From the yearly archives:

2006

Rio goes Meta

November 15, 2006

I’ve been meaning to post this for a bit, but have been rather too busy with the whole enjoying life thing. Rio and I were driving in the car the other day when a song she doesn’t like came on the radio. Normally when that happens she bursts into a howling tantrum to let me [...]

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Potholes on the road to reading

November 8, 2006

We’re doing letter blocks. We have just finished with ‘T’, and I bring out the ‘U’. “This is U,” I say. “That’s me,” Rio says dubiously. “No, it’s the letter “U” “That’s the letter me.” “No, it’s a letter called ‘U” “That letter called “rio” “Let’s do this one. It’s called “V”

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Rio gets a bed

November 6, 2006

My mother has been talking about taking Rio shopping for a new bed for ages; she currently has a well-loved but not-so-structurally-sound futon inherited from her brother who inherited it from an old roommate who…you get the idea. Today, we finally went. The first place we stopped at was nice, but not so thrilling. We [...]

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rio says…

October 18, 2006

We’re nursing after a nap a few days ago and she suddenly looks up at me and says, “This one’s not working.” Not working? I ask. “This booby not working,” she says. “We got shopping and buy a new one?” “What?!” “We go shopping, buy new boobies,” she tells me quite confidently. _____________ Yesterday, actually [...]

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sleepless

October 17, 2006

Dear Peanut Gallery, My darling Ms. Two-Years-Old-And-You-Can’t-Make-Me-Go-To-Bed refused to participate in her bedtime ritual last night. She opted instead for a five-hour long tantrum. She finally passed out around 1 a.m., quickly followed by exhausted parents. While five hours might be a record, Bedtime Drama is typical in our house, and I am desperate to [...]

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Foot in Mouth

October 16, 2006

To everyone I didn’t visit this weekend as promised: Rio came down with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, and I seemed to have a mild case of it as well. We were pretty busy being overwhelmed and schmoopy or I would have called y’all in person to tender apologies. As it is, I’ll just have [...]

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rioism

September 28, 2006

This is from a few days ago, and is just too cute to let go. Rio and I are having breakfast, and I excuse myself to the bathroom adjacent to the kitchen; closing the door. A minute later I hear, “I want some juice, mama.” “You’ll have to wait till I’m done,” I tell her. [...]

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rioisms

September 15, 2006

me: are you just the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen? rio: no. me: o. what are you? rio: [states full legal name] Reading a book about animals: Me: What noise does the elephant make? Rio: [sings several bars of a nursery rhyme] Me: uh… Rio: Elephant singing.

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baby time?

August 22, 2006

Martin and I are talking about having another baby.

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The Panties Fairy

August 6, 2006

Came home last night and discovered a dozen pair of new size 2T panties sitting on the kitchen counter. My mother says the panties fairy must have visited, but I think she’s the one with a spare key. This morning we took all the new panties out of their packages and Rio brought them upstairs [...]