17 Aug
K has gone from her first why to “Why?” “But why? “But why?” for every answer I give- just as a proper toddler should do. Usually the questioning ends at the third or fourth “why” and generally has something to do with an answer similar to, “Because you’ll get hurt and will cry […]
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15 Aug
“Not a baby, not a baby…” is my mantra these days. Having two children barely 16 months apart, certain things happen I think. Namely, the older child, K, gets all the attention because she is much more demanding and clearly verbalizes what she wants and the second child, A, is perpetually The Baby, even when […]
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24 Mar
I’ve kept up with this blog for 12 days straight- no skipping yet. That’s a dozen days of my reading habits chronicled and other details shared. I am sure that my reading habits have been somewhat affected by blogging, but not too significantly. The time I spend on the computer these days […]
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17 Mar
When I consider how I find books to read, a lot of my reading list is based on reviews in articles I read. Here’s a rough list of how I select books to read in order of frequency of finding interesting books in their lists:
“The Week” book reviews
“Seattle Times” book reviews
“People” magazine book […]
Posted in Parental Musings, Scholarly Musings by: Emmi
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