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Eve of 41 (a resurrected post from 2016 updated in 2024)
I haven't got a lot to say, yet ( Read more... ) -
The freelance part
Today is bouncing between places and projects, and trying to focus in a coffee shop with construction next door and a burly white-appearing tattooed dude in overalls and bare arms, upper-arm tats showing, ordering a large peppermint tea and a blueberry muffin in an African accent and some well-meaning lady not being able to help herself from ( Read more... ) -
Rowan's favorite poems
"Giving Potatoes" Adrian Mitchell
"maggie and millie and mollie and may" e. e. cummings
"Jabberwocky" Lewis Carroll
I love hearing him recite snatches of them. He memorizes entire picture books, so this is no surprise - but it still gives me an extra lift. See: http://instagram.com/p/ ( Read more... ) -
Rowan QOTD
"That bus has a horn!"
"What comes out of the horn, Rowan?"
"The bus!"
He was looking at the exhaust pipe, which is at the top left rear corner of the bus. I told him about exhaust this morning, but in the evening, all that mattered was that our bus had a horn too.
He cries when the bus pulls away. "Again! I want to ride the bus again!" Our evening ( Read more... ) -
Singing "Doe a Deer"
Seth sings what we call "Doe a Deer" to Rowan at night. Tonight Rowan is singing along. He has a fine little voice and it's one of the sweetest things going to hear him accompanying his papa, from my seat in the now-quiet living room.
He also has a little beanie baby deer and a mini Oscar the Grouch at his diaper-changing station, which is where I ( Read more... ) -
Lullaby
Maybe I should listen to the Beatles' actual "Michelle" recording so my singing will be more tuneful next time. But maybe not, because two nights running it's put Rowan to sleep (with snuggling/rocking) in my un-tuneful rendition.
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A moment in the life.
I asked Rowan if his plum was delicious.
"We're going on a bear hunt!"
Then he swallowed the pit.
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Toddler tricks
Rowan's milestone this week: spontaneously singing along to a new-to-him song on the radio. Brilliant choice: "Gone Daddy Gone," by the Violent Femmes. I still always think of Morgan telling me her mom saying "VEE-oh-lahn FAHm," since, you know, French word.
Second, new parent learning: It's way easier to brush a roaring lion's teeth than you might ( Read more... )
