I went to Adrian’s costume parade on Tuesday, the day before Halloween. He wanted to be dressed up as Thomas the Tank Engine. When Emily took him to the store to pick out a costume, as the tale goes, he never hesitated, and went straight for Thomas. There are, roughly, an even number of boys…
Category: Parenting
My Baby Can Read!
Erin read Green Eggs and Ham to me tonight. Right to me. She read it all. I lay on the bed with her as she puzzled out the sounds. “G…got? Is it long-o or short-o? I think it’s long-o. Goat.” “Why is the ‘O’ long?” I asked her. “Because there’s an ‘A’ next to it,”…
When Parents Leave The Burn Book Out
On one day each week, Erin’s kindergarten has an early dismissal, right around lunchtime. This is also a day I keep Adrian home from preschool, so I meet Erin at her classroom with Adrian, a lunch, and a picnic blanket, and we hang out and eat lunch next to the playground. Erin and Adrian will…