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Tooth Fairy Tales

posted Wednesday August 27th, 2008

Quite a bit happened today, not all of it good, so I think i’ll focus on one of the pure, joyous moments of childhood and parenthood: the loss of a tooth. This was Annabelle’s third tooth. Sophie insists she has loose teeth that are going to fall out “in 15 minutes” but so far, only AB […]


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Musical Notes

posted Sunday August 24th, 2008

I begged Ray to watch Sophie on Friday night. “Oh come on,” he said. “She’ll LOVE the piano concert. You can watch both of them, no problem.” Annoyingly, Ray is almost always right, so why was I surprised when, in fact, Sophie did love the piano concert? The both part — that’s where he was […]


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If it were up to Ray, I’m quite certain there’d be an X Games version of the Special Olympics. He’s my daredevil. The guy hikes Camelback Mountain in the dead of the Phoenix summer; tosses himself and his mountain bike down South Mountain; and last week, he insisted on soloing a climbing route that had recently […]


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The Geography of Jon Stewart

posted Sunday August 17th, 2008

All week, my dad’s been quoting Jon Stewart, who recently must have said something to the effect of, “War is God’s way of teaching Americans about geography.” I love that. And I love that my father is quoting The Daily Show. I don’t know much about geography, myself. I was never a good student when […]


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Today was a darn good day. With one exception (a big one, she left the playground at recess) Sophie did well in kindergarten. Annabelle continued on her merry second grade way. We had gelato with Ms. X to celebrate Sophie’s Week One successes, and dinner after that (yes, we had dessert first, shoot me!) with […]


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The Kernel of Truth: What Kids Shove Up Their Noses

posted Monday August 11th, 2008

Growing up, I always heard the adage, “Never put anything in your ear that’s smaller than your elbow.” (Good advice, though be honest: Who among us doesn’t enjoy a good session with a few Q-tips?) No one ever said anything about noses. Except not to pick, of course. Which is why I was annoyed the other day, […]


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Sophie Goes to Kindergarten: Write On!

posted Friday August 8th, 2008

Ms. X called shortly after school let out today, to report that Sophie had a great day. One “time out,” but otherwise pretty darn good. “And she wrote her name today,” she added. “She what???” At all the meetings we had last winter and spring, to determine Sophie’s next step, the one face at the […]


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Four days in, and Sophie hasn’t been kicked out yet. The first week of kindergarten is full of growing pains for all the kids, and for Sophie I think it’s been especially hard because of the heat (you try going back to school — and onto the playground — when it’s 111 degrees out, and […]


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On Second Grade, Painted Bedrooms and the Color Pink

posted Wednesday August 6th, 2008

Last weekend, we painted Annabelle’s room. It was part of her 7th birthday present. Here’s the before. (Warning, the colors in these photos are much brighter than the actual paint! Maybe.): Now that I have a 7-year-old, it occurs to me that most of my childhood memories begin at 7. I have a few, from […]


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Thumbsucker

posted Tuesday August 5th, 2008

I really did feel guilty, asking Ray to take Sophie to her dental appointment this morning. “No way!” he said. “You need to take her so you can hear the dentist complain about her thumbsucking!” It’s true. While Ray reprimands Sophie constantly for it, I just never could get too upset about thumbsucking. I sucked […]


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