrowded bed (Doodles had climbed [...]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Do you ever just have one of those days? When your toddler hasn’t napped, your preschooler is hopped up on sugar, and everything seems to be slightly off kilter? Like you turn around and your dinner (Shabbat dinner, no less) is setting off the smoke alarm, your daughter has peed on the floor and is [...]
Pie loves to “draw.” Coloring, writing, whatever. Loves it. But I’m not crazy about her walking all over the house with open markers, so I generally confiscate them quickly when she’s done, which doesn’t go over so well. Luckily, she’s into her Color Wonder markers, so we’ve found a happy medium as she can keep [...]
On the diaper-changing table (no, that girl is nowhere near potty trained, thanks for asking): Pie: I’m not feeling [which is Pie's way of saying she's not feeling well]Me: Oh, Sweetie! What’s wrong?Pie: I want somebody to make me feel better.Me: Of course, Sweetie! What can I do to make you feel better?Pie: No, not [...]
Once upon a time, I had a writing teacher make me keep an Observation Log, a journal in which I recorded one tiny fact of my day. Something seemingly minor. It’s a habit I’ve followed in fits and starts throughout the years and something I always mean to do more of, as reading back on [...]
I don’t normally post unrelated videos on my site, but I found this over at Mom O Matic and I thought it was hysterical.