I was dressing Miles one morning, telling him about our plans to go grocery shopping, when he looked at me and wistfully asked, “Fly? Airplane? No?” “No Miles,” I said. “We are not going to fly on an airplane to the grocery store.” “Miles? Car? No car?” “No car.” “Train? Miles train no? Train mommy?! [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Ramblin’ Man
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Country Time
Posted in Family, Outings, tagged parenting, toddler, Travel on August 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
For Robin’s birthday, we visited her family in Georgia. She comes from a small town — and when I say small, I don’t mean a town with a McDonald’s but no Taco Bell. I don’t mean a town where the mall has a lousy selection and a cheesy fountain. I mean a town without a [...]
More. Friend. Please.
Posted in Family, Friends, Outings, Speech, Unabashed Cuteness, tagged friendship, lesbian moms, parenting, queer families, toddler on August 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
On the way home from music class Friday morning, we stopped spontaneously at a large, lovely playground that we don’t get to very often. It’s about a 15 minute walk from our apartment, so we usually go somewhere closer unless we are meeting someone. Miles, thrilled with his good luck, clambered up a metal ladder (when [...]
Off the Clock
Posted in Family, Learning, Outings, tagged life balance, motherhood, parenting, toddler, Travel on August 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
On Sunday afternoon, RJ and Robin and Miles and I stood outside our apartment building. “You look so rested,” RJ was telling me. “Doesn’t she look like she just came back from a vacation? Your face looks different.” “It does,” Robin admitted. Which was kind of weird. I hadn’t come back from a vacation; in [...]
Why Didn’t I Think of That?
Posted in Learning, tagged toddler on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes kids have the best ideas.
