I love listening to Henry and Miranda talk with each other these days. This morning, after I gave each one their yogurt cup at breakfast: Henry: This is my yogurt. You have your yogurt, M’wanda? Miranda: I have a yogurt! Henry: Hi, M’wanda! You are my fwend? You are my fwend, M’wanda? Miranda: My yogurt […]
Author Archives: Abi Bowling
An infiltrated dream
September 27, 2011 – 9:44 am
I used to be able to recall my dreams quite often, but lately — maybe because I’m always so bone tired — I have remembered close to none. Except last night. Last night I had a dream about a large rodent loose in the house. It was my house, except it wasn’t, and my bed […]
Parrots
September 5, 2011 – 4:42 pm
I’m in the kitchen, cleaning up and prepping dinner for tonight. Ethan is quietly playing in the other room, and Henry and Miranda are playing together — quite nicely, thank goodness — in the kitchen/playroom. I’m giggling at their conversation, and thankful that at least some of the things we try to teach them are […]
I love school!
August 30, 2011 – 11:08 pm
Yesterday I took Henry and Miranda to their preschool to check out their classroom for the Meet-and-Greet hour. They got to check out their cubbies and play with toys. And oh! The toys! Two-year-old heaven is a room chock full of never-seen-before toys. When we left, they were both very concerned that we weren’t bringing […]
Welcome to the big, wide world
August 27, 2011 – 4:04 pm
On Tuesday, Miranda and Henry will begin a new phase in their lives as official preschoolers. They’ve been talking about school for weeks, since we visited several times over the summer. They are excited. They seem ready. We’re all eagerly anticipating their first day. But sweet anticipation is accompanied by bittersweet nostalgia. Preschool starts; Christine […]
