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Thursday, June 5th, 2008And happy greetings not just to our high school and college grads, but all our Pre-schoolers and Kinders who get to don the gown and take a step up to the next part of their little lives. Elizabeth’s graduation song is now on YouTube.
Veggie Wars: A New Beginning
Monday, May 12th, 2008So, when we last visited the front line of the veggie wars, Mom was losing, big time. We’d discovered Elizabeth was hiding her veggies under a side table (and not thinking to go back and throw them out later.) I didn’t blog about the veggie wars for a while because I was, well, despondent. Failing. [...]
A Smashing Party
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Spring is a busy time, and certainly no less so with the parties of both my daughters with birthdays in April and May. Elizabeth’s Libby Lu fete was quite the bash. My little diva took the fact they were out of “Rock Star” make overs in stride and went the princess route. It took over [...]
The Veggie Wars: Ultimate Failure
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008My quest to get Elizabeth to eat vegetables could not have gone any worse than today. We sat around the table, arranging a board game for our Friday game night. As we’re doling out the cards for Hands Down, I notice something in the corner under a low table. Flower petals? Strips of paper? I go over [...]
Veggie Wars: Month Two
Friday, February 8th, 2008I admit it, I’ve been slacking. Emily, my eight-year-old, frequently reminds me, “Elizabeth hasn’t eaten a veggie today!” Or we trade eggs for a veggie. Or fruit. Some days are better than others. I’m teaching them flexibility, right? We have two winners: baby carrots and mashed potatoes. The green things are still tough. But I’m [...]
The Veggie Wars: Day 19
Saturday, January 19th, 2008My New Year’s Resolution to ensure my 5-year-old eats one veggie every day is going…well, it’s still going. So far we’ve had a variety of green beans, peas, raw carrots, mashed potatoes, and whole kernel corn. I’ve had success with two things I hoped would happen: 1. Elizabeth would find a vegetable she liked more than [...]
If you’re wondering how the veggie feedings are going…
Friday, January 11th, 2008I’m ordinarily full of words, but you know what they say about a picture’s worth: One veggie every day. (Pictured here: raw baby carrots.) Took 20 minutes to eat ONE. But she’s doing it. Reluctantly, but she’s doing it. It is, after all, my sole New Year’s Resolution.
Overheard at the Kids’ Christmas Pageant
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007The line of angels bunched and buckled as the row of wing-bedecked elementary-aged choristers snaked around the nativity set and into the foyer. Someone stopped abruptly, and a secondary angel crashed into the head honcho, the holy host with full gold regalia and the critical lines of the play. Be not afraid, for I bring you good news [...]
A Kids-Eye Tour of Austin
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007So, do you have family coming into Austin for Thanksgiving? Not sure what to do with them? The girls and I like to spend one day each summer visiting the highlights of our home town. For one of the years, I made an elaborate web page with a map of Austin and all the places [...]
Crazy Tales and November Folly
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007In the last few years, Halloween has taken on a significance unknown in my previous thirty-um, thirty-some-odd years. No longer a holiday marked mainly by passing out candy or possibly going to some grown up party, it’s a big day for my children to demonstrate their personalities through their costumes, and at midnight, it’s the [...]
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