First, there are a few happy things I forgot to mention yesterday. There are probably actually more, but so far I’ve only thought of these.
In the coming-of-age category, a good friend made a bat mitzvah last Sunday. Coincidentally enough, it was the second one he’s made (for his second daughter, see) – and, the bar [...]
There are some happy things going on at the moment, so for a change of pace, I think I’ll take a moment to list them. Yay happiness! Yay happy things!
First, the Boy has not thrown up again. Woohoo! In fact, he is back to his usual monstery self, engaging in his usual tricks (such as [...]
At around 10:40 last night, just before I posted, I heard the Boy crying in his crib. This isn’t unheard of, but something about it was different than usual; he actually seemed to really be awake, rather than crying in his sleep. Now I confess that having JUST gotten the girls into bed at 10:30, [...]
(previous being here, update to previous being here)
I combed her again. This time, I used the finer-tooth comb, and I essentially went strand by strand. We went through the entire Scooby Doo And The Loch Ness Monster, and the beginning of the Tinkerbell movie. Earlier today we went through half of 101 Dalmatians, all of [...]
(previous being this)
RS’s hair: combed
Repulsive squiggling bugs removed: FIVE (?!?!)
Confidence that I actually got them all: absent
Nephew: here
Niece: coming later
Babysitter Allison: big fat wimp (= NOT COMING) (something about “nursing home patients” and how they won’t like it if she brings them lice) (like that’s my problem)
Miriam’s horoscope for today:
Exercise makes your ice cream taste [...]
Swine flu, or lice?
“Hi, Mrs. B? This is [the school nurse]. We just re-checked RS, and we found a live bug.”
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Any chance the live bug was a bee or something?
FYI: RS’s hair is approximately as thick as a woolly mammoth’s, which means hunting for little buggies inside it is really, really, SUPER EASY (not), and [...]
[This part of this post was written soon after Simchat Torah ended.]
Why does my son have a fanatical opposition to eating the last few bites of food on his tray? This morning he asked for more grapes (”Gips!”) when there were still at least three distinctly visible grape fragments sitting right in front of him. [...]
I am not in favor of school. I also hate all teachers. School is hell and teachers are the devil. This is my new official position. If only I’d known this when I was a teacher, I’d have been sure to wear red horns and carry a pitchfork every day. I feel like I need to [...]
Why is my son howling hysterically in bed, as he did last night, instead of going to sleep nicely and silently, as he used to do? Last night I ended up rocking him to sleep. Took almost an hour. It was cuddly and delicious and everything, but we are not looking for a repeat. He [...]
This post was written early this afternoon. Since then I believe we have solved the mystery of the Boy’s refusal to nap. Stay tuned.
Guess what? The Boy is currently screaming in his crib, and I am sitting on the couch, tense as - as something tense, listening to him scream as my blood pressure climbs steadily skyward. [...]
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