Month: December 2007

drawing

He has two highchairs – one for eating and another for coloring. He goes to the coloring chair and says “chair,” except that it sounds more like char, and that is how he tells us he wants to draw. I pick him up, slide him 

the alternate lives of dreamers

Dylan had a good Christmas. He got more toys than any eighteen month-old child ever needs to have. He got more toys than we even have room for. We didn’t even realize how much Santa bought for him until we saw it all in one 

dear God, not Walmart!

It is disturbing to me how he is drawn to these commercials. He doesn’t care about The View that I am watching as I fold the laundry. But when the commercials start, he is drawn to them like a Siren’s song. The volume is louder, 

best zombie movie you will ever see

I don’t want to discount this movie by lumping it in with the other cheap zombie movies out there. (I’ve probably seen more zombie movies than any girl ever needs to see, thanks to hubby.) I mean this – I am Legend is THE BEST 

it’s not a wonder he won’t nap

When there are lights to be turned on! Yay! Silly Mommy!

again? seriously?

Five days! That is how long Dylan was healthy, and now he has another cold. Snotty nose, cough, sore throat I’m guessing since he wakes up and cries every time he coughs. And next comes the ear infection. I already know it. This is one 

excuse me?

The holiday card picture project is turning out to be a huge disaster, and I’m quickly running out of time. This is definitely a two-person job. One person to take the picture, and another to keep Dylan from eating the Christmas tree. Trouble is, my 

dylan-proofed

     How do you baby-proof a Christmas tree? You stuff it behind a couch and a table, of course! Will it stop him? I don’t know yet. He’s pretty determined. I have a vision of him climbing to the top and trying to eat the