Monthly Archives: March 2007

Another first step

Last night Carl and I left Noah with my mother in law, who was down for the weekend, and went to a concert at the TSO. !! We did it with surprisingly little fanfare too; got the tickets at the … Continue reading

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Angst, inc.

I feel pretty good about me as Noah’s parent. That is to say, although I live in fear that I am messing him up and can point to 20 different ways I failed yesterday at being tuned in and all … Continue reading

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The tenor of our days // 19 months, sort of

Thanks everyone for kind comments & emails. I am sucking at answering things lately. April is my month of reform for that, so watch out in your inboxes. :) Since gathering life up again (and coming to the end of … Continue reading

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Emotional trip report

Before we left on Monday we of course went to the cemetary. This year, year three, what would be Emily’s third birthday, is the year of bitter, I think.  Perhaps this is a good time to let everyone know that … Continue reading

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Less emotional trip report

This is the bare-bones report. On the way up we had a little cloud inside the car. No, literally: a little gaseous cloud making mist on the windshield.  We both commented on how odd it was, the weather inside the … Continue reading

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Emily’s week

… and a much needed pause in our daily lives. We will be back Friday but probably not online much ’til Saturday night. I have in the past posted from there, but this time am not taking my laptop (Carl is … Continue reading

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Zoo days

Yesterday I’d intended to get organized to leave on Monday, make lists for the weekend, and generally be domestic. Until JY called and said “let’s take our kids to the zoo!”  (We both have memberships and it is about 10-15 … Continue reading

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Okay, okay, I will post this (edited)

Everyone I’ve told this to has said “ah HA HA he is YOUR KID” so I guess I’d better share. I brought down a rubber duckie that Noah wanted (it had somehow migrated to a high shelf) and he said as clearly as … Continue reading

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Registration: an olympic sport

I got Noah into his programmes this term, yay. I was on the computer at 6:57 (registration starts at 7 am) but all the sessions were full, so I sat hitting redial on the phone (busy) and refresh in my … Continue reading

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Housekeeping (of the physical sort)

Keeping house with a toddler who still puts things in his mouth about is a bit of a challenge.  No cleaning fluids really come out while he’s awake, which means after bed time is bathrooms and floors right now. And … Continue reading

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