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Saying Good Bye to our Pups

We said good-bye to our dogs over these past two weeks.  Thinking abstractly about what would happen if one of our pets were aggressive with kids or we had an allergy issue is so very different than going through the actions of “rehoming” your loved pets.  I have been largely quiet about Gabriel’s eczema since [...]

Monkey See…

As a matter of instinct as well as reading parents’ magazines in doctors waiting rooms, I understand that the behavior I model will filter into what Dante and Gabriel do in very direct ways.

As noted here before, we have two dogs.  And periodically throughout the day they will do things that need to be [...]

Finding Balance

I love seeing what new element of physics Dante is exploring.  For awhile it was gravity, of course. (“Does this toy hit the floor if I let go?” Yes. Every time.)  Velocity was in there too, as were pretty much all the properties of water.  (Dinner time is discovery time.)  All three of Newton’s Laws [...]

Recommended Reading, 07.25.11

Installment two of Recommended Reading…hope something strikes your fancy…

 

“10 Reasons to Not Use Your Dishwasher” (Life…Your Way)

I find truth in the reasons written about here.  We use the dishwasher for our plates, glasses and silverware and hand wash the rest…because invariably the tool I wanted was always in the washer…

“5 [...]

Babies are for Sharing

This weekend I thought back to a conversation I had with a friend around the time of Gabriel’s birth.  I had made some comment to the effect that I wished she could hold him and in reply she told me about a new mom she knows with a 6 month old baby who doesn’t let [...]