Posted in oscar on May 30th, 2008
Oscar was supposed to be sleeping a few minutes ago when I heard all kinds of ruckus and music coming from his room. I opened the door to check in on him and saw him standing in the middle of the room holding a teddy bear. He said to me,
“I want to dance, Momma.”
So [...]
Posted in oscar on May 29th, 2008
Oscar told a Knock Knock joke that really impressed me. All of his prior Knock Knocks were either taught to him by us or nonsense that he put together himself. I believe that this is his first original joke and think it is pretty ingenious, surely you’ll agree:
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Strawberry
Strawberry who?
The strawberry who can’t reach [...]
Posted in garden on May 28th, 2008
Last year Grandma Toki gave me a random Oriental lily plant that was likely one of those flowering plants you buy at the florist that may as well be a cut flower. You know…the plant usually gets disposed of as soon as the blooms die. I had a little space in my mish-mash flower bed [...]
Posted in laurel on May 26th, 2008
Laurel’s continuing to make developmental strides and I wanted to document some of the biggies here:
Cruising – She’s not walking but she is cruising like a fiend. Cruising is the term for supported walking, such as holding onto to the sofa cushions as she toddles around the living room.
Talking – She’s got a few words. [...]
Posted in oscar, stuff we like on May 25th, 2008
You’ve got to see what kind of art Oscar most enjoys. Sculptures? 3-D Art? I’m sure that some of you art school grads can help me with the proper terminology…
These are papers that were originally drawn on with crayons. After the coloring he rolls, then crumples the pieces. Finally, he’ll request a piece of tape [...]
Today we had the bright idea that we’d head down to Seaworld to check out their new playground. Brian even took the day off of work for this fun family outing. They had a members-only opening for this “Bay of Play” area that has been under construction for the last nine months. We’ve really missed [...]
Oscar has been a thumb sucker ever since he was first able to navigate his hand to his mouth. His standard "comfort position" is with his right thumb in his mouth (with index finger hooked over nose) while he pulls on his hair with his left hand.
This is his go-to position anytime that he’s [...]
The last set of photos that I wanted to share on the blog are from our picnic at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Calaveras County is not only home to jumping frogs but also Sierra Redwood trees. The Sierra Redwoods are the largest trees in the world and to see a tree with a trunk [...]
Posted in family on May 19th, 2008
My parents live in the same house that I grew up in and it is a very special home. There’s a creek that runs through the side of the property and the house is situated at the bottom of a sloping field. The house is arranged with lovely views of the field from the living [...]
Posted in family on May 18th, 2008
Like I said in my previous post, we’ve just returned from a Frog Jump holiday. I grew up in Murphys, a small town located in Calaveras County. Calaveras County is known for hosting a frog jump competition during the county fair in honor of a short story by Mark Twain called “The Celebrated Jumping Frog [...]
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