Archive for October, 2009

The moon, again…

Friday, October 30th, 2009

- Maman, where the moon go? - You won't be able to see it tonight because it's raining, there's too many clouds. - Where the moon is? - It's hidden behind the clouds! - I go outside, and I climb on a ladder, and I poke the clouds and the moon comes out and ...

A dragon, you said?

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Our son (and Zak) were invited to a Halloween party yesterday afternoon. He slept late and I arrived home just as they were getting ready to go, so I went with them. I'm really glad I did, because I met a very interesting group of parents with children the same ...

I want to be a dragon!

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

A few weeks ago, two of our young neighbors were playing outside dressed like dragons. Those were their Halloween costumes from last year, and I tried to explain to my son what this was all about. So it shouldn't have come as a surprise when, a bit later, we asked ...

Mon perroquet préféré

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Après l'avoir sûrement entendu bien des fois, c'est rendu que chaque matin, quand je me prépare à aller travailler, mon fils me dit spontanément (et pas seulement en réponse à la même politesse), avec le plus mignon des zozotements au monde: - Bonne zooonée maman! À croquer!

IQ…

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Zak was telling me yesterday that some study proved that talking to your children a lot is the best way to improve their IQ. At that rate, our son will be a genius! Zak is ALWAYS talking to him. And obviously it works at least to some degree, because our ...

Where are your tools?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

My son love to play "You are Baby and I am Maman", or "Papa is Maman and Maman is Papa". This morning, it went one step further: - "This is my head", he says, pointing at my head, "and this is your head", he says, pointing at his. So I grabbed his ...

Understanding life

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Our boy has been asking a lot of questions lately. He's trying to make sense of everything around him. Like yesterday: - When I'm older and I'm a woman, I go to work with you? Blame it on the reversal of roles in this house ;-)