Parenting, gardening, crafting, and general maniacal behavior. Me, a toddler, a husband, a house, and a garden. And some cats.
Conversations with a sick man.
There is a chance that Todd is coming down with something. His throat is quite sore and he is acting like a maniac.
I will attempt to transcribe our conversation.
T- What is the capital of Georgia?
J-Atlanta maybe? Although that doesn't sound right... What did you think it was?
T-Rhode Island.
J-No, more likely Atlanta.
T-What is the capital of Rhode Island?
J-Providence.
T-No. it is not.
J-What is it then?
T-Oh, you know that book that everyone is talking about these days.
J-Huh?
T-That book, you know, by Jane Hathaway.
J-Huh?
T-Or was it Charlotte Deville? or that Hawthorne fellow, they were friends...
J-Do you mean "Pride and Prejudice"?
T- Yes! That's it, Providence is the first in the series.
J-Pride and Prejudice was not a series. Except on TV.
T-It was so! By Anne Stevenson.
J-What are you talking about?!?
T- (very exasperated, but still humored by my incompetence)
The series about the young women who solves mysteries......
J- No. That is not what Pride and Prejudice is about. No. Do you mean Nancy Drew?
T- No, no... not Nancy Drew. There was a boy and a sheep dog. And they lived in a lighthouse. And there were all these secret compartments where they hid things.....
J-I don't think I know this series. Sounds interesting though....
T- Oh, I remember! The Babysitters club!
I did take his temperature and send him to bed. I will hope for the best.
I will attempt to transcribe our conversation.
T- What is the capital of Georgia?
J-Atlanta maybe? Although that doesn't sound right... What did you think it was?
T-Rhode Island.
J-No, more likely Atlanta.
T-What is the capital of Rhode Island?
J-Providence.
T-No. it is not.
J-What is it then?
T-Oh, you know that book that everyone is talking about these days.
J-Huh?
T-That book, you know, by Jane Hathaway.
J-Huh?
T-Or was it Charlotte Deville? or that Hawthorne fellow, they were friends...
J-Do you mean "Pride and Prejudice"?
T- Yes! That's it, Providence is the first in the series.
J-Pride and Prejudice was not a series. Except on TV.
T-It was so! By Anne Stevenson.
J-What are you talking about?!?
T- (very exasperated, but still humored by my incompetence)
The series about the young women who solves mysteries......
J- No. That is not what Pride and Prejudice is about. No. Do you mean Nancy Drew?
T- No, no... not Nancy Drew. There was a boy and a sheep dog. And they lived in a lighthouse. And there were all these secret compartments where they hid things.....
J-I don't think I know this series. Sounds interesting though....
T- Oh, I remember! The Babysitters club!
I did take his temperature and send him to bed. I will hope for the best.
"Alphabet soup" starring Dimitri.
The first big boy bath. A fairly momentous event. Bath time is getting to be a pretty vigorous evening activity now that he is not going to imminently drown himself. It is an interesting thing to listen to yourself parent on a video. Why, I wonder, do I say "We" all the time? "We don't...." We aren't...." I want the tone of my voice to match my words and actions and I am not sure that they do. Is this the way we are supposed to talk to our children or is this some hideous modality of speech that I have fallen into, such as saying "like" or "Dude". Both of which I do.
Recently read The Happiest Toddler on the Block by
Dr. Harvey Karp. Interesting guy, says we are supposed to growl at our children, which I approve of. We also watched the accompanying video, illustrating the caveparent approach. After the video Todd said that Dr Karp was like Gildaroy Lockhart. And he has not even read Harry Potter.
Back to the bath. Dimitri is such a big kid these days. He asked me for cheese the other day, a sign of big boyness to be sure. Well moments after the above video was finished, he pooped in the bath.
A big boy poop, in the big boy bath.
If it had been in the baby bath, it would have been contained, but no, in the tub. Now notice all the toys and bubbles.
26 stick up letters, 2 rubber duckies, a tennis ball, and 3 water scoops. and a washcloth. and a bath scrubbie.
A dozen little turds floating in minty fresh, alphabety goodness.
Needless to say, he got his first big boy shower right after that, which I did not film. We did however get some good shots of water fun.
-Dude.
Best Mittens ever.
We got a package today from my Mother-in-law, Todd opened it, showed me the boots and snowpants and nothing else. Hours later I saw a glimpse of yellow and investigated.
Best mittens ever.
I want them to fit me. I tried, they don't.
Best Mittens ever.
25 things
I did this for Facebook, but it took me so long , that I will post it here as well.
1. I have bitten my nails for as long as I can remember.
2. It irks me that I cannot think of random questions. I looked up random question generator on Google and found squat.
3. I am a Breastfeeding mother to a 13 month old. Todd and I have been married for six years and can set up camp at night, in the pouring rain, without fighting.
4. I would like to become a Lactation consultant. I feel Breastfeeding resources are very limited.
5. I have a birthmark on my foot the shape of Louisiana, with a freckle for Baton Rouge.
6. I am very fond of reading. Many, many things.
7. I am very fond of the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome.
8. I am an aspiring organic gardener, flower and veg. I grow too many Zucchini and have a Whiskey barrel pond.
9. Sometimes I feel sad about my compost.
10. I have horrid insomnia.
Scooter.
11.I collect things. Muppets, Rocks,Monkeys,Baby carriers, Books, odds, ends
12. My favorite direction is North.
13. My favorite smell is Sweet grass 2nd. Earl grey
14. I am a little obsessive about the weather.
15. I have climbed Mt Yale, 14,196 feet above sea level and been rained on in Death Valley, 282 ft below sea level
16.When I do sleep, I have very vivid dreams.
12. My favorite direction is North.
13. My favorite smell is Sweet grass 2nd. Earl grey
14. I am a little obsessive about the weather.
15. I have climbed Mt Yale, 14,196 feet above sea level and been rained on in Death Valley, 282 ft below sea level
16.When I do sleep, I have very vivid dreams.
Mariah, Redtail hawk.
17. I am an animal person. I have had many pets, from Dogs to Rats.I have been bitten a Snowy owl and kept Opossum babies in my bra. I have 3 Cats (Gabriel, Zowie, Eliza) 3 goldfish (Bertie, Gussie, Tuppy) 5 houseplants, yet unnamed except the moss who is Lord Emsworth.
18. I am an amateur naturalist. The book by the same title by Gerald Durell is one of my first book memories.
20. I would like to not pass my fear of Spiders to my son.
21. I would like to keep Bees.
22. There should be a bachelors degree in Jack-of-all-trades.
23.For my 30th birthday I went to a Morel Festival.
24. There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
25.I am forgetting something definitive.
18. I am an amateur naturalist. The book by the same title by Gerald Durell is one of my first book memories.
20. I would like to not pass my fear of Spiders to my son.
21. I would like to keep Bees.
22. There should be a bachelors degree in Jack-of-all-trades.
23.For my 30th birthday I went to a Morel Festival.
24. There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
25.I am forgetting something definitive.
Amanita?
Thimbleberry.
Thimbleberry.
For Abby, because she asked. And to the player-haters who can bite me.
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