Or "Try, Try Again"
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009
Another plug for my favorite eye-products vendor, zennioptical.com. We broke a couple of pairs of glasses on our vacation, me snapping an arm off one of my $8 pairs while putting the baby in a car seat and Maggie losing a nose pad while she patiently sat in a car seat. I went to order [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009
Things I Want to Read About: Bonsai trees Square foot gardening Emergency preparedness Acrylic painting Child development: preschool years and early child hood General parenting General Authorities’ biographies Exercise Nutrition Non-electronic activities for children Nursery rhymes Photography
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009
I took the kids to the library today. I adore libraries for a variety of reasons–free books, the comforting book smell, predictable organization, to name a few. But since a few years ago when my oldest became a toddling library monster, enthusiastically pulling mountains of books off shelves or bee-lining for the elevator whenever I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Since I derive great pleasure from it and I don’t remember bringing it up here before, I thought I’d mention “Jeeves & Wooster.” It’s a comedic British TV series based on a set of novels written by P.G. Wodehouse back in the 1930s. As far as I know, it’s where the idea [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2009
Maggie has been twirling all day. Dancing, twirling, and singing to herself. Earlier this afternoon while she twirled, I said something like “I love your dancing Maggie!” And she countered “NO! I’m not dancing. I’m just going to go in circles for a minute.” Okay Maggie, you’re just going in circles. I need to remember [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2009
Heidi really started crawling along yesterday. For about a month she’s been slowly scooting around, crab-style kind of like her brother did long ago, but with a sideways twist. But yesterday she decided she really wanted to start going places instead of crawling a step or two and sitting, and I suddenly decided I need [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2009
We just caught Heidi scooting across the floor, almost crawling, up on both knees and falling forward with her face! I pulled out the video camera and sorta got it on film, though she wasn’t really interested in a repeat performance. Fun to get some memories on tape, especially with Maggie in the background for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009
I’ve been actively encouraging my kids to practice trying new things, even when the new things are hard to do or green-eggs-and-ham unattractive. I think trying new things is an important skill to learn, so I’m teaching it to my kids despite the inevitable hassle it creates for yours truly. Interestingly, the whole world seems [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2009
We went to the ophthalmologist today to check and make sure Maggie’s glasses were the right prescription, that we got good glasses, and that they were doing their job. All of the above were good to go. Yay! I was pleased and relieved to find out we won’t have to do patching or surgery to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
I’ve got a garden this year. Actually, I share a garden with my father-in-law, but that seems to be a better way than doing it myself anyway since the garden gets water more often. Gardens are a lot more fun now than when I was little and tired of hoeing weeds out of Grandpa Bushman’s [...]