Ethan came home from school with irritated, watery eyes today. Allergies? A cold? Errant eyelashes? The jury is still out on the cause, but after flushing his eyes with water and giving him dinner, he’s feeling much better. I just walked over to him and told him I realized that in my rush to make […]
Author Archives: Abi Bowling
Just pretend
March 15, 2010 – 9:36 am
I took Ethan to a model Matzah Factory yesterday. The kids were led from room to room by “Moses,” who explained each step in the process of matzah-making. The first main room, however, was where the kids sat down on the floor and watched a little play about Moses and Pharoah and the plagues. It […]
Drinking in the dark
March 9, 2010 – 7:09 pm
At the bedtime bottle feeding, she will now only drink in her crib in the dark. It used to be that I would lay her on the changing table, perpendicular to her brother in his crib, and hold the bottle while she drank. My right hand sustained her while my left, him. He would finish […]
FLASHBACK: Manipulation, toddler style
February 26, 2010 – 9:00 am
Every once in a while I look through my past writing and dust off something from the vault. This piece was originally written in April, 2007, a month after Ethan turned two. In four days he will turn five (I won’t even start right now on how freaked out I am about that), and is […]
FLASHBACK: A Lazy Sunday
January 29, 2010 – 9:36 am
Every once in a while I look through my past writing and dust off something from the vault. This piece was originally written in August, 2008, a few months after Ethan turned three. We did practically nothing all day, and it was bliss (though the pile of dishes in my kitchen still sits, accusing me […]
