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Archive for August, 2007

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Read this: Baby Einstein – Not So Smart In some way, this article alleviates the jealousy I feel for the “Baby Einstein” mom – the one who founded it and is now richer than rich for some stupid puppets. These videos aren’t even well made. Also I feel vindicated because I knew that all that [...]

a perfect day

Alex is having separation anxiety. Usually I try to stay away from the terms that are tossed around parenting magazines that refer to behavioral things but there is no other word to describe the hysterical sobs every time we are out of his sight. Mostly this happens at naptime and bedtime. The amount of hours [...]

thoughts clouded by the heat

Things I am thinking about today: This damn Virginia heat. The last few days have been curly hair days in deference to the 98% humidity and average 95 degree temperatures. A quick trip to the restroom has revealed that I am starting to succumb to dreaded “triangle head” – think Alice from Dilbert (shout out [...]

hair diaries

Every time I do this to his hair (which is pretty much every bath – I’m easy to amuse) I’m amazed by how long it is now. For months, we had “the fuzz”. No matter what we did, it would not lay flat – it stuck straight up and straight out. Walking through a store [...]