Tag Archives: two! children!

To the Children, to Make Much of Their Dreams

Posted on 12/9/2009 by cheesefairy

Dear Trombone and Fresco, Last week I got an email from my former supervisor, offering me my job back for a year while my maternity leave replacement goes on maternity leave. (Office Chair of Procreative DoomPanic strikes again.) It was … Continue reading →

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A Fleeting Thought, Pinned

Posted on 12/4/2009 by cheesefairy

Sometimes I say things to my children and I am stunned, simply stunned, by my hypocrisy. “Be nice to people,” I say. “Everybody makes mistakes.” “I don’t like that voice.” I am the grown up. It falls to me to … Continue reading →

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The Story of Christmas Elmo

Posted on 12/1/2009 by cheesefairy

The year Trombone was born, SA’s aunt sent us a singing, drumming Christmas Elmo. Wow, is it ever. Everything you’re thinking right now, it really is all of those things. Piercingly loud. Very red. Battery life like you wouldn’t believe. … Continue reading →

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Here, There, All Over the Place

Posted on 10/20/2009 by cheesefairy

18 months is longer than a year. I do not think it is fair to the addled and time-confused among us (raising hand, waving madly) to continue counting a baby’s age in months when the first year has passed. Fresco … Continue reading →

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Illness with Children: A Timeline

Posted on 10/18/2009 by cheesefairy

Prologue: Children start acting crazy. This is a tough one to nail down, because children can start acting crazy for all kinds of reasons, or for no reason at all. It is the child’s prerogative to act crazy. The parent … Continue reading →

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