http://curlystraight.com/ The daily musings of a woman with curly straight hair. en Copyright 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:04:07 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Julia is holding her sippy cup horizontally and singing Baby Milk, Baaaabbyyy Miilllkkk while rocking it back and forth, oh so gently. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/sweet_baby.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/sweet_baby.html conversations with a 2-year-old girl Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:04:07 -0500 Julia loves looking at books, magazines, photo albums, anything with pages and pictures. She repeats everything you say, as she points at the picture, pretty much verbatim. The one phrase she doesn't have down yet is "what is that?" - instead she points at a picture and says "da da daa?" which so clearly means "what is that?" by the inflection of her voice. Works for me. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/what_is_that.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/what_is_that.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:54 -0500 I am cutting Julia's waffle into smaller pieces because she can't fit the last couple into her mouth. TJ: Dada cut them too big. I need to tell him. TJ walks into the bathroom where John is in the shower: Daddy, you cut Julia's waffle too big and next time you need to make the pieces smaller so she can fit them in her mouth. Daddy: ok, I'll make a note of that. TJ: And put it on the counter or in a secret place so next time you make a waffle you can look at it and remember to cut it smaller. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_waffle_advice.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_waffle_advice.html conversations with a 4 year old Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:22 -0500 John is reading The Cat in the Hat to TJ and Julia. Julia points to a picture of the little boy. "TJ," she says. John says "is that TJ? And is that Julia?" pointing to the little girl. She gives a tiny little nod and whispers "yes." http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_cat_in_the_hat.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_cat_in_the_hat.html brother and sister Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:08:29 -0500 TJ is wiping Julia's nose. He ran to get a tissue as fast as he could and then ran over to her and wiped her runny nose. It is very cute. True love. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/oh_no.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/oh_no.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:30:51 -0500 TJ: I just burped. Mama: Did you say "excuse moi?" TJ: No. Mama: That's how you say it in French. TJ: We're not in French. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/hes_right_were_not.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/hes_right_were_not.html conversations with a 4 year old Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:03:45 -0500 If I had an elliptical in my house, I would be on it right now. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/i_would_i_really_would.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/i_would_i_really_would.html exercise Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:34 -0500 We have a Kindness Jar in our home and whenever someone does something really nice or kind, they get a little note in there. Every now and then when TJ does something nice, he demands it gets documented and put in there, but mostly it's when we catch them committing a random act of kindness. We have filled it up twice since we implemented it in October or so. It's nice to sit and read the kind acts that the kids have done. After John and I take turns reading each kindness, we all applaud. Mostly it ends up that TJ gets a lot of praise because although Julia is pretty sweet and kind, she hasn't quite figured out the good deed thing yet at her tender age. In the future, I'm sure she will have many more. Here are the kindnesses we read about as we emptied the jar on Saturday evening. TJ got Julia her milk when she couldn't reach. Julia gave TJ his car. He was sitting on the potty. Ava (TJ's little friend) gave Julia a book so nicely. Julia is always smiling in the morning. TJ shared his eggnog with Julia. Julia gave TJ a hug just because. Thomas put Julia's coat away for her. Also, at school, he cleaned up when she took out a doll. TJ helps Julia get down from her chair. Julia let TJ read a story to her. TJ whispered in the morning so Julia wouldn't wake up. TJ and Julia played so nicely with her new dollhouse. TJ helped Mommy make delicious beef stew. Julia helped pick up all the cars. TJ and Julia shared their spiders. Julia gave TJ his shoe. Julia gave TJ a Christmas kiss. TJ gave Julia a pizelle out of the kindness of his heart. TJ helped make his lunch. I have a sweet son and a sweet daughter. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_kindness_jar.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/the_kindness_jar.html brother and sister Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:31:23 -0500 I find it amazing what a difference in the day it can make waking up to a clean kitchen. And entire house, for that matter. Although I would have no idea about the latter. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/looking_for_a_good_day_tomorro.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/looking_for_a_good_day_tomorro.html Life in general Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:34:43 -0500 Le Grand Pinot Noir (Black Sheep) A nice, delicious, light red. Introduced by Gail. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/pinot_noir.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/pinot_noir.html wine to buy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:30:41 -0500 Every time Julia sees a picture of a baby in the house, she says "Baby TJ." Today, she was looking at one in a pink polka dot frame that says Thank Heaven for Little Girls. Julia: Baby TJ Mama: No, Julia, that's you. That's Baby Julia. Julia, with a big smile on her face: Baby Yaya. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/i_think_i_need_more_photos_of.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/i_think_i_need_more_photos_of.html conversations with a 2-year-old girl Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:29:08 -0500 Got my first Etsy earrings today. Super cute and they make me happy. I'm thinking of a cuter name for them than rainy skies, that sounds too drab for these little delights. Drab with cool colors, but still. Silver dots in the sky? Happy Gray Day? Circles of rain? Dropping dots? Hmmm. I really want to see a silversmith in action. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/rainy_skies_in_my_ears.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/rainy_skies_in_my_ears.html Life in general Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:38:56 -0500 TJ: Mama, did you know dinosaurs used to be all over the earth? Mama: Really, they were? What did they eat? TJ: Ham, meat and plants. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/was_it_in_a_sandwich.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/was_it_in_a_sandwich.html conversations with a 4 year old Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:31:43 -0500 I twisted and I curled and I coiled 18ga sterling silver wire to create these very organic hoops. They are THE perfect everyday earrings. I wear my small curled hoops all the time and get so many compliments for them. Haven't received any of my orders yet...waiting patiently. As usual. ]]> http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/curled_hoops.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/curled_hoops.html Life in general earrings Etsy Rhode Island shopping Mama Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:26:28 -0500 Doing tricep pushups during Group Power. Somehow pulled my trapezoid muscle. Ow. Hurts. Try to rub it out, but can't. Can't turn my neck without deep, searing pain for the rest of the day. Hurts on the left. Wake up from the pain in the middle of the night and it hurts on both sides, now badly. Make a massage appointment with Frank on Tuesday. He gets right into it. None of this working into it stuff. It's a good, deep, strong massage. Deeper than I have ever had. He almost went through my body. Hurts the next day from where he was rubbing my neck muscles but it's feeling better. But not healed. Chiropractor. Go in. He manipulates me and rubs me and has me hold the foam cylinder and lays me down and my back cracks. I have to tell him to tell me to think of something else when he tries to crack my neck. I tighten up before he is going to crack my neck, because who wouldn't, really? "Distract me!" I tell him and he tells me to think of my toes "slowly, slowly, move them into toward each other." It works, I crack. I feel so much better but that painful pull is still deep inside me. Hoping sleep will help it tonight. Wish I could do yoga tomorrow but such a full day. Friday, for sure, I bet that will be the final healing help. http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/owie_owie_owie.html http://curlystraight.com/2010/03/owie_owie_owie.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:15:36 -0500