It’s only around 10 p.m. and we hear the all too familiar sound of little feet pittering and pattering out in the hall. Then a sleepy Madeline peeks into our doorway. Daddy: Honey, go back to bed. It’s too early to come in here. Madeline, sniffling: I can’t. Mommy: It’s Mommy and Daddy’s time now.Read the whole post >>
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As in God Public Broadcasting… Never underestimate the power of God or television in a 3-year-old’s life. Madeline: Mommy, can I watch Curious George? Me: No. We’re not going to watch any TV today. Madeline: Peeeaaaaasssss. It’s ‘ed-juuu-cational.’ [translation: educational] Me: That doesn’t matter. We don’t need to watch TV every day. Me again butRead the whole post >>
The Mind’s Eye
Interpreting a work of art is a lesson in subjectivity. Take this recent masterpiece by Madeline. Each of us had our own idea what it was representing. Our intepretations are as follows: Mommy: A butterfly Daddy, the radiologist resident who clearly interprets other kinds of images all day and needs to get out more: ARead the whole post >>
Out of the Mouth of My Babe
What I’ve extracted from the mouth of my very oral, very mobile, and very quick 10-month-old so far this week: 1. One piece of black sidewalk chalk2. A small rock3. An angel fish (of the small, plastic and Finding Nemo “tank gang” variety)4. A scrap of paper5. An unidentified, nearly fossilized, once edible piece ofRead the whole post >>