Okay, just on the shortest end of another shortish longest shortest time over here. Last time I checked in about this, Sasha had bronchitis. That wound up blooming into an ear infection and on top of everything she got slammed with a stomach virus. She woke up vomiting three nights in a row. Shivering in […]
I woke up this morning being hit on the head with a wooden mallet. A toy one, but still. I’ve been getting hit in the face a lot lately and it’s hard to know what to do. Most of the time I try to keep my cool and say things like, “No hitting people.” Or […]
When I was twelve years old I loved being around toddlers so much that I volunteered at a local nursery school in the summer. I’d walk there every day and occasionally a neighbor’s black Scottie named Ted would follow me. I babysat those kids and countless others through high school, college, and grad school. For […]
The start of our “We Can’t Stop” series — kids’ media we can’t stop consuming.
Back when I first posted about the book Sasha and I were creating to help process her broken leg, I got a comment from my friend Margaret recommending that we read the “I Feel” books by Marcia Leonard. These tiny board books are not in print anymore, but you can find them easily through sellers […]