Category Archives: Parenting

A day with a 3-year-old will always have a wild fluctuation between good and not-so-good moments, but some days have neat little variations. When I was picking the little dude up from preschool, the head teacher/owner of the school once again complimented my boy on his clear diction and good singing voice. I know thereContinue reading “Up and down and all around”

I’m not worried about any elements of Max’s developmental progress. He’s not great at catch, sure, but that should turn around with some practice. And any shortfall in his basketball handling abilities is wildly overshadowed by his language skills. I will give  you an example. One of his new birthday books is ‘Scaredy Squirrel’ andContinue reading “Language skills? Check.”

But it passed. Whew! I was frightened that I would be malady-free and without physical complaint, but luckily a tension headache came in to take the burden of my discomfort from my fading cold. No downstairs computing for me tonight. Why? Well, my computer ‘desk’ (salvaged wooden banquet table) is wildly unsuited for this purpose,Continue reading “I felt good for a minute there…”