Here it goes. A week and a half with no school. All the moms are out and about with their kids, sledding at the park, walking around town.
Luckily for me, today was blazing sunshine and 40 degrees. Warm enough for no mittens. Warm enough to take off jackets. Warm enough to promise Spring in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Girls'
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
February 22nd, 2010 No Comments
Tags: school vacation · spring fever
Cabin Fever 2: How To Survive January
January 9th, 2010 No Comments
Last winter was rough. I felt like I spent weeks cooped up indoors with a warmth-loving 3-year-old and a wild-monster 1-year old.
It’s true, my oldest is something of a hothouse flower. She loves heat and being naked.
She’d probably thrive in Southern Florida, but she’s going to have to wait till college for that lifestyle.
Just when [...]
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Sister Talk
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
Two siblings talking at the breakfast table. Another miracle… They now share a private conversation separate from our adult world. The two-year-old interrogates the 4-year-old, delighted at her new verbal prowess.
(dialogue recorded September 2009 and just now rediscovered in an old notebook)…
C: D’you like SNAKES, Ava?
A: NO.
C: D’you like BEARS, Ava?
A: NO!
C: D’you like DEERS, [...]
Tags: conversation · siblings · sisters
Home Sick
December 3rd, 2009 No Comments
A. is home from school. She caught the throw-up bug from C. and is running a little fever of 100.2. Her cheeks are flaming pink and her skin hot to the touch. Other than one watery vomit at 2 am, she is animated and full of energy as usual.
Perhaps more so, since she ate [...]
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Been Caught Stealing
November 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Not the Jane’s Addiction song, but a parenting experience at Whippersnappers Kids’ Consignment Shop. I’d dropped off a bag of old clothes to sell (got $11) and convinced A. to try on an adorable, red and black, red-riding-hood style, fleece coat with toggle buttons.
She grudgingly put the coat on, then skipped off to the Kids’ [...]
Tags: Been Caught Stealing · Jane's Addiction · Parenting · shoplifting · Whippersnappers
A Tale of Two Fevers
November 9th, 2009 No Comments
Last weekend I got Halloween fever and went to 4 parties and a parade.
This weekend I got a real fever and stayed in bed.
Last weekend I was a wood fairy, accompanied by a pink toddler fairy and a brown deer.
This weekend I was a sad, sick, sneezing Mommy.
Last weekend I ate candy and practiced my [...]
I Love Kale, and other surprises
November 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Last week A. decided she liked kale. A leafy kale forest is still growing in our half-tilled vegetable garden, next to the bean tee-pee twined with dead vines.
A. ran up to the kale, ripped off a leaf, and started munching it raw. ”YUM! I love kale!” she shouted.
My heart swelled with joy and relief. [...]
The Curse of Markers
October 25th, 2009 No Comments
I hate markers. Their caps get lost, they dry out, and the girls draw all over their bodies with them. Markers are always underfoot.
Despite a hard-hearted vow to allow only crayons from now on, I broke down and bought a pack of Crayola Slick-Sticks. These babies are a lethal hybrid of marker and pastel– [...]
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The Dark Season
October 18th, 2009 1 Comment
Give me October in Vermont and I’ll give you apple-picking, leaf-raking, and blazing orange-red hills.
I’ll also give you 35 degrees and raining. This morning I manhandled A. into her winter parka and physically pushed her out the door. She was refusing to go outside due to the cold, and I was having an anxiety-inducing [...]
Tags: daylight saving time · Parenting · preschooler · winter
Jump Up
October 14th, 2009 No Comments
Just when you think you think you know who your children are, they surprise you. It’s easy to fall into the trap of labeling two different siblings (even if you’ve read Siblings Without Rivalry).
Too often, we pigeonhole our kids: A. is the artist, C. is the athlete. A. is imaginative, C. is physical. A. loves [...]
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