I received a compliment from Sariah tonight:
“Mom, that’s four nights in a row of good dinners!”
Coming from a six-year-old, this is very encouraging.
Especially my six-year-old, who, by the way, was never picky, AT ALL, for about the first four years of her life — seriously, the girl would eat chips with chunky salsa, raw red onions, every kind of […]
I know it’s New Years; I have no excuse for my perennial lateness.
Oh wait, yes I do. In the form of three small children. So there!
But look, I uploaded some Christmas fun to Flickr.
(Click any of the pictures to get through to Flickr.)
We got the girls a whole bunch of Polly Pockets. (Gotta love Craigslist.)
I helped the girls make […]
Last time I told Sariah the pumpkin she decorated was going the way of the earth, she broke into hysterics (as she is prone to do some of the time). So tonight when I noticed another decorative pumpkin was ready for the compost pile, I remembered to give her a little advanced noticed.
I told her […]
I am delighted that our family is getting old enough to have absolutely hilarious conversations. Oh, it is wonderful, and I can only imagine it will become more and more so as our children pass through different developmental stages.
I wish I could remember all these gems so I could record them, and I especially wish I […]
I heard screeching from inside the car while I was pumping gas. I opened the door to the car to these impassioned pronouncements:
Jade (3): She pushed on my leg!
Sarah (6): She grabbed my hair!
I stared at them quizzically for a sec before Jade broke in with her final announcement, directed at me:
“You, poop!”
I couldn’t help the smile, and as […]
First, a sidenote about my last post. All the hitting that is going on, don’t worry, I’m not allowing our home to become a scary/harmful place to be. For one thing, she’s not actually doing it with an intention of causing pain so much as with a need for help/attention, and so even in the […]
Filed in: child development • cuteness • parenting | September 9, 2009
Sarah, 6, teaching me joy, playfulness, and being in the moment:
Sarah: “I lost my balloon!” (We don’t have any balloons.)
Me, catching on: “Oh, no! Where did it go?”
S: Points to the ceiling.
M: Walk over, jump up, reach, and hand the invisible string back to her.
S: Bringing it over, holds her hand out Tie it on my wrist.
Which […]
We’re cleaning and packing because we’re going to Utah for a week. Jade is trying to figure out what’s going on.
J: Are we going to our new house, Mama?
M: No, not right now. We’re going to Utah for a week, and then we’ll move to our new house when we get back.
J: Oh, and then pigs […]
Hi, I'm Kate.
I have a propensity for rambling at length about parenting, attempting crafting projects far beyond my capabilities, staying up entirely too late, and craving sugary treats. This is my journal.
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