I thought I had something
I know that at some point earlier today I had a blog post all ready in my head, but it is after 11 and Sophie just went down, and my brain is fried. So I'm going to throw the blog a small bone and then I am going to go sit on the couch, watch Grey's Anatomy on DVD from Netflix, and self-medicate with a bag of Tostitos and a fresh jar of Paul Newman's peach salsa, which sounds disgusting, but as I discovered over the weekend at a 5-year-old's birthday party, is actually somewhat addictive.
Here are my diaper-bag socks. Jaywalkers made out of Sandy's Palette sock yarn. It's a single-ply wool/nylon fingering weight. So far I kind of like knitting with it. I'm not all that thrilled with the weird little nipple things that poke out where the Jaywalker pattern merges into the toes, but at least they don't show when they're stretched out on the hoof.
Here's Julie today, fingerpainting with the Color Wonder packet someone gave her for her birthday. The thing that makes me laugh about this product is that it's still quite possible for kids to get the paints all over the place, only it's invisible so you can't see it to clean it up right away. But you notice it a week later when it's all crusty and much harder to wipe off. Also, kids are limited to coloring in the pre-printed pictures provided - no creativity there! Still, she has fun playing with it and that's what counts. I guess.
Here's Sophie enjoying some rice cereal and pureed green beans. The last few times we've sat down for dinner, she's actually been opening her mouth and eating the food versus gagging or spitting it out. I don't know if she's decided eating is fun or maybe she just likes green beans. Either way, it's been a lot more fun.
Mailbag questions answered tomorrow, I hope. Good night!
Here are my diaper-bag socks. Jaywalkers made out of Sandy's Palette sock yarn. It's a single-ply wool/nylon fingering weight. So far I kind of like knitting with it. I'm not all that thrilled with the weird little nipple things that poke out where the Jaywalker pattern merges into the toes, but at least they don't show when they're stretched out on the hoof.
Here's Julie today, fingerpainting with the Color Wonder packet someone gave her for her birthday. The thing that makes me laugh about this product is that it's still quite possible for kids to get the paints all over the place, only it's invisible so you can't see it to clean it up right away. But you notice it a week later when it's all crusty and much harder to wipe off. Also, kids are limited to coloring in the pre-printed pictures provided - no creativity there! Still, she has fun playing with it and that's what counts. I guess.
Here's Sophie enjoying some rice cereal and pureed green beans. The last few times we've sat down for dinner, she's actually been opening her mouth and eating the food versus gagging or spitting it out. I don't know if she's decided eating is fun or maybe she just likes green beans. Either way, it's been a lot more fun.
Mailbag questions answered tomorrow, I hope. Good night!
posted by Shelly Kang at 11:23 PM
2 Comments:
I really don't mean to be unkind here, but why were you so hard on a present that someone gave your daughter? The only issue I had was when you typed "I guess." at the end of your opinion. For all you know the person who thought it was a really good idea is reading your impression of the gift and is likely surprised by your reaction to it. Of course, I do understand that it is your blog, and you can write anything you want to about anything you choose to. It just seemed to be an unnecessarily harsh reaction to a toy that your little sweetie appears to be enjoying a whole lot.
Now I'll stop being a witch and tell you how much I have enjoyed learning about you and your family. I stumbled upon you while reading The Harlot's blog, and have loved watching your day to day life, as it is eerily similar to my own in a lot of ways. Write on, and I am going to be referring to your blankie tutorial often to create one of my own!
The only issue that I have in reading Shelly's blog is HOW HARD EVERYONE ELSE IS ON HER.
SHEESH.
Blog = web log or online journal. The unique thoughts of one person who decided to put them out on the web for ease, fun, sharing, mental exercise...whatever.
Why are there so many comments critiquing *every* *little* *thing* that she writes? We are not her editorial board.
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