Author: kristjana

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

November 12, 2005…  November 12, 2006… November 12, 2007…

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 […]

I Love You More, by Laura Duksta, illustrations by Karen Keesler, Published by Sourcebooks, 2007 When I was offered the chance to review an advance copy of this book, I was intrigued… a mother and her little boy in a  “… picture book that generates the conversation about Love.”     Little did I know […]

Casey and I are preparing for our first major trip without Kenny.   We will be gone for four full days.   I am sick in my stomach just thinking about it.   Though I know that I will be fine and he will be fine, I feel as if I am scheduling an elective […]

Kenny has had an imaginary friend for some time named Hector.   Hector is a little monkey (not dissimilar to Curious George) who is always around and looking for a good time.   We tell Hector stories at bedtime, we pretend Hector is going to the potty with us, taking baths with us, and baking […]