All Boyds, all the time.
Ever since my teen years, one of my major life-goals has been to become a parent who lives out the principles in this book. Truly. Continue reading “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish”
Lucy loves trains, Christmas, and Kris Kringle — so the CTA’s “Santa Train” is just about as special as it can get. We rode it December 12, 2009. Continue reading “On board the Santa train”
Rosie experienced a language explosion during December and January, and wow! It is really fun to talk to her now! Continue reading “From airplane to yummy”
Rosie keeps her center of gravity low for efficient sidewalk chalking on November 11, 2009. Continue reading “Squat”
Several months ago I wrote about “moms I want to know”:/news/2009/moms-i-want-to-know/ — intriguing mothers from a variety of children’s literature. I knew there must be more out there, and I just found another. Continue reading “The best possible motive”
We’ve all been a little sick with colds this week, but poor Lucy has had it the worst with a persistent cough, which turned out to be something to take more seriously — and with her first-ever round of antibiotics. Continue reading “A “touch” of pneumonia”
We’re feeling a little nostalgic, what with a fresh post up about “Lucy’s old nap routine”:/news/2010/lucys-old-nap-routine/ and being stuck in a Midwestern midwinter here — so coming across this summertime shot of Lucy struck a chord. It was taken June 18, 2009 (seven months ago today), in the warmth of summer inside the “North Park University”:http://www.northpark.edu/ Gazebo (itself a thing of the past as of this fall). Continue reading “Days gone by”
Last summer, I took a few notes on Lucy’s classic nap routine in preparation for writing it up before she gave up her nap for good. I wasn’t quick enough. Continue reading “Lucy’s old nap routine”
Thirteen months ago today (on December 14, 2008), this is what Rosie looked like. It’s been a big year for Shorty. Continue reading “Shorty”
Lucy loves a train, and as a true-born Chicagoan, the El never fails to delight her. Here she is at Belmont on December 12, 2009. Continue reading “City girl rides the El”