Blakery on Braces: Now with 33% more self deprecation!
Watching History Channel shows about the moon landing got us thinking and talking. We probably will see a manned mission to Mars in our lifetime. Me: Oooh, but it’s cold there! Joel: Well, yeah. Me: It’s not the kind of place you raise your kids. Joel, getting it: In fact, it’s cold as hell… Most […]
Yesterday Zoe woke up around 9:00 AM. We played, cooked, played some more, swam, played, bathed, and played. At one point in the mid-afternoon I thought I might die from exhaustion and took a 20 minute break on the couch in a twilightish stupor, never falling asleep, but it was enough that when she asked […]
I have come to the conclusion that Zoe just does not require the same amount of sleep as most other kids. Here’s what happened last night. After a long, no-nap day, she went to sleep at 9:30 PM – very, very early by our standards. She woke up at 5 AM, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. What […]
Whenever we part with someone, Zoe says her goodbyes, and after the door is closed or they walk away, she says, “Well, I guess so!” When we’re chatting in the elevator and someone exits on his or her floor, it’s, “Well! I guess so!” After saying goodbye to her Gigi and the car door closes, […]