“On!”
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Family | 3 Comments »Kim was home the other day, and Emmi, our four-year-old, had just used the potty. Caleb, our two-year-old, decided that he needed to use the potty, too. After all, he's growing up to be just like his sisters, ...
The Burner
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Family | 3 Comments »No, I'm not talking about Michael Phelps incinerating seven world records at the Olympics. And I'm not talking about Fahrenheit 451. And I'm not talking about the thing in a jet engine that ignites the fuel mixture. ...
Hooked on Phonics was wrong
Sunday, July 13th, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Emily, Linguistics | 2 Comments »A long time ago, when I was growing up, Hooked on Phonics ran a radio commercial that said, "Did you know that there are only forty-four sounds in the English language? Forty-four!" I'm sure that they meant well, ...
Obtaining a Little Boy’s Love in One Easy Step
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Family | 2 Comments »I have discovered the secret to a little boy's heart. Shh... Don't tell anyone.
Ptui!
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Emily, Family, Family Home Evening, Funnies, Lizzie, Religion | No Comments »It's a good thing that there are so many scripture stories about or involving water, because my family loves to go swimming for family night. It's easy to work in a scripture story lesson on the way to the pool. ...
Imitation
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Family | 3 Comments »In some ways, I find parenting a scary thing. I influence everything my children do, for good or ill, whether I intend to or not. They imitate everything they see. Yesterday Caleb reminded me of that unequivocally. Kim ...
Boys vs. Girls
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Caleb, Emily, Family, Kim, Linguistics, Lizzie | 2 Comments »In one of my linguistics classes in college (amazing how often those come up, here -- you'd think I was a linguist), we talked about the ongoing debate on the topic of "nature vs. nurture." For linguistics, the argument ...
Caleb the Communicator
Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in Caleb, Family, Linguistics | 1 Comment »Caleb had his first birthday a few months ago. While he doesn't seem to be quite as verbal as the girls were at his age -- as best as I can remember, which doesn't say much, because right now ...
Muffin Bird
Saturday, December 8th, 2007 Posted in Caleb, Emily, Funnies, Linguistics | 1 Comment »Emmi loves to sing. Loves. Loves. Loves. She's our other little songbird. (And the other one is Lizzie. And the other one is Caleb. He can't sing words, yet, but every time we ...
