“Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane trip. There’s no end to the game. Finally I grabbed him by the bib and said, ‘Look, it’s always gonna be me!’” —Rita Rudner
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Christmas Day
December 28, 2008 – 10:24 am
We spent Christmas Day at my mom and dad’s house. Here Kyle’s reading his new cookbook, Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites. Christina is untying a present tag, each of which had a note from my dad. Katy and Tom made the delicious buckeyes this year. Sophie wore her Christmas outfit. Kyle, very excited about his gift [...]
Christmas Morning
December 27, 2008 – 10:17 am
Sophie opened her stocking first, and in it found Sophie Le Giraffe and and an owl puppet from Santa. Andy found all his favorite, hard-to-find candy in his stocking. Sophie liked the banana runts the best. Then came the presents under the tree. We tried to give Sophie a present to open. But she was [...]
Christmas Eve—A Pictorial Essay
December 27, 2008 – 1:25 am
“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl.” —Bess Streeter Aldrich
Sophie’s Stocking
December 27, 2008 – 1:07 am
Christmas Eve Mom, Dad, Katy and Tom visited for a short while during the day. Mom delivered a beautiful stocking she made for Sophie, made from vintage linens with a hand-embroidered tree on front. There are three charms on it—a star at the top, a heart at the bottom, and a single silver leaf hanging [...]
My Christmas Vacation
December 27, 2008 – 12:39 am
I helped Mom wrap presents. I wrinkled wrapping paper, flung ribbon and banged on boxes. I went to Nini’s kindergarten class Christmas party. I watched the big kids eat treats, make crafts and search for words, and I got to sit on Nini’s lap when she read a Christmas book. I saw Christina graduate (she’s [...]
O Tannenbaum
December 24, 2008 – 9:41 am
We think Sophie likes our Christmas tree a little too much (not possible). “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” —Larry Wilde
Sleep Marks
December 21, 2008 – 12:05 am
Sometimes, Mom lets me nap on her, which, really, is the best way to nap. (She complains, saying she can’t get anything done when I do this but secretly, I think she likes it.) And when I do this, I wake up with funny marks on my cheek! “When a girl ceases to blush, she [...]
On Cooking
December 17, 2008 – 11:01 pm
I wish I could cook. My mom is a great cook. My dad is a great cook. Both of my grandmas are great cooks. I don’t know what happened to me. I like the idea of cooking. I really enjoying baking. But every time I try to cook a meal, it always seems to end [...]
Holiday Dinner with Friends
December 17, 2008 – 10:50 am
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.” —Peg Bracken
