Mom on the edge.
Mostly they run in circles. Though sometimes they bop back and forth. Sorry for Dance Style #2 being so far away, but I was afraid if I got closer they would know what I was doing and would stop. I felt a little like I was hiding in the brush taking video of wildebeests in [...]
Today Eli is finally 4. Three seemed to last forever, I tell you. I can’t believe there’s still another year-and-a-half until he goes to kindergarten. I feel like he’s going to have a full beard by then. He’s been on a bit of a tear lately, pulling the same outrageous behavior he pulled before Christmas. [...]
We’ve been compiling Eli’s birthday CD. While Henry’s birthday CDs always tend toward the alt-folk-country genre, Eli has requested that all the songs on his CD be “loud” and also danceable. We’ve been testing the second factor as best we can. Ok, so this first one isn’t so much for the dancing as to show [...]
Ah, how I long for the days when you could just run in circles and it would pass for dancing.
Ok, what is it with my kids asking Santa for impossible items? Is it because they don’t watch television? If they watched TV they’d just ask for some Matchbox raceway they saw on a commercial. But no. Here’s what it says: “Dear Santa Claus, Please give us a pet bush baby and a pickax with [...]
Why do I let myself get all worked up about stupid Halloween costumes? This year Eli wanted to be a crossing guard, and I scoured the internet until I found just the thing (which is, in fact, a real crossing guard outfit, since it turns out no other child in the history of Halloween has [...]
So while Henry has his own rituals for the morning of the first day of school, the afternoon of the first day of school had him peeling off his clothes and climbing into Dave and my bed. Which led Eli and Zuzu to join in, which led to this, one of my favorite photos of [...]
Henry: Eli, you can make three wishes. Eli: Ok. I wish to like riding my bicycle. Henry: Eli! That’s not a wish! Eli: What is a wish? Henry: A wish is something that you want to do in your life, something you want to happen. Eli: Ok. I wish to be a lobster catcherman. Henry: [...]
As we all know, Eli has a history of going full bore until he suddenly, and often dramatically, falls asleep. This was his latest. I didn’t see it happen, but it looked like he was standing near the couch, and then just sort of pitched forward into slumber. But really, wouldn’t you be tired if [...]
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