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That’s Sweet

June 25, 2010

Yesterday, I was getting changed while Serena played on the bed nearby. I took my shirt off and she said, “Mama! Your boobies! I can see your boobies! And…(long, dramatic, awestruck pause) your nibbles!” We’re in the midst of a too-slow-for-me and too-fast-for-her weaning process, so my breasts have recently become an even more interesting [...]

Tagged as: breastfeeding, parenting, serena

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A Time of Few Words

June 17, 2010

I’ve been sick for two weeks, with a chest infection that made it impossible for me to talk for most of a week, and merely uncomfortable for a week after that. I am finally – today – done with the medicine for my bronchitis. I have bruised ribs from coughing so much. I’m very tired. [...]

Tagged as: rio, serena, travel, vacation

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This Little Piggy…

June 13, 2010

The girls are playing “this little piggy”. Serena loves this game, like all two-year-olds, and Rio is indulging her in it. A treat. We’re vegetarians, so when we get to the third little piggy, we always make up something silly for the pig to eat instead of roast beef. My vegetarian parents always had my [...]

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Obi-Wan Serena

June 10, 2010

The scene: Serena has downed half a mango lassi, and is refusing to eat her lunch. Dad is playing keepaway with the other half contingent on her putting at least a little broccoli and tofu in her tummy. Serena: My mango lassi ready now? Daddy: I don’t see that food going into your belly. Serena, [...]

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First Gasp Of Summer

May 31, 2010

Oh! Summer! You’re here, and welcome. What a beautiful year it’s been. We had this long gentle spring and then *boom* one day I walked out the door and the roses were in full bloom. This holiday weekend has been a long, sweet introduction to summer, filled with more BBQs, beach outings and birthday parties [...]

Tagged as: beach, beaches, big stick, day, little girls, outdoor recreation, serena, summer, summer beach, water

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The Queen of Cups Quits Her Day Job

May 12, 2010

A few weeks ago, I sat down with a friend. A Tarot deck lay between us. “Lay out two paths,” I said. “I want to see how my life goes, who I am, on either side of this decision.” She laid out the paths. On one side, I continued teaching preschool and writing as a [...]

Tagged as: blog, career, day, homeschooling, job, jobs, parenting, preschool, preschool teacher, quits, quitting, rio, serena, tarot reading, teaching preschool, wildflowers, writing

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Naptime Fail

April 21, 2010

You can tell naptime is a bust when the cute toddler lying next to you in bed goes from pretending to snore loudly to singing this song: Happy Birthday To You My mom fired a duck. I am two and three quarters. I miss my mom all day. Hers are at work. I miss hers [...]

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Look, Mom! I Can Ride My Bike!

April 6, 2010

Rio came home from school yesterday bubbling with spring fever. It was our first really warm spring day, and she couldn’t wait to get outside and plant things in the garden, ride her bike, visit her friends…you know, be a kid. I could totally wait to do all those things, because I was sick, sick, [...]

Tagged as: bike, bike riding, bikes, parenting, rio, serena, spring fever, training wheels, warm springs, wheels, wooden bike

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Lions and Toddlers and Bears!

March 30, 2010

So Martin took Serena to the Harvard Museum of Natural History the other day. Before she left, she told me Daddy had promised her they would see a lion. “I think it will be a scary lion, Mama,” she said. “I think maybe that lion is going to eat us.” “No, sweetie. The lion at [...]

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More on the Wonders of Quitting

March 26, 2010

My post on ‘Why I Quit Everything’ is featured on BlogHer today. I love BlogHer. I’m proud to be part of their publishing network, and thrilled that they’re sharing my writing with their readers. If you haven’t seen the new BlogHer site, go there right now. It’s a thing of beauty. If you came here [...]