A New Light at the End of One of Our Very Many Tunnels

May 5th. That is when Josh will be done with his pre-lims. Prelims? The thing that comes after his Qualifying Exam and before his Defense. I totally didn’t do grad school. Happy with my Bachelors, thankyouverymuch. At first I thought the craziness* would be over...

He Insists on Doing Things His Own Way

I tried to work with Levi (21 months old) on his pincher grip.  I was using clothes pins.  I put one in his hand, squeezed the end with him, noted how it opened, and clipped it to the edge of a bucket. We did that a few times and I got called away.  In my absence, he...

Why I Stay Up Way Too Late

Photo Credit My top ten reasons for not going to bed: It’s finally quiet. I have next-to-no fear of being interrupted. My brain can see straight.  (This is a result of numbers 1 and 2). I just meant to do one thing, but that reminded me I had wanted to make a...

Potty Training the Third Child

It would appear that our 21 month old is done with diapers. But I am not ready to potty train him. I don’t want to. I won’t. You can’t make me. With Olivia, she was willing and able to go in the potty until the novelty of the chore wore off.  When it...

Colorado Happy Days

August 17, 2010 —————————————————- Wordless Wednesday