I told Ari's babysitter about the time that I sold my car and I accidentally left a case of 500 CDs in it. They got thrown out in the process. Her response:"Oh no! And that's when CDs were popular!"Yet another reminder that I am getting older.
My son loves to draw. He loves his crayons and what they do.But, despite my efforts to teach him, he does seem to want to learn colors.He seems to like the color "blue" and chooses a blue crayon first 90% of the time he is involved in an art project.I want to teach him colors, [...]
Today something exciting occurred: Ari met Ari from Duane Reade! My doctor's appointment happened to be in Ari From Duane Reade's neck of the woods. My mom, Ari and I stopped by DR to pick up a prescription. Guess what little Ari found first:Then Duane Reade Ari stopped by to say hello!Duane Reade Ari noted [...]
Now I have an explanation for what happened to me yesterday. My doctor tells me that after the rubber band procedure, where my hemorrhoid died and fell off, there was a scab remaining. Usually (in the majority of these surgeries) the scab heals and you never hear from that hemorrhoid again. However, in 3% of [...]
This morning I went to the bathroom and stood up to find that the toilet was filled entirely with blood.After this occurred exactly seven more times, it was clear to me that something was very wrong. I suspected my alpha hemorrhoid had something to do with this mess, but I couldn't be sure.All of a [...]
Through the land of Twitter, I was introduced to Lorraine Regel and Erica Wells, authors of The Survival Guide For Rookie Moms. I immediately loved the title of their book as well as logo for the guide:I wanted to know more about The Survival Guide For Rookie Moms and the authors, who are from one [...]
Recently, though I am ashamed to admit it, my son has become a television addict. Don't be alarmed, he's not watching Law and Order SVU or anything like that. He's into two shows in particular: Blue's Clues and Yo Gabba Gabba, which he calls "Cuckoo's!" and "Bugga Bugga," respectively.Today I tried an experiment. At the [...]
This evening, Ari was doing his regular routine of thwarting bedtime. Wilhelm and I tried to sing to him, rub his back, but he just screamed and kvetched and he was not willing to go to sleep.Wil left the room to let Ari and I have some mommy and son time. Unfortunately, my child continued [...]
