January 2012
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“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for...”
– Albert Einstein (via larmoyante)
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A book, a song and some numbers
Everleigh: “It’s a car. It’s a boat. It’s…”
As a mother, I suspect I have a cornucopia of surprises ahead of me. This week was full of them—all good. All mind-blowing. I mean, I know I’m the mama and bias is part of the package, but when it rains around here, it’s apparently torrential.
Yesterday, while I was dressing E, she seemed...
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Who Were Fisher and Price?
mentalflossr:
Their names have been plastered on iconic toys for decades, but who exactly were Herman Fisher and Irving Price? Here’s some background on the toy giants.
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Two and one half
Dear Everleigh,
As your legs lengthen, your hair thickens, your vocabulary expands and you become more skilled at almost everything, it becomes clear to me that you are no longer a baby.
But you are still my baby.
As fiercely independent as you are at two and a half, you still melt into me in the morning when I pull you into bed with me; you still let me nuzzle you and cuddle you and squeeze...
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Way More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Yo...
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Here: Yo Gabba Gabba!
I especially like the episode showcasing Devo. It’s true, I like Yo Gabba Gabba (in all its glorious strangeness) way more than the e-bee herself..
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Orders from the boss lady
E: Daddy, you sit there and poop (directing him to the dining table)
E: Mommy, you go upstairs and change my poop
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Then and now
What I grew up with vs. what E is growing up with:
I can tell you I’ve never seen a pink school bus or stethoscope in real life. Since when did primary colours become gender-specific anyway? There’s something seriously wrong here, folks.
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In her beginning: a birth story
You may be wondering why I’m posting Everleigh’s birth story 2.5 years after the birth actually happened. I say better late than never, but mainly it’s just taken me awhile to come to terms with it. Although E was perfect in every way a mother can say her child is when she is born free of health issues and with the fattest of cheeks and the cutest button nose you ever saw, our...
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A year of E
During one of our hooky days, Chris and I went to see the Coen brothers’ beautifully filmed take on True Grit. The last line of the movie really stood out for me: “Time just gets away from us.”
While best intentions may be to do and to see, for most of us, time really does just get away.
On the second day of 2012 (because I like to do things a little differently), I vow to...
