Does not play well with others

Slide! Photos by VickyTH. Katherine and I went to playgroup yesterday. Normally we do stuff around the house for the morning, since I snatch work time in and around keeping her happy and mornings are generally productive times for me. Yesterday, however, felt like it should have been Friday, or at least Thursday, so I…

Occasional glimpses that we’re doing something right

Praise: Yesterday, as I was working on a few details of the prototype of the new ornaments, I showed Katherine what I’d done. She was fascinated, as she usually is with anything that anyone makes, and wanted to “help”. I gave her the job of Bead Helper (which, in case you didn’t realise it, means…

Kicking of self in the pants

It’s actually harder than it looks, especially if you don’t settle for the heel-kicking action. A good, solid instep kick in the behind is truly impossible to achieve for yourself, which is why most of us need a catalyst (really desperate cases need a catapult, but I’m not quite there yet). Last week Sharon LeRiche…

My daughter is an alien

Or at least, she has alien friends. Yesterday I caught her bopping to Madonna on her toddler tape deck. She had found “True Blue” (Yes I own a copy. I was a teenager once too, remember?) and was busy grooving to “Where’s the Party?”. Probably largely my fault, as I had been tidying out that…