From the NYT magazine: The most read story on parenting.com today is “Mad at Dad,” a 4,000-word look at how very angry mothers of young children are at their husbands. Based on a what author Martha Brockenbrough describes as a survey of 1,000 “nationally representative” mothers from MomConnection, an online opinion panel, the article is [...]
Archive for January, 2009
29 Jan
Kansas Day
To celebrate the 148th Kansas Day today, Ava and I made sunflower cupcakes. We used this Martha Stewart recipe for a devil’s food cake.
27 Jan
Smiths don’t let Smiths win
Bryan, to Ava, over Hello Kitty Bingo: “I am really destroying you on this game.”
27 Jan
Olivia Fix
Olivia hits the 14 month mark tomorrow. When she’s not busy tearing yards of toilet paper off the roll or dining on cat food, Olivia likes to spend her time climbing. I’m thinking of getting her a ladder just to increase her efficiency. She’s also experimenting with sustained and incredibly loud tantrums. (Most commence when [...]
26 Jan
Liana and Coca (and Tom, too!)
As I mentioned last week, Liana spent a few days with us, and then this weekend, our friend Tom came down from Madison as well. We’re fortunate that so many of our Wisconsin friends make the trip down to Kansas. (Maybe it has something to do with the quickly melting snow…) Anyway, I missed a [...]
24 Jan
Snow, man!
For the second weekend in a row, we have a bit of snow. A couple of inches last week, a 65 degree day on Thursday, and another sprinkling last night. I love Kansas. Snowmen, however, don’t hang around here long.
23 Jan
Overheard
Olivia spends a lot of time talking on the phone, and by “phone,” I mean anything that resembles a cell. Remotes, calculators, toys…anything that’s phone-sized instantly connects her to someone who apparently enjoys very one-sided conversations. Olivia likes to include most of the words she knows, in random order. Olivia: “Hi! Hi. Yeah! No, no, [...]
