Tonight’s Toddler Blogging features SteelyKid taking a picture of me taking a picture of her, while Appa does the forced perspective thing again: The “camera” in this case is the salt shaker that came with her kitchen playset. Which is a versatile object, serving also as a drinking cup:
Category: Personal
Thursday Flipping Toddler Blogging 050511
That title isn’t a euphemism– SteelyKid decided to use this week’s Toddler Blogging to try to teach an old Appa a new trick. First you go up up up on your head: Then you flip down: Ta-daa!!
Toddler On Wheels
SteelyKid and Kate are down in Boston this weekend, which has given me time to get some work done around the house, and go to some restaurants that they don’t like. It’s left me a little deprived of cute, though. So, as a counter to that, some cute video of SteelyKid riding her “motorcycle” (her… Continue reading Toddler On Wheels
What a Drag It Is Getting Old
Today’s blog silence was the result of travel down to and back from New Haven, where I gave a talk at Southern Connecticut State University. Weirdly, this was also a day full of reminders of my own advancing age: — After the talk, I wandered around New Haven a bit, visiting places I used to… Continue reading What a Drag It Is Getting Old
Thursday Techno-Toddler Blogging 042811
Kate and I have spent a lot of this week being thwarted by technology in one way or another, so SteelyKid decided to set us straight about how things work. First, she demonstrated how to work the tv: Then she showed us how to take pictures on her phone (because, of course, all phones take… Continue reading Thursday Techno-Toddler Blogging 042811
Thursday Royalty Blogging 042111
I’m sitting on the couch reading when Emmy trots in looking excited. “Hey, dude, I’ve got a great idea!” she says cheerily. “You know how your puppy is away for the week?” “Yeah.” “Well, I think this is the perfect opportunity to class up your blog a little. I mean, you always post pictures of… Continue reading Thursday Royalty Blogging 042111
My Feelings on Fracking
The New York Times had another article on the environmental impacts of shale gas drilling, which reminded me that I had intended to write something else on the subject after February’s post on the fracking panel at AAAS, but never got around to it. The hook for the article is yet another study showing that… Continue reading My Feelings on Fracking
Thursday Toddler Blogging 041411
SteelyKid has been sick this week, which made it a perfect time for me to fly down to Maryland for a couple of days. Fortunately, she and Kate have both forgiven me. I did break out the new friend I purchased for SteelyKid a couple of weeks ago, and have been holding in reserve: The… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 041411
Thursday Action Toddler Blogging 040711
A shot from this morning, before SteelyKid had gotten dressed: Why is she balanced precariously on the arm of that chair, you ask? So she could do this, of course:
Thursday Fabulous Bedhead Blogging 033111
SteelyKid has extremely fine hair that doesn’t grow very quickly. While this leads many people to mistake her for a boy (that, and the fact that a lot of her play clothes are from the boys’ section at Target, because lots of girl-toddler outfits are ridiculously impractical), it does lend itself to spectacular bedhead: She’s… Continue reading Thursday Fabulous Bedhead Blogging 033111