This little guy is very into big machines, particularly backhoes, large dump trucks, and helicopters. Dr. Peds brought this book home from the hospital (I think) the other day and it was a very, very big hit. He was reading on his own all morning, when he wasn’t stealing his…

Cereal has been going great. The Banana didn’t waste any time the first meal she was introduced to solid food. Unilke lots of babies who mash and mush the cereal around, she snarfed it right down. I could barely get the spoon loaded quickly enough. Apparently we’ve been starving her…

I was trying to take pictures of The Banana like this . . . when Desctructoman invaded. He insisted on sitting next to The Banana. He insisted on sitting in front of The Banana. Finally I just decided to take pictures of him and I ended up with this .…

Here are some random things I’ve done since you last heard from me: — I mixed glue, liquid cornstarch and blue food coloring together to make a putty sort of like silly putty, but more like that slimy stuff called GAK that my little brother used to play with. It…

Ms. Crazy Preschooler after a midmorning bath on Thursday

Here are some of our favorite recent reads: Children’s Picture Books: Ruthie Bon Bair: Do Not Go to Bed with Ringing Wet Hair by Susan Lubner and Bruce Whately. This book was very creative. I found it a delight to read. The illustrations were wonderful, and the notion of plants…

All of my nieces love to take risks. They have no fear of falling, no fear of crashing, colliding, or collapsing. They bounce around zinging from here to there so quick your eyes can barely keep up. They’ve always been this way: climbing to the top of the jungle gym…

Since I posted a picture of Janzie, age six, I thought I really should include her sisters as well. I’m not really sure which of her sisters this is, but I have a hunch it’s Madison. My nieces, Madison and Miranda are twins, age five, who may very well be…

This picture is actually from last week. Ms. Crazy Preschooler was writing a thank you note to Grandma Robbie and Grandpa Ron for her Christmas and birthday presents. Lately I’ve been encouraging her to use her sounding out skills to try to spell things phonetically (I’ve been reading a LOT…