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From the monthly archives:

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Note to self: Remember that time your toddler put an entire roll of toilet paper down the sink and then turned the sink on and flooded the place until your housemate came upstairs to find out why it was raining in her bathroom? Remember how even while your mommy-brain was horrified and embarassed, your author-brain [...]

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in the backyard

February 25, 2009

We put out compost, examined the soil and observed how it’s still all frozen, watched some birds flutter around the rooftop and call to each other. And we talked about the garden rails. Our garden is a couple of raised beds built probably a decade ago by the previous folks. The wood sides of the [...]

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parenting win

February 10, 2009

the kids are playing house. Rio: I want to be the Mama! Her friend: I want to be the Mama! Rio (agitated): No! I am the Mama! Friend (more agitated): NO! I will only play if I can be the Mama! Me: Hey! Remember how your friend C has two Mamas? You could both be [...]

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school update

February 4, 2009

So Rio and her dad went to the kindergarten open house at our neighborhood school. I would have gone, but the baby fell asleep at an inconvenient time, and we are strict followers of the “Never Wake A Sleeping Baby” school of parenting. Rio came home from the open house literally vibrating with excitement. “Mama! [...]

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February 4, 2009

I am very gradually learning that what I think of as weak spots in my personality, and especially in my parenting, are often perceived by others as strengths. Today, for example, I was doing a messy science project with the kids, and the other mom present said, “Thank god you do this so I don’t [...]

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caio, diapers!

February 3, 2009

what’s even better than cloth diapering my toddler? not having to diaper her at all. not even at night. I am not actually counting the days since she wore a diaper, and I don’t think I need to. Every day this feels less like a phase and more like a life change. My ‘baby’ wears [...]

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everyone's a critic

February 3, 2009

Lately I’ve been pushing the clean-up thing pretty hard. I know there’s a whole school of thought that one should model cheerfully performing housework and never force children to do it, but I don’t have it in me. I resent spending hours every day picking up my kids’ toys and books and food and clothes [...]

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Today's Gift

February 1, 2009

Weather warm enough to ride, brings Rio and I flying on our shiny-not-shiny-now-its-muddy three-wheeled bicycle-train The sun is bright and she’s singing A lot of people, people who don’t know us, Stare like something unusual is happening Like my whole life is not accompanied by her Wild voice lifted up in song “Little birds, come [...]

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