I haven't started the daily vacation posts--something about actually having vacation and not even being online for three and a half days.

Today, the kid was being exasperating, and was told, "Think of other people." And she said, "Why? It's not Christmas!"

Tomorrow, we're back in the Bay Area. And at night, the raccoons come.

Some things don't seem to change much [a cupcake has lost part of its topping in an unfortunate tumble on the floor]: "Mommy! If you'll just give me more frosting--then I'll be happy!!"

The kid, gomijacogeo, and I were driving home from dinner last night ( Read more... )

“Reading is my favorite thing in the world.”
“I understand; I wish I could read as much as you do.”
“You like to read? Why don’t you?”
“Well, when you’re around, you keep me pretty busy.”
“You should read! On the weekend! You should read at least 10 minutes a day!”

That was a very small increment! The kid's second top center incisor (the left one) came out just after lunch--to much general surprise--while she was jumping up and down in the kitchen (as she is wont to do).

I've had to get used to a second new smile in 24 hours! She looks so much older.....

The kid just lost her first top tooth. The change to her appearance is quite startling--possibly even more than when she lost her first tooth, just about a year ago.

For an excellent documentary about gap-toothed seven-year-old smiles, I could not more highly recommend the Up Series. I saw what must have been "28 Up" with frabbish years ago. I remember ( Read more... )

Tonight the kid articulated an intuitive grasp of human sleep cycles:

“When I [first] go to sleep, I get little dream previews. Then at 5 [in the morning] I start crazy dreaming, and when the alarm goes off [at 6:45am] I don’t want to get up--five more minutes!”

The kid: "I am not remotely like an adult. What does 'not remotely' mean?"

“Mommy, I have a story to tell you about school, and it’s embarrassing. M and I are spending a lot of time together at school. Today we were sitting on the carpet and he leaned over and kissed my knee. That’s embarrassing! Some kids kiss on the lips at school. That’s gross! They should only do that when they have a playdate!” “Hm. Do you ( Read more... )

I had a great Mother's Day. The kid decided to make a cake (red velvet, with meyer lemon filling and meyer lemon icing) and persuaded gomijacogeo to help her, while I got a massage. generalist, jymdyer, and andybeals met us at Pasta Pomodoro for dinner and came back for cake. The kid part of the party was successful, and the adults hung out for quite a while afterwards, which was ( Read more... )