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Archive for March 2009

The eyes have it

Posted by: Kymber on: March 27, 2009

My son has a fascination with eyes at the moment. “Does it have eyes?” or “Show me the eyes! Where are the eyes?” are the  most asked questions in this house (followed closely by questions about poo–see “Interest of the Week” at the right). I gave him a glue stick, some construction paper, shapes to [...]

Making friends with the axis of evil

Posted by: Kymber on: March 25, 2009

A Representative Of The Axis Of Evil (‘ROTAOE’) approached me in the hospital one year ago.  I was at the hospital to have some blood drawn for fertility tests, and we were number 75 or something equally horrific in terms of waiting time. I was trying to watch the number board  with one eye while keeping the other fixed on Little [...]

The language these kids use nowadays…

Posted by: Kymber on: March 18, 2009

A few days ago, I took my kids to the zoo by myself.  This may  not seem like a big thing, but it was. My eldest, Little J, is practicing for a career as an Olympic sprinter.  He likes to take off and ‘have a little run’ (as he puts it). His ‘little runs’ get [...]

I mopped the wooden living room floor, today. Woohoo! Go, domestic goddess, go! Do the dance of happiness at newly clean floor around mop bucket and manky mop! ooh lala ooh lala Why the joy at mopping a floor? I don’t know. Maybe because it’s spring and actually sunny, today. Maybe because mopping the floor [...]

Destructo Moments

Posted by: Kymber on: March 10, 2009

Little J is obsessed with animals. I’m glad it’s animals and not cars, because I like animals, and I wouldn’t be so tolerant of this particular destructo moment if the holes in my wicker basket were made by tunnels for miniature tractor trailers (i.e lorries). Instead, the elephant (normally known as E) has munched and [...]

Baby takes her first steps

Posted by: Kymber on: March 10, 2009

My first post

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Little J Question of the Week

"Mama, can I have Little J scissors? Little J want to cut all the flowers in the garden."

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