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Strategy gaming starts early
My child would be the one who noticed that the pinata at the birthday party had a hole through which to load goodies and, instead of whapping the thing to break it open, was using the stick to try to tilt it up so the prizes would fall out of the hole. Alas, this was discouraged as soon as the adults caught on to what she was doing.
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Nervous
We have invited the neighbor kids and their parents over for a pool party tomorrow. There are 5 neighbor kids within -1 to +3 years of C's age and only one of them has their own pool ( Read more... ) -
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I have started getting rid of old notes and papers from college and grad school. If I haven't looked at them in over 20 years and I don't even remember the class they came from, it's probably safe to recycle them now. I may keep a few souvenirs, though, like my Bio 1/2 lab notebook. Also my binder from my senior year directed reading. It was in a ( Read more... ) -
Baby's first SF
I was lucky enough to put a library hold on Neil Gaiman's new Fortunately the Milk in the brief window after it had entered the library system but before it was available for check out. So I got one of the first copies. C came in as I was starting to read it, so I began reading aloud to her. And she listened. She listened through all 128 pages of ( Read more... ) -
New Contender for Most Adorable Thing Ever
C was very excited about going to visit Mommy & Daddy's school. She had her suitcase packed for Alumni Weekend weeks ahead of time. So she was very disappointed when we explained that the airplane had a boo-boo and we wouldn't be going after all. (Long story, shortest version is multiple canceled planes, last one with busted hydraulics, with the ( Read more... ) -
Recipe to try
Ingredients1 cup uncooked quinoa ( Read more... ) -
Things I will want to remember someday
C has trouble pronouncing words that begin with 's' followed by a consonant. It is charming. I never correct her and savor these lingering signs of babyhood while I can ( Read more... ) -
Winner
Must write this down in case I lose the issue of Vegetarian Times that it came from ( Read more... ) -
A thing that resonated with me today
"C[onstructive] L[iving] asks one to accept reality (whatever one's is), know one's purpose (objectives), and do what must be done to reach those objectives." - Library Journal's review of Handbook for Constructive Living quoted on Amazon.
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