I didn’t know E could sing the alphabet song until he suddenly sang it for me the other day. Well, truth be told, it’s a pretty loose approximation, but (being his mom) I was still impressed. Apparently between Daddy singing it with him and the talking alphabet toy at day care, he’s picked up quite…
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Back to “Normal”
For those of you who don’t yet know, E’s cast is now off – it was only on for 5 days. The orthopedist looked at the leg and determined it was soft-tissue damage only. Just as well to have immobilized it for a while, so E could get around without making it worse. Here are…
Happy New Year
Hello, dear friends. There’s been a lot of talk recently of how people are really hoping 2011 is a lot better than 2010. There seem to have been an inordinate number of hard knocks this year amongst the people I know and love – too many falls, car accidents, chronic pains, malignant growths, financial troubles,…
A Late Christmas Present
Merry Christmas, Everyone! I know it’s not really Christmas any more, and frankly, I know a lot of people whose Christmases were actually pretty un-merry… but we’ll talk about that another time. I still hope for joy for all of you. For now (and I apologize for the delay – I meant to post this…
An Evening with a Silly, Precocious Toddler
As promised, here are some videos. You may or may not find them interesting enough to watch all the way through – I do, but of course I’m a classic smitten mommy with no objectivity whatsoever. Feel free to stop, skip, pause, fast forward, whatever. These clips are from yesterday evening. They demonstrate the kind…
Seventeen Months Old (and four days)
My baby is seventeen months old! One more month and I will stop entitling his blog posts using months! (Although I’m sure I’ll still count them in my head.) I’m running late with this blog post, and it’s almost my bedtime… so I’ll have to create an addendum one of these days, with more details,…
Bellydance Bizarre
I thought y’all might enjoy this video of (some of) our dance troupe, Invoketress, dancing our interpretation of the story of Lillith to Apocalyptica’s cover of Metallica’s “One”. We performed last weekend at the Bellydance Bizarre, hosted by DownHips of Cambridge. What a fantastic show: all the dancers bring their most funny/weird/creepy numbers to the…
Shake Your Tailfeather
Everybody needs dancing. It’s in our biology, right along with the need for singing and banging a drum – across cultures and continents. It connects us to our communities and our partners and our own selves. Do you dance? (Say yes.) Where do you dance? What makes you do it? What rhythm or song inspires…
Toddler Tracks II
My kid is so awesome. He eats veggies. He tickles the ivories. He often beats Daddy at blackjack while on the potty. (I know, not Quakerly at all… but it keeps him seated, he’s learning to say numbers like “twenty”… and he doesn’t actually know he’s betting.) And he is walking to beat the band!…
Toddler Tracks I
I apologize for not managing to post this until Tuesday… because… Sunday we had major step-taking!! We took E to great-step-grandma’s birthday party, lots of folks around to watch/catch him… he was on a roll. At one point he was walking to Daddy, who was skilfully backing up to maximize steps, and I counted fifteen!…