I got a castle."
---My son, regarding his belated birthday present from Uncle Tyler, Aunt Lu and cousins Anthony and Nathan.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Not one, but two...
I'm used to my husband receiving packages of historic Japanese artifacts from all over the world.
He was showing me the suit of armor a man had sent from Japan that he had picked up at the post office this morning. We paused from looking at the sweat marks, bloodstains and cuts in the 300-year-old steel, leather and silk do (corselet), to answer a knock at the door.
My husband returned with a strikingly similar box -- exact same size and shipping information. It was a second suit of armor only in better condition. Another gift from the son of his former mentor.
That brings our total of complete suits of Japanese armor to five. I guess you never know when a warring samurai clan might invade Duluth.
He was showing me the suit of armor a man had sent from Japan that he had picked up at the post office this morning. We paused from looking at the sweat marks, bloodstains and cuts in the 300-year-old steel, leather and silk do (corselet), to answer a knock at the door.
My husband returned with a strikingly similar box -- exact same size and shipping information. It was a second suit of armor only in better condition. Another gift from the son of his former mentor.
That brings our total of complete suits of Japanese armor to five. I guess you never know when a warring samurai clan might invade Duluth.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The moment
I was holding my son and spinning him around the other day, enjoying his smile and shrieks of laughter.
"Hold onto me forever Mom," he pleaded. His eyes, demanding and earnest, were locked with mine.
Oh, how I wish that I could.
"Hold onto me forever Mom," he pleaded. His eyes, demanding and earnest, were locked with mine.
Oh, how I wish that I could.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Today, I am thankful for...
- Three pumpkin pies baking in the oven.
- My husband and son calling me downstairs so I don't miss my favorite balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- My mother still visiting from West Virginia.
- My husband's relatives cooking the Thanksgiving meal.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
More good books for children
Goodnight Goon by Michael Rex. With its "...skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. And a hairy old werewolf who was hollering Boo" this petrifying parody of Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon is sure to make any 6-year-old want to scream, "Goodnight monsters everywhere."
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel. This book holds two stories that make my son giggle hard enough to fall off the couch. In "Strange Bumps," Owl gets scared of the two bumps that are under the covers at the foot of his bed. And in "Upstairs and Downstairs," Owl comically tries to be both places at once.
DK's Jewish Holidays Cookbook has great traditional recipes, like turkey kreplach and savory cheese sufganiyot, and non-traditional recipes, like matzoh brei and Persian lental salad. And it's designed to get children helping out and cooking in the kitchen.
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel. This book holds two stories that make my son giggle hard enough to fall off the couch. In "Strange Bumps," Owl gets scared of the two bumps that are under the covers at the foot of his bed. And in "Upstairs and Downstairs," Owl comically tries to be both places at once.
DK's Jewish Holidays Cookbook has great traditional recipes, like turkey kreplach and savory cheese sufganiyot, and non-traditional recipes, like matzoh brei and Persian lental salad. And it's designed to get children helping out and cooking in the kitchen.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Grandma Edna and K'NEX
It's a banner day when Grandma Edna arrives from West Virginia and you get to open your birthday present, a 20 model set of K'NEX dinosaurs from Uncle Mike, three days early.
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