Category Archives: Sebastian

My own Mr. Brave

> I don’t know if you’ve ever read those Mr. Men and Little Miss books, but I loved them when I was little, and then I re-loved them when I started teaching with my friend R who used them as a creative writing inspiration for her fourth graders (a project I happily stole to use…

Snapshots

>Sebastian, age two and a half: Milestone:  toilet trainingfavorite pastime: counting and making jokesfavorite book:  last month was Thomas’ Christmas Delivery, but now loves any numbers bookbest manners:  “May I please have more yogurt please?”favorite song:  “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by the Beatlesfavorite color:  pinkfavorite color to wear:  navy blue favorite food:            Me:…

More future posts

>I really will write all three of the following posts, just as soon as we get through Boot Camp (see item #1). 1) A Tale of Two Toilets:  adventures in toilet training2) Precious Moments:  a few Christmas memories3) Formula for Success?:  Theo’s ready for more calories by day and more sleep by night Stay tuned…

Halloween, his way

>I should have known how it would turn out, and yet I was as surprised as I always am when the stories begin that way. First, I should say that I LOVE holidays.  I was one of those people who was fortunate enough to have a happy childhood, and that childhood is filled with memories…

>The thinking chair

>We have discovered the joys of “Blue’s Clues” these days.  We got a Wii a while back and can now stream Netflix movies over it, including three seasons of Steve and his dog Blue.  Typically Sebastian doesn’t watch tv, but this show is great!  Well, it’s great for him.  For me it’s Daily Tedium.  It…