by Julie | Oct 20, 2008
I Love Trucks by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern Eli’s favorite book genre is Books About Vehicles. He divides this love equally between non-fiction and picture books. I generally prefer the picture books. I like a little plot with my book, and...
by Julie | Oct 7, 2008
Here’s a snippet of the absurdist drama that is life with kids: 6:00 a.m. Eli: So what else is there? Julie [mostly asleep]: What? Eli: What else? Julie: What else of what? Eli: There’s excavators, and dumptrucks, and loaders. What else? Julie [face still...
by Julie | Oct 3, 2008
Alarming sight of the day: Eli running through the kitchen, on a mission, holding an uncapped marker.
by Julie | Oct 1, 2008
My mom was just here for a few days. She gave Eli a giant calculator, which he loves, and calls his “computer.” Today he said, “I have to do some work on my computer,” Then he set it out in front of him, and heaved a great big weary sigh. I...
by Julie | Sep 26, 2008
Things Eli said today, all while he was in a different room than I was in: There’s something crawling! I’m all blue! Look! A huge spider! I don’t have to pee.
by Julie | Sep 25, 2008
Today was a day when Henry whined about nothing for 20 minutes, and then at Minute 19 Eli would start whining, and back and forth so it was this completely seamless whine. It was a lot of whining about stuff that didn’t make any sense to me, like Henry seriously...
