SteelyKid and I are currently on our second pass through the Winnie-the-Pooh book my parents got her (which is identical to the one I had as a kid). We read one story every time she goes to bed, so that’s one every night, and one at weekend nap times. She only sort of pays attention… Continue reading Books for Reading Out Loud?
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Thursday Toddler Blogging 111110
Here we see SteelyKid kicking back with Appa, among some of her many, many toys: Navigating the living room is getting to be kind of difficult, what with all the blocks and cups and balls and other things strewn all over the place… In other news, SteelyKid is in training to be a genius. Don’t… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 111110
Thursday Toddler Blogging 110410
Welcome to this very-carefully-posed edition of Thursday Toddler Blogging: That’s Kate and SteelyKid reading The Cat in the Hat,shot from a slightly odd angle so as to hide the wicked shiner that SteelyKid is sporting, thanks to a tumble down the stairs on Tuesday morning (while I was getting ready to take her to the… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 110410
Thursday Bedtime Blogging
This week, we see Appa and SteelyKid with all the essential elements of bedtime: From right to left, we have: Goodnight Moon, the Winnie-the-Pooh collection I’ve started reading to her after her bottle, and the brown-and-white doggie she has adopted as her essential comfort animal. This was apparently a Valentine’s Day promotion from some chain… Continue reading Thursday Bedtime Blogging
Toddler See, Toddler Do
I’m always taking pictures of SteelyKid going about her business, so a little turnabout is fair play: The “camera” she’s using is actually a small calculator that my mom gave her. She also uses this like a phone, to carry on lengthy conversations with her great-grandmother and sometimes friends from day care. She’ll also sometimes… Continue reading Toddler See, Toddler Do
Thursday Welcome Home Blogging
I didn’t think I’d make it back in time for this week’s Toddler Blogging, but things wrapped up earlier than expected in Buffalo, so I made it home in time for dinner. And a celebratory reading of Moo, Baa, La La La: That’s really about all I have the energy for. In case you didn’t… Continue reading Thursday Welcome Home Blogging
The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
SteelyKid is a big fan of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon, which, if you haven’t spent the last sixty-odd years in a cave, you probably know features a bunny saying goodnight to a variety of objects in a great, green room. The attentive toddler will find a lot to look at in the pictures–… Continue reading The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
SteelyKid’s Book Hour
This is a couple weeks old, but I only just got around to uploading it. It should give you some idea of what it’s like reading books with SteelyKid, though: That’s Kate and SteelyKid going through some of Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. SteelyKid is big into pointing things out in… Continue reading SteelyKid’s Book Hour
Thursday Beloved Arthropod Blogging 100710
SteelyKid has a new friend, who she shows off in this week’s Toddler Blogging: She’s a huge fan of Goldbug in Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, so when we found out that there’s a plush Goldbug toy available on the Internet, it was a real no-brainer. She recognized it immediately, despite… Continue reading Thursday Beloved Arthropod Blogging 100710
Thursday Toddler Blogging 092310
SteelyKid has been expanding her repertoire of songs lately– it now includes “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song” along with “Ring Around the Rosey,” “The Wheels on the Bus” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”– so for this week’s picture, she decided to get in touch with her inner Bono: Irish shirt, check;… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 092310