Many of you have heard this already, but I'm putting it down for the sake of posterity (and future embarrassment of my son ( Read more... )

After months of only having eyes for Daddy, Malcolm is starting to cling to me a bit more. Last night while leaving his grandma's, both Zarathud and my MIL tried to help him down the stairs, but he just stood at the top saying "mama" until I took his hand and walked down with him. And just now, Zarathud left to run an errand with him, and rather ( Read more... )

"Cheese!" Malcolm's speech development is on the upswing, which is a great relief. Even more encouraging is that it is improving without any intervention. His speech therapy evaluation was performed just before Thanksgiving, and he scored very low, which was not helped by the fact that he was not at all cooperative or interested during testing ( Read more... )

Today's menu ( Read more... )

On the advice of another mom, I went to the local dollar store to peruse Halloween supplies for boys' dress up gear. I scored the following, for $1 each ( Read more... )

Tonight Malcolm got his own pre-bedtime drink of water. He had gone into the kitchen and started reaching towards the snacks, but I managed to catch his attention by asking him if he wanted some water instead. We went over to the fridge and I picked him up, prompted him to hit the water button on the dispenser, and handed him a cup. He held it ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to a cookout at the home of a friend I've known since kindergarten (thank you, Facebook). It was great to spend time with her again, and meet her family and friends. Impossibly, they all used to work with another friend of ours. There was a herd of kids there, of which Malcolm was the youngest mobile member (the 5-month-old ( Read more... )

I think we're heading to the pool tomorrow afternoon after naptime, weather permitting. Thought we might check out one of the other public pools with a splashground, but first I think we'll call around to find one that's working properly - Millbrook's was just sad last time. If anyone wants to join us, speak up!

Our fabulous crab float has been recalled, along with many others. If you've purchased a baby float since 2002, you may be affected.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09261.html

Malcolm moved up to his new class at daycare today. His daily report said he doesn't need to have sippy cups sent to school anymore, since he did so well with a regular cup today. Another milestone reached ( Read more... )