Month: July 2013

We went to the market today, and baby saw the bouncy castles. We had checked them out before but she wasn’t ready. Today, she said she wanted to go in. I paid, she took off her shoes, and then asked me to hold her. And we stood there. We looked in. She talked about it. …

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Friends, I am about to be a published writer. On Tuesday night at around midnight, just before we headed out on our vacation, I sent an inquiry to a local magazine asking if they might be interested in my writing for their next annual issue. I didn’t know when it was to be published; in …

Read more “On the road with a little”

So, as parents, we don’t always make the best choices, but I think we’ve found one that works. We don’t make our daughter say thank you. Or please. Or “sorry.” Following from my beloved Alfie Kohn, we don’t push her to say anything that she doesn’t feel authentically. We want her to mean what she …

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I can’t avoid it. WHY??? We head on vacation tomorrow. Yay!!! Vancouver, then San Francisco. Totally spontaneous, one of the major benefits of my unemployment + airmiles. And we thought we were on top of things. Totally! We were wrapping stuff up. We wouldn’t over-do it. We were almost packed. We would have all day …

Read more “Pre-Travel Angst”

I’m now heading into well over one month as a stay-at-home parent. I don’t want to comment on whether it’s going well or not, but here are some things I’ve noticed. I generally love it. And Alya seems to as well. Not setting an alarm clock = totally wonderful Not having to make/pack lunches + …

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Alya’s first trip to the dentist today left me with a bad taste in my mouth. She doesn’t like invasions of her personal space. At all. She has put restrictions on kissing and hugging, even by her parents, and we do our best to respect that and inform other people about it (i.e., “Alya doesn’t …

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