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Passeth all understanding

Elementary school art classroom Helping with Charlie's school's Peace Tiles project Okay, everybody, come sit in a circle. Circle. No, circle. That's the round one...So now that you're all seated, let's talk about what represents peace to you. ...Nice. The... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at a little pregnant

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Laptop is partially because of dysgraphia. We've enthusiastically embraced letting him use a keyboard to get his thoughts out sometimes -- the frustration of not being able to write well (which is to say at all) becomes a huge obstacle to his actually doing the work. Happy to let him use whatever tools we can scramble up to help him adapt and achieve. The other part, though, is that the teacher told the kids they could "be creative" in how they presented their material. I'm sure she had in mind dressing up as the historical figure, or, I don't know, a poster or a diorama or some shit, but Charlie cut right to the chase: "Can I do it on a computer?" Well, sure, especially if it means I don't have to help you refashion Marie Curie's lab in miniature out of cat-hair-covered Wiki Stix.

Commented Apr 3, 2013 on But seriously, folks, I'm here till recess at a little pregnant

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But seriously, folks, I'm here till recess

Speaking of trying hard, Charlie and his class were charged with the task of doing a report on notable women for women's history month. Charlie's choice surprised no one, though his title did strike me as maybe a little too... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2013 at a little pregnant

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If ten years of blog posts here have taught us nothing else, by now we've all learned that I'm sometimes an asshole. Do not worry: despite how seldom I post these days, I'm in no danger of forgetting that. Parenting... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2013 at a little pregnant

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Erk, thank you! Fixed.

Commented Mar 16, 2013 on Dear Mom (writing about Mom) writing about Mom on the iPhone at a little pregnant

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Dear Mom (writing about Mom) writing about Mom on the iPhone

These days I don't usually get too exercised about mom-on-mom atrocities. You know: the mommy wars. Momtroversy! Hand-to-hand mombat! ...OkayI'llstopnow. ... ... ...Momnia Brawlia in tres partes diviOKAY. It's not so much that I feel that hot-button topics don't apply... Continue reading

Posted Mar 14, 2013 at a little pregnant

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It ain't me, babe. (No, no, no, it ain't me, babe...it ain't me you're looking...at.)

Commented Jan 2, 2013 on Out with the old at a little pregnant

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Out with the old

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Posted Jan 1, 2013 at a little pregnant

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Ann, I am so sorry for your family's pain and loss. Abiding with you and letting your words reverberate.

Commented Dec 23, 2012 on Gone bad wrong at a little pregnant

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Every time something bad happens, some disaster — a shooting, a storm — that doesn't discriminate in its violence, people tell each other, "Hug your babies tight." The message I get is that we're supposed to feel a renewed gratitude... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2012 at a little pregnant

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A dream is a wish your heart makes

Didgeridon't Charlie's been practicing his accents. Unhampered by ever having heard, say, a real live Australian, he nevertheless lets out long strings of conversation that make him sound like Crocodile Dundee and Eliza Doolittle had a baby and taught him... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Four: the arguments for

Several weeks ago Ben decided to change his name and asked that we address him as Superman. Naturally, for Halloween he was... ...not Superman. (I'm pretty sure he's also wearing Spiderman underpants. All the bases covered, that kid. Job worth... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Four: the arguments against

At high volume, in full cry: "I didn't want a kiss! I can't just wipe it off! Now there's something unpleasant on my cheek!" "I was watching the swirl in the bathtub as the water went down the drain and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2012 at a little pregnant

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I will say it's gotten better. Oh, Charlie's still not sleeping, but it's not weighing on me so heavily these days; once we've sent him along to his room in the evening over his passionate protests, he occupies himself with... Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Lies I tell my children

The hole in Ben's ear is, variably, a portal for sound, a window into the future, and the warren of a family of tiny raccoons who eavesdrop on his thoughts. Why does Tintin's co-conspirator Captain Haddock carry a cane? To... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Did you mean "retaliation"? I don't know, iTunes — did I?

Oh, my Hell, if school doesn't start soon I am going to run amok. Although it's been a full summer — five different camps that I can think of right offhand — in the last week and a half until... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Where I fall in

Tough summer, this one. There's a post in my drafts folder with just one line in it: Will I ever stop being embarrassed all the time? That's all I could manage to write. (Subject: July 3 meltdown. Venue: the steps... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Speechless Spednesday

Falling boulders...snakes...poisonous iguana...possibly Satan... ...an isolette, a baby, and a mother with smeared mascara. All seems to be in order. Carry on, then! Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Oh oh oh okay so I'll tell it like this: Once upon a time there was this kid who wanted, of all things, a fish. This kid — let's just call him Charlie, no relation — had been finding it... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Grandma goes to Washington

We spent last week in Washington, DC and it was, like a lot of things we do as a family these days, about 80% wonderful and 15% how-come-the-human-race-didn't-die-out-long-ago? (The other 5%? Cortisol, trace elements, and mechanically-separated chicken.) I find it... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Comes with the territory

Ohhh, I just had a day. Two incidents of note: We'd been out in the car, and Ben's window was down because I make him open it while he smokes. When we got home I pulled into the garage; before... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2012 at a little pregnant

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I'm back in the ski lodge this snowy Saturday, somehow managing to collect my thoughts over the sound of young femurs snapping. (It sounds like bamboo windchimes. Relaxing in its way.) First, my thanks for the support and ideas you... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2012 at a little pregnant

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It's kind of fucked up how people say, "You're the expert on your child," when they want to be reassuring. You know, don't ignore your intuition. Let your knowledge of your child be your guide. Trust your instincts. Mother knows... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2012 at a little pregnant

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Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way...turn.

I just opened my TypePad dashboard and I swear to God a cloud of bats flew out. In fact, I'm being swarmed even as we speak, so if this post contains more than the usual ration of guano, that is... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2012 at a little pregnant

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The bean was dark brown and probably did look like just a clump of wax. ...That is the certainty I'm clinging to, anyway.

Commented Dec 19, 2011 on Farmer boy at a little pregnant

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