endless cycle

this is A's day, running on repeat:

• reading (not)
• playdoh
• playground
• lego
• sketch-a-doodle
• mop the floor

accompanied by a running commentary in gibberish.

same as ever - morgan heusel (2023)

unusually for a modern american book, this one serves up new ideas right to the last chapter, with some gems along the way too. especially the thought, what have you experienced that i haven't that makes you believe what you do?

punchy story-telling in short attention-maintaining bytes.

i enjoyed it.

mini miracle

watching a child feed herself, it occurs to me that the fact that the food lands in the mouth and not on the floor is a feat that defies the laws of physics.

happy returns!

my resourceful resilient gentle helpmate

my rock who keeps me on the straight and narrow

my beloved my lover my friend

i wish you God's richest blessings

grandparenting

we get to return the baby when she is soiled upset hungry or unhappy

we have to learn a whole new toddler language

she gets new targets to twist around her little finger

we are assigned new roles in life

pretty awesome privilege

new world

little A discovers pockets.

now she saunters around like a little adult.

stereotyped

little A has us neatly classified.

she sees me and says, read!

she sees HOM and says, cashews!