Archive for May, 2009
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Zak bought grapes - green grapes - for the first time since last summer, and for some reason, our son insists on calling them blueberries.
It's not like a new fruit would be too complicated for him. He knows oranges, kiwis, watermelon, strawberries, mangoes, mandarins, apples, pineapples, avocados, tomatoes, and probably ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
One of the most fascinating things I find about raising a toddler is that you become awkwardly aware of your own quirks when you're suddenly faced with a little mini-you imitating them... One example:
Zak and I don't usually bother closing the door when we go to the bathroom. So I ...
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
I watched this movie a while ago but keep forgetting to talk about it. It's worth watching, though. This documentary, produced by Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me), follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a tour of the United States. It is a brilliant criticism of ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
This morning, my son asked me for the first time: "What's this?"
It wasn't such a remarkable conversation. We were in the bathroom, he grabbed the corner of a towel, hung up to dry:
- What's this?, he asked.
- Une serviette, I replied.
- Maman wash with serviette, he exclaimed.
See, nothing remarkable. But ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
I don't know if many people visited Trudeau's Web site during the last election campaign, but he posted a series of videos in Frenglish in which he switched from one language to the other constantly, often in the middle of a sentence. He claimed that this would make them understandable ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
My chatty toddler and his dad were about to eat some messy watermelon (hmmm... watermelon!) yesterday afternoon when Zak reminded his son that he needed a bib.
- Papa bib?, replied the said son.
- Papa doesn't have a bib, answered his father.
- Papa go store buy some!, was the final answer.
That's ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
I never, ever, ever want to be a single mom.
For the past week, Zak has been doing some contract work. But he works full-time already (taking care of our son), which means he has to do his contracts on the night and/or weekend shift while I'm there to take over. ...
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