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Nothing new really, these are available in other formats elsewhere on the site, but I felt like adding these old Daphne videos to youtube. Frankly, it makes it easier for me to find them when I want them. Meantime, here’s some memory lane: If those aren’t literally her first steps, they are close to it. I [ READ MORE ]
There comes a point in the life of a 5-year-old where she has got herself in as much trouble as it is possible to be in. And once her friends have been sent home and she is grounded and confined to her room and is screaming and crying and her parents are trying as hard [ READ MORE ]
I know we like to go on about how awesome Daphne is and I know that it is smug and self-congratulatory. It’s annoying. But. Daphne just ranted angrily for five minutes about how her kindergarten class is too easy and how it makes her frustrated. She said her teacher spends all the time teaching kids how to [ READ MORE ]
Daphne and I went on a looong bike ride the other day, down a bike path that winds behind the rec center and through some pretty areas of town. She is still angry about the time I took her training wheels off, but with them on again she was comfortable enough to race. The best part [ READ MORE ]
Daphne had her very first day of Kindergarten today. She was a wee bit excited. She’s carrying a lunchbox (exciting!) shaped like Hello Kitty (double exciting!!) and has a backpack stuffed with school supplies (excitement overload!!!) Of course, nothing stomps on a 5-year-old’s enthusiasm like being asked to wait in line. Seriously, she had a great time. Her [ READ MORE ]
…waking up at 1:00 A.M. to retrieve a cotton ball that your child has inexplicably inserted in her nose. Apparently she did this many hours ago and it took this long to become painful. Pulling it out was also painful in that she was screaming. Actually this served to remind me how fortunate I am not to [ READ MORE ]
Hard to believe, but our little munchkin is turning 5 this week. No, not on Thursday. That’s just pizza day, is all. I swear we didn’t teach her how to do this. She asked for help spelling Thursday, but that’s it. Holly remarked that if we actually did any kind of enrichment activity with her, she’d [ READ MORE ]