From the Department of Gender Studies (Anecdotal Division):
Lilyana’s latest joy is waiting for me to lie down, then running over, jumping high, and smashing into me as hard as she can. So far, I haven’t had any (lasting) injuries, and we’ve had a lot of giggles.
Now, who said boys are more physical than girls?
“People are women. Men are grownup boys.” -8/24/11
Practicing “vicarious yoga” these days: Watching my wife practice while I do the ironing.
There are two kinds of people: those who feel criminal for leaving their sleeping child to go to work, and those who don’t get it.
Acronym of the Day: PSL
Parental Sign Language: The combination of sign language, charades, and mime used by parents so as not to wake a sleeping child.
Fascinating how my daughter chooses to take developmental leaps at 9pm at night… A couple nights ago it was buttoning her sweater, last night it was doing flying somersaults across the bed.
I read this blog post The Meaning of Family, Alternative Thanksgivings and All by the fabulously talented Chris Jones a few days ago and have been thinking about it ever since.
In particular, how often am I watching and negatively judging other dads and/or feeling judged myself? What I call “Yardstick mind” leaves us all short.
I’m making porridge with Lilyana in the sling while she plays the Cupcakes game on the iPhone, each of us trying to see what the other is cooking.
I’ve been thinking about color, clothes, and gender a lot lately, and this widely (at least in my circles) reblogged post raises some of the same issues, so I’ll leave it to Nerdy Apple Bottom:
