Last Saturday, at my book signing in Vestal, The Pip spit up a lot, several times, and wouldn’t stop crying. This lasted a few hours, and by the next day, he was more or less back to normal. When I dropped him off at day care on Monday, I mentioned this, and the teachers in… Continue reading Thursday Sick Kid Blogging
Category: Personal
The Story of the Three Giant Hippopotamuses
Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses… No, Daddy, it was three little pigs. This is a completely different story, honey. Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses, who lived together in a river in Africa. They lived in a house. Well, hippos spend most of their time in the water,… Continue reading The Story of the Three Giant Hippopotamuses
The Pip Takes the Conn
Captain’s Log, Stardate 031812 USS BabyPod Lieutenant Commander The Pip reporting: Hey, this space pod thing is pretty neat: Wait, what? You mean I get to be in charge of this. All by myself?
Story by SteelyKid
While I was editing and posting the pictures for last night’s family blogging, SteelyKid came in and said “Daddy, we watched [indistinct name] today, and they created their own story on the show. But I don’t know how to do that.” “Sure you do, honey,” I said. “You create stories all the time. You were… Continue reading Story by SteelyKid
Thursday Family Blogging 031512
Yesterday was “Pi Day” (3-14, in the American style of writing dates), and while I personally find it kind of silly, The Pip took it to heart, using it as the occasion for his first rotation of π radians about his long axis. That is, he rolled from his back onto his stomach. Which is… Continue reading Thursday Family Blogging 031512
Friday Baby Blogging
I had planned to catch up on blogging a bunch of things this afternoon, but I decided I needed a nap more than I needed to pump up the blog traffic. So, here’s a cute-baby picture to make up for it: This is The Pip, trying to figure out what’s up with the little dude… Continue reading Friday Baby Blogging
Take Our Books, Please
The birth of The Pip required converting our spare bedroom into a nursery, which is a small price to pay for such a cute little dude. Other than the fact that we were using that room to store a lot of our paper books. Which means those need to move somewhere else, somewhere that is… Continue reading Take Our Books, Please
Modern Parenting: A Snapshot
I’m driving down back roads through Niskayuna and Colonie, making a big pointless circle. Because we had a slightly rough morning, and I don’t want to wake up The Pip, who fell asleep in his car seat on the way home from lunch: And every time we come to a stop sign or red light,… Continue reading Modern Parenting: A Snapshot
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is Officially Out Today
The Pip says, “Hi, folks. My daddy’s book is released today, and he’s shameless enough to use me to promote it:” “I can’t read it yet, because I’m just a baby, but I can report that it was very satisfying to drool on. So you should definitely buy a copy, maybe two.” “Also, dig the… Continue reading How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is Officially Out Today
Bonsoir, Baboon
One of SteelyKid’s favorite bedtimes reads is Good Night, Gorilla, which is very short and mostly pictures. We’ve read it about a million times, so to mix things up (and further my goal of convincing her that I’m a blithering idiot), I’ll give it different titles when I hold it up before reading it. She… Continue reading Bonsoir, Baboon