Category Archives: Kelsey Milestones
Training Wheels
I’ve been carrying a 15/16″ wrench in my back pocket for 3.5 years now. It’s just this thing I do, whenever I take the kids for a bike ride. Most times, Kelsey and Laurel will get on their training-wheel-equipped bicycles, … Continue reading
Readers are we
We got our library cards today! Also today, we… Checked out Kelsey’s 2nd grade classroom, and I got to meet her teacher. Toured Laurel’s Kindergarten classroom. Turned in our summer reading worksheets at the library, where both kids were supposed … Continue reading
Of leaps and bounds
Sometimes, I’m completely blindsided by something new one of my children does. Like when the 5 year old, who is going through a picky phase, voluntarily tries tuna fish and declares that she loves it. Or when the seven year … Continue reading
The Tao of Kelsey 7.0
My seven-year-old is a child ruled by continuously opposing energies. If she’s not spazzing out before bedtime, unable to stop moving, she is unconscious between her sheets. If she’s reading quietly on the couch, the next moment she is dancing … Continue reading
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A letter to my 7 year old
Yesterday, we watched The Neverending Story, and talked about the nature of story, the human imagination, and animatronics. And then you walked around our apartment holding a mirror up as though it were a camera, interviewing stuffed animals and filming … Continue reading
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