November, 2007

Kenny and I have called in sick all week.   Meaning, we've  stayed home sick together (no activities, playdates or unnecessary errands).    Casey's been out of town the last three days on top of it,  and Dudley is way deprived of walks.   I wish he'd get a little sick so he'd leave us alone for a while, instead of trying to eat our snotty kleenex and stealing Kenny's…

We don't let Kenny watch TV very often.   In fact, it's safe to say that he watches Sesame Street no more than one day a week, and no more than three times a week, I let him watch one 15 minute episode (sometimes 2) of "Boz" -  a great cartoon for kids that's endorsed by MOPS International. It never fails, though, three or four times a day, he'll look…

Kenny started asking me this question about a week ago.   He asks it every time I: A) Tell him to do (or not do) something, and B)  Every time  he wants to do something that he knows he may not be allowed to do.   For example, he loves to eat grapes, and I am very strict about either cutting them in half, or watching him bite each one…

Happy Thanksgiving to all!   Casey, Kenny and I headed out to my parent's house for a feast with my sister's family and some friends.   We started the day with a brisk walk, and lots of running for the dogs... all to prevent losing  the turkey to a counter-surfing weimaraner...   Kenny finally got to sit at the kids' table (instead of a highchair) and he was so proud.…

I haven't been writing much lately.   I've been under the weather, the weather itself has been miserably cold and dark and windy (oh, I miss Arizona winters!!), and I've had such bad writer's block I haven't gone near my blog in days.     Now that Kenny is TWO, the milestones have slowed way down and there's only so many cute-anecdote-kind-of posts you can write before you fear that…

This is a question I hear no less than 40,000 times every day.   I've heard of the two-year-old's incessant "Why?" but I find myself bewildered and even sometimes (*gasp*) secretly annoyed at this little addition to Kenny's daily infinite ration of words. I didn't mind so much when this question only referred to objects - after all, Kenny has such a great vocabulary because he's always asking questions!!  …

What Mommy doesn't love flipping through a magazine in those few spare moments of the day?   And what Mommy wouldn't love to have a relevant, easy to read, hip, funny magazine to read right on the computer?   No toddlers pulling out pages, or coloring on the articles, no $4.50 at the checkout, only to realize that you bought the same magazine last week... The Family Groove  is a…

As I have mentioned before, Kenny was an early talker, and talks very, very well for his age.   He is conjugating verbs, using correct pronouns and even dabbling in past, present and future tense.   Enough to make a grammar-junkie like me proud enough to pop. But he has these little inflections of speech that are difficult for your average observer to understand.... even Casey often has to ask…

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As I wrote last week, Casey and I took off for Mexico for a conference for an organization we are involved in, leaving Kenny for the first time for more than one night.   All in all, it went great.   But we're still "recovering." Actually, Casey and I got back on Sunday night, and turned around Monday morning and drove to New York City (with Kenny) as Casey had…