conversation at the breakfast table this past weekend…
S. asks n.,
n., why did you wake up so much last night? were you having bad dreams?
b. pipes up,
*I* had a dream about nico and jack e. (friends from school).
i say, skeptically,
b., do you know what a dream is?
yes! it’s wishing in your sleep!
pretty good, sweet boy, pretty [...]
Archive for May, 2008
dream on
Posted in parenting on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hello, pet
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
introducing … the boys’ first pets … the small swimming variety, not surprisingly.
meet … (L to R) orange crush (b.’s) and konky (n.’s). at least neither of them are named john, right? but, seriously, konky?? what the??
they are, as expected, temporarily enamored of them. we went to hoboken this afternoon, and [...]
instructions from the can
Posted in parenting on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
b. is on the potty doing his business. his hollerings to n.:
n.! come upstairs, go into the guest room, get a book, bring it to me in the bathroom, then go back.
n., make sure you’re not dragging your baba around! because your baba will get dirty if you do that!
upon n.’s successful completion of the [...]
the next vanilla ice
Posted in parenting on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i just dated myself with that reference, didn’t i? well, are there contemporary white rap artists?
i just dated myself with that question, didn’t i? urg, never mind.
have i mentioned to you what an adept rhymer n. is? i don’t remember b. learning to rhyme at such an early age. i’m pretty sure he was closer [...]
to each his own
Posted in parenting on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i’m not sure how much of this is personality vs. stage of development so i thought i’d write some of it down for posterity …
choices
when it’s n.’s turn to pick a tv show to watch, he knows right away what he wants. and generally, no matter how many choices i give him, he sticks [...]
knowing everything
Posted in parenting on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i went to this great talk last night. the speaker was the author of “raising cain.” so i bought one of his new books, “it’s a boy!” and was looking at it this morning. i was telling b. about the author and explained that the man used to be a teacher and now writes books [...]
insanity
Posted in me, parenting on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
surely this is not an original observation, but it occurred to me this morning that motherhood (parenting?) is truly an exercise in insanity. that is, a fulfillment of that colloquial definition of insanity described in last night’s episode of “ugly betty” (the inspiration of this observation!) … “doing the same thing over and over, expecting [...]
the bad, the ugly, and the good
Posted in parenting on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
our playdate this afternoon got cancelled and it’s been drizzling on and off all day, so the boys and i were sort of bouncing around inside of the house and our own heads this afternoon. after a break to go to costco, we came back and resumed being restless. i came upstairs to [...]
turn it down!
Posted in parenting on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
why does n. feel the need to shout everything?? he’s only got 1 sibling, who is not nearly as deafening.
i fear that this, as with most things related to parenting, is my fault. aiya.
lymi
baby steps
Posted in parenting on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
the latest development in our admittedly half- (or quarter-) hearted potty training efforts …
we haven’t been pushing it at all. we bring it up now and again, almost always to be rejected. fine. we leave it alone because it leads to bad things. but for the past few weeks or so, n. has taken to [...]
