When my son was a toddler(学步儿童), he asked to run into our driveway until he fell. He would then turn to me to see if he was hurt. If my face betrayed worry or if I audibly gasped(发声地吸气), he would cry. If I maintained calmness, he would brush himself off and get ...
So, I will be back tomorrow night at seven o’clock for our “date” just like you and Heather tonight. Before you get any ideas of what you might do, listen. Heather has your wallet, your keys, and I am going to drive your car away tonight. You have no land line in the house,...
Like a couple weeks ago when he knocked Squeak over. Actually, there’s some debate over this. Oli thinks it was his fault. The Girl says the baby shouldn’t have let go of the wall to grab his kitten. Either way, Squeak fell and hit his head on the wall. ...
At that point it might have felt more validating to hear, “Yup, this is intense, but you’ll make it. Let me hold the baby while you (insert desperate action to keep up with toddler here).” I am looking at rhythms these days. We used to start every school day with read-aloud ...
Even though they are plunged into semi-darkness and kids start crying, this becomes Ji-hwan’s time to shine and show that he’s just as capable at making children smile as he is unintentionally terrifying them with his stoic features. He puts on a shadow puppet show, and as Ji-hwan’...
A toddler is dressed in embroidered clothes and jewels that my children would have longed for when they were little. The excitement on the streets has ramped up a notch as groups of teenage boys run around tossing fire crackers onto the pavements and disappearing into the smoke when a police...
was just a toddler, but I remember. He would stand or sit on the front porch. Sometimes in the dark he would chat with our neighbor. I guess I followed him around like a puppy. He would light his pipe or roll a cigarette and count the stars until he was too drowsy to stay awake...
We dismantled our giant family bed last month, and moved Emerson’s toddler bed to the corner of our room. I realize that that milestone is something that probably occurs within the first few months, if not weeks, of most children’s lives in this country. And it’s probably a bit fart...
Soldier 2 Right? His rambling went on so long, I nearly fell asleep! Soldier 3 What about that sheriff? Named himself Justice? Haha! Corniest name I ever heard. Some people just have no self-awareness! Soldier 1 Right? I saw those bandit posters over at the Civil Corps, too. I ...
focusing my attention on my busy toddler and his sleep condition, or my husband and his recovery, all the while telling myself, Oh, it’s ok, I can stop tomorrow–I have control. But I never stop tomorrow. And I don’t have control. And it’s time I admit that. So as much as...