I’ve been working on a post about the holidays, mulling over the events and trying to distill the cuteness into manageable bites (because it was extreme, the cuteness, and I wouldn’t want any of your heads to explode from reading it all at once). And then this happens, and it all seems rather pointless and [...]
Archive for December, 2007
A sad day for the world
Posted in Political on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s cuteness, THIS week!
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last Monday at a friend’s house, she noticed their nativity scene set up on the hearth. Immediately she picked up the little 2-inch baby Jesus, brought him to me, and said “baby!”. Then she pulled up her shirt and said “nee” (nurse).
Tuesday’s incident was even better, though — I heard maniacal giggling in [...]
Changes
Posted in Monkey language on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Camera” is no longer pronounced “mami” around here; she says “cam-ah”.
“Muppets” is no longer “mami” either; now it is “muhmit”.
And “blanket” has changed from “mami” to “mamik” (a small distinction, to be sure, but she really hits that “k” hard).
(*sigh*)
Our little girl is growing up . . .
This little child of mine
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
* Grabs your finger when she wants to lead you someplace and says “ooh ooh”. One more reason she is my little monkey.
* Jumps from pillows to the hard floor, instead of the other way around. She loves to do things the hard way, just like her mama.
* Says “heavy” not only when [...]
English-to-Ilze dictionary (addendum)
Posted in Monkey language on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
open = “ammo”
closed = “cow” (although she also says “cow” when she means cow)
at last count, her word “mami” now means: piano, blanket, medicine, camera, Molly, vacuum cleaner, and Muppets. Which you’d think would be confusing, but she is usually very clear about which one she means — usually by lunging at whatever object [...]
Is this what the holiday spirit feels like?
Posted in Hooray, hooray, it's a holi-holiday! on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning: Puttering around the kitchen while the monkey sleeps soundly in the bedroom and snow falls softly outside. Non-traditional, non-saccharine holiday mix on the iPod.*
This afternoon: Tromping through the snow in Skykomish, watching snow fall in clumps from the trees around us.
This evening: Getting our small (but decidedly un-Charlie Brown) tree set up [...]
