Category Abigail
2012 Toy of the Year
This year’s Toy of the Year* award goes to the Elf on the Shelf. Congratulations, pragmatic hunk of felt and plastic, you avoided the recycle bin for another year and won our praise, but beware the fickle apostasy of little…
Abby looks for Nemo at the Boston Aquarium
Abby plays soccer
soccer, cones, chaos
Early Halloween Negotiations
I’m not sure on who’s watch things fell apart, but believing as I do that Halloween should have at least a semblance of a frightening feel, I’ve started negotiations with Abigail earlier and earlier in the year in hopes of…
Abby eats in public – Artie’s Breakfast
Abby’s End of Pre-School Year Celebration
Abby sings itsy bitsy
Abby sings twinkle twinkle
Abby sings teapot
Abby humbles balance beam and hugs it out with a photographer!
Abby crushes gymnastics class
Cartwheel? Nailed it! Somersault? Bam! Iron cross? Next time.
Abby versus chocolate pudding… and Nancy
Child care with Abby
Adults at our house = FAIL!
With a combined weight of less than 50 pounds, you’d think that a 3-month-old and a 3-year-old would be no match for their larger, presumably experienced parent(s). You’d think that, but you’d be wrong. We are now in little more…
Good morning, larvae!
Breakfast is more exciting now that the ladybug larvae have moved into their terrarium, a terrarium delivered rather early by Santa’s Fed Ex elves. Things we won’t mention until much later: Several of the larvae made it to Mom’s poppyseed…
Abby conjures a water spout
Bubble rings make perfect, inexpensive, pliable-plastic, unswallowable Christmas gifts, but how the hell do you get one into a stocking?
Another toy arrives!
One of the best things about the soon-to-be bankrupt U.S. mail is that its uneven service works wonders for spreading out your birthday gifts. If your birthday is… say… on the 15th, and you have friends and relatives that live…
Birthday train table assembly recap
Time to assemble: 5 hours, 23 minutes. Missing parts: honest instructions, 3 screws, 7 AAA batteries, 4 gin martinis, and 1 properly-sized allen wrench. Number of Chinese factory workers laughing their asses off at me: at least 1. Time until…
T.W.A. – Straight Outta Peabody
Straight outta Peabody… I’m a crazy monkeybaby name-a FreezPop From the gang called Toddlerz With Asugarhigh. If I’m yelled at, I musta stole a cookie cat. Dropped the box and made a mess; now where the dog at? Chorus
Home Additions!
In order to get Hogan and me farther away from them, my parents are busy digging in, hammering on, and swearing about the soon-to-be finished basement. Actually, my father has few practical skills, so this project, in truth, is a…
Abby turns daredevil!
Training Abby to replace Hogan
Parenting by police cars and fire trucks
Ultimately, you never know how your kid is going to turn out in the end, but it’s probably important to watch for signs of trouble and to at least try to put the young back on a better path when…