Last night, our household’s attention was focused on making on the horse for the kindergarten rodeo, which was due this morning. But I did devote some time to a surreptious search for Piglet. No luck. It wasn’t til she went into the bathroom to brush her teeth before bed that Sophie stopped like a light bulb [...]
Piglet is lost. Now you might assume that this is not a big deal, as you admire Sophie’s stuffed animals — here’s a line up from this morning — including all the pigs and variations of Piglet. You would be wrong. In fact, Sophie owns three wind-up musical Piglets — designed by Gund, all grasping [...]
Ms. X called last night. “Leprechauns came to my classroom!” “Really?” I asked, just a split second before I got it, even though I had a St. Patrick’s Day plan, too. I’d bought gold-wrapped chocolate coins (AKA Chanukah gelt) to put in the girls’ shoes, because Annabelle had told me a few weeks ago that on [...]
Not long after Sophie was born, I wrote a piece for Phoenix New Times (you can read it here: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-11-25/news/up-the-down-staircase/) in which I mentioned that I am the kind of person who put a button on her bulletin board at work that says, “If at first you don’t succeed, you’ll be a loser and a burden [...]
Sometimes google really takes the fun out of life. For a nerd, anyway. As previously revealed on this blog, yes, I was a member of my high school’s Speech and Debate team. (I believe I’ve already admitted I went to a debate tournament the night of my senior prom.) I’m old enough to remember the world [...]
I’m sitting perfectly still at my computer, but the room is rocking — back and forth, back and forth, back and…. It’s not a completely unpleasant sensation, which is good, since I’m not sure how long it will last. I do know how it started. I knew better than to agree to ride Mulholland Madness [...]
Of course there are no new thoughts in this world. I’m home from Disneyland (more on that shortly) and determined to answer the Dopey question. I began my research with google, because as Annabelle said recently, “The Internet knows” and up popped this really nice post: http://the-extra-gene.blogspot.com/2008/02/dopey-has-down-syndrome.html Share:
This is a question I’ve pondered before, and of course I’m reminded of it here at the Magic Kingdom., where every other geeky dad is wearing a tee shirt that says, “I’m Grumpy because you’re Dopey.” I tried to talk Ray into the Tiki Room Hawaiian shirt, but he didn’t really seem that into it, [...]
The girls just rushed the kitchen, both wearing embroidered, sparkly, Mickey-eared princess hats. “Perfect! Let’s pack those!” I said to Ray, anticipating at least a $75 savings. We’ve never gone to Disneyland at such a busy time – spring break for many Arizona schools, hopefully not all the Southern California ones — but maybe the crowds [...]
The talk about Down sydrome in the house — overt talk, anyway — has died down, with the science fair projects completed (two First Place ribbons, thank you very much) and put away. But I keep thinking about something Annabelle mentioned casually, when we were talking about Sophie, in the course of her research. “A lot [...]
