She loves taking photos. She looks through the lens, and uses the preview screen. I try to breathe normally as she runs around pointing and clicking, hoping she’ll stay steady on her feet. The camera’s owner, a professional photographer, assures me repeatedly that this is a ’second-string’ camera, worth but a fraction of its original cost, suitable for pre-K [...]
There is a new member of the household.
Niri Pinky-Ming, a Betta fish, has taken up residence in the living room. Originally puddle-dwellers, Bettas are renowned for being hard to kill, which is just our kind of fish. They’re low-maintenance, too: no bubbles, filters, or live plants required.
Isn’t s/he beautiful?
Niri Pinky-Ming had his/her first bowl cleaning last weekend. Rada [...]
Ben’s post on his son’s activities, reminded me of Rada’s most recent accomplishment. Last week, she and Ian were playing noisily in the front room while Ian’s mom Laurie and I were trying to chat-chat in the kitchen. All of a sudden the noise level in the front room dropped to an industrious whisper, and Laurie and [...]
She already had many; but I broke down and got her more.
Sunday night, I bounded out of bed at 3 am and started looking for the two children.The two children? Yes, Rada and the baby.
Where was the baby!?
I ran from room to room, feverished, panicky, looking for the baby. Finally, it dawned on me that there was no baby. There was me, Rada, and a fish in [...]
My daughter is morphing and I don’t like it.
Until recently, I had her figured out, pigeon holed. We had our routine: snacks, reading, the video, playing with stuffed animals, dinner, fun in the bathtub, more stories, and then to bed.
But recently she has started to change. Her little mind is developping. She’s turning into more of her own [...]