Archive for January, 2009
The luckiest mommy in the world
Dear Oliver,
Tomorrow is your first birthday.
Nope, I can’t believe you’re already one. But, as I’ve commented lately to friends, considering that I spent most of my pregnancy with you in a state of shock, it’s not surprising that I still look at you and shake my head in utter disbelief that you’re actually here.
Sometimes I [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 30th, 2009 tagged Look at me, look at me!, Olliepop | 27 Comments »
If you see me walking by, look away…baby, look away
Before moving here, Kyle and I were only passing acquaintances with our neighbors. In Dover, he worked with the officer who lived next door, and in New York, we occasionally chatted with one woman and another couple on our floor.
In New Jersey, we got to know many more of the people in our building – [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 27th, 2009 tagged Bwahahaha!, Home on the range, Who me? | 13 Comments »
She’s got a way about her
Dear CJ,
Happy birthday! You turned four on Saturday, but by no means is that your biggest accomplishment of the past year. Your metamorphosis since your last birthday is nothing short of incredible.
Sure, you talk. A lot. Perhaps too much sometimes. You go pee in the potty. You write your name and draw recognizable pictures. You [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 25th, 2009 tagged Kids say the darnedest things, Look at me, look at me!, Miss Mousie | 16 Comments »
Mastication is making him hate
Kyle is by far one of the most easygoing people I’ve ever known. He’s unflaggingly optimistic, always convinced that everything will work out for the best, and he’s rarely bothered by anything.
In fact, the only way to really get his goat – apart from leaving comments here regarding Young Earth Creationism – is to eat [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 21st, 2009 tagged Bwahahaha!, Daring you to disagree, The king of beers, Who me? | 18 Comments »
The magnitude of this milestone
This weekend, Tacy was telling me what she’d learned about Martin Luther King Jr. in school the past week. “He made a lot of important speeches,” she reported.
“That’s true,” I agreed. “But do you know why they were important?”
There began yet another discussion of civil rights.
It’s ground that we’ve covered before – not just on [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 19th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie | 15 Comments »
If you say so
One afternoon last summer, Tacy came in from playing outside, looking frustrated. I asked her what was wrong.
“I don’t like it when my friends say things that I know aren’t true,” she complained. “When I say, That’s not true! they keep saying it is. I don’t like that.”
I smiled at her. “Yeah, that’s pretty annoying. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 16th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Who me? | 15 Comments »
Which came first, the movie or the book?
Yesterday afternoon, at the end of a very long day during which I mentally composed several eBay ads offering up my two younger children to the highest any bidder, while refusing demands for cartoons, I ran across The Namesake on one of the movie channels.
The Namesake (by Jhumpa Lahiri) is one of the scant few [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 14th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree | 21 Comments »
So the last shall be first, and the first last
I don’t like the idea of “firsts” – the first time you [fill in the blank] or the first person to [fill in the blank].
The inherent pressure to be first, even when you’d probably be better served NOT to be first (for example, being the first of your friends to lose her virginity), seems to [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 13th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Miss Goosie, Who me? | 6 Comments »
Movin’ on up
Last spring, we removed CJ from her old pre-school after it became very clear that the environment there was no longer a good fit – and that’s being kind about it. I still ache a bit when I think of how sad she seemed there; I should have known something was wrong and done something [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 12th, 2009 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Miss Mousie | 15 Comments »
Child-free company
That’s the best incentive I’ve found yet to clean up the damn house.
Don’t get me wrong; I keep the place clean. Regrettably, I’m on the neat freak end of the cleanliness spectrum. That’s regrettable because not only do I drive my family crazy with my cleaning compulsions (which have relaxed considerably over the past six [...]
