I am determined that the gems from the bygone days of yore are not lost to today's flashy media, so I don't listen to much pop music around the munchkins. In the car, I listen to classical music, and at home, Little E watches Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood and listens to Sharon, Lois & Bram CDs. It is so stinkin' cute and nostalgic that I can barely ( Read more... )

On Christmas morning, Little E wanders into the living room unhurriedly after saying good morning and putting on her robe and socks (our weekend morning routine), then comes running back ( Read more... )

Little E: Mama, what is falling in love ( Read more... )

J: Why do you like stalling ( Read more... )

I took part in a spelling bee to raise awareness about United Way's fundraising campaign on campus. Four of us formed a team and worked together to spell 19 words. We got 5 right ( Read more... )

Little E: When I'm a grown-up, can I still live with you? So you can take care of me.
Me: Yes. But I'll be old then. Will you take care of me?
Little E: Yes, I will be a grown-up by then so I will take care of you.
Me: <3 <3 <3

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Little E during a shower: Be sure to wash my nibbles extra clean so when I have a baby I can feed it.

I came across this on Facebook today and it resonated with me ( Read more... )

Some recent tidbits from E's mind, working hard to make sense of her world ( Read more... )

Little E has a couple of French vocabulary picture books - the kind where it's like "1000 words in French" and has pictures of homes, food, places, all with French words. She likes learning French words, can count to 20 (and is steadily going up), and knows that many French words sound very similar to English - le pizza, le docteur, l'hopital, le ( Read more... )

One awesome thing about having a kid who's a voracious reader is that she is always asking her grandparents to read to her (and with her). Recently we got these two pirate stories from the library. She loves them and wants ye-ye and nai-nai to read them to her again and again ( Read more... )