For this week’s Toddler Blogging, a shot of Family Reading Time: SteelyKid looks very serious, because she’s going about the important job of locating Goldbug in Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Grandma and Grandpa still have the copy of this that I loved when I was little, and introduced SteelyKid to… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 091610
Category: Personal
The Inevitable Hiatus
So, I’m looking at the couple-dozen tabs I have open in Chrome for stuff that I think would be worth blogging about, and the slides for this afternoon’s lecture that need revising, and the student poster that needs to be completed before tomorrow, and the committee stuff that I ought to be doing, and the… Continue reading The Inevitable Hiatus
She’s a Big Girl Now
SteelyKid returns today from her weekend at Grandma and Grandpa’s, and there’s going to be a surprise waiting for her: She hadn’t exactly outgrown her crib yet, but she was getting kind of big for it, so we decided to move her to a big girl bed. It’s a “captain’s bed” with drawers underneath the… Continue reading She’s a Big Girl Now
Thursday Shana Tova Blogging 090910
SteelyKid goes to day care at the Jewish Community Center, which is closed today and tomorrow for Rosh Hashanah. Here we see her calling all her friends on the phone in her play house to wish them a happy new year, and let Appa offer his own greetings: The two-day closing is, as you might… Continue reading Thursday Shana Tova Blogging 090910
College Turning Points
Over at EphBlog, Stephen O’Grady has a post giving advice to the entering class at Williams. A bunch of this stuff is school-specific stuff that will only make sense to another member of the Cult of the Purple Cow, but there’s some good general advice in there as well. I particularly liked his story about… Continue reading College Turning Points
SteelyKid’s Weekend Excursion
We had a Barfy Toddler Incident yesterday, making a mess of Kate’s spiffy new car seat, but that seems to have been a passing thing, perhaps caused by an excess of cranberry juice while on campus yesterday morning greeting new students. Thus, we went ahead with our plan to take SteelyKid to the zoo today:… Continue reading SteelyKid’s Weekend Excursion
Friday Vanity Blogging: Physics Central Profile
Earlier this summer, I talked about the blog and the book on the phone with somebody from the APS, providing material for a profile of me that was posted yesterday on Physics Central. It’s pretty good, but it’s still a little strange to see my name and picture on their profile index with some of… Continue reading Friday Vanity Blogging: Physics Central Profile
Thursday Toddler Blogging 090210
For this week’s Toddler Blogging, SteelyKid demonstrates her mastery of bubble technology. Appa is not that impressed. Her other big new trick is bossing us around in great detail– she’ll put something on her fake grill, close the lid, turn the knobs, then say, “Daddy! No touch! Hot!” pointing at the grill, followed by a… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 090210
Ode to a Rubber Dinosaur
Rubber dino, you’re the one, You make bathtime lots of fun Rubber dino, I’m awfully fond of you Doo-doo doo-de-doo Rubber dino, fearsome roar, Good thing you’re a herbivore Rubber dino, I’m awfully fond of you doo-doo doo-de-doo Every day when I, get undressed next to the sink, I find a Little fella who’s, cute… Continue reading Ode to a Rubber Dinosaur
SteelyKid Music Selection
We’re trying not to let SteelyKid watch a whole lot of tv, but we’ve taken to showing her YouTube videos of old Sesame Street and Muppet Show skits as a way to wind her down before bedtime. this, of course, has let to her demanding to watch videos any time one of us is anywhere… Continue reading SteelyKid Music Selection