I’ve just started reading James and the Giant Peach to L, and we are both tremendously excited about it. I think we were still in our old house when I first read her Little House on the Prairie, so she was just 2. Since then, we’ve enjoyed reading a fair few chapter books with pictures – LHOTP twice,…
H is away for about 24 hours. He left this morning and will be back tomorrow mid-morning. One of the most challenging parts about his trips is that I have to put the girls to bed, and it can be tough to leave L on her own while I put B to bed. (The opposite…
A fascinating article about a primitive island tribe in India that has had limited contact with the outside world. It seems they kill mixed-race babies, which are occasionally fathered through the limited contact they have with outsiders. Murdering babies based on their race our fatherhood is clearly beyond the pale for most of us, but…
I read a book recently that took place in a rural location in an oppressive regime – perhaps a former Soviet state. I don’t remember. A man who lives in the community is pick up by the government and tortured to give information about his neighbors. He refuses and is badly damaged. He is…
I loved the post Sarah wrote on how things work in her house. I’m just fascinated by how other families do things. Anyway, here’s how things go in our home. Work I work Wednesday through Friday. Two of those days, I’ll work 8:30 to 5:15 or so, and one of those days, I go home…
We are enjoying one of the pleasures of parenthood at the moment – the family illness. You know, it starts with one kid, spreads to the other, and then the parents get to join in the fun, having already been exhausted and deprived of sleep by their kids’ misery. We were out last Sunday at…
1. What is your favourite color? Mulberry (Mom’s note: purple from her colored pencils) 2. What is your favourite toy? Her Frozen music book 3. What is your favourite fruit? Blueberries 4. What is your favourite TV show? Doc McStuffins (Mom’s note: Allowed on sick days only.) 5. What is your favourite thing to eat…
