Author Archives: Catherine

I think it was roughly three months ago that Isaac began talking about and planning his McGregor costume for Halloween. Long before anyone else was thinking about it, he was practicing. He loved chasing his victim (usually me) throughout the … Continue reading →

Isaac began his birthday today at about 4:45 a.m. He woke up and called me to his room. I stumbled in and found him quite alert, sitting on his bed. “I wanna play my excavator!” he explained. I said no. … Continue reading →

Today Isaac lifted a piece of sidewalk chalk out of the bucket and exclaimed, “Pink is my best!” Yes, pink is now his favorite color. I mentioned this to his 94-year-old great-grandmother and she replied, “Then he should have pink … Continue reading →

It’s perhaps measure of how badly these last few days have sucked that a few moments ago, back in the car, when I was digging around in the glove compartment and laid my hands on a small bottle of Purell … Continue reading →

Isaac has been expanding his list of nighttime fears. In addition to the dark itself, and t-rexes, he’s added dragons. Last night we lay awake on into the wee hours because of the risk of dragon attack. I started out … Continue reading →

It’s been three weeks, today, since Isaac’s weaning party. We haven’t nursed since that morning before the party. It’s been hard at times and hard differently that I expected. But it’s getting much better now for both of us. He … Continue reading →

Mr. Cat died yesterday after a long illness. He was 15. Mr. Cat and I met one day in September of 1990. I had gone to the local Humane Society with a clear goal in mind: find a female, Siamese … Continue reading →

This weekend Ben took Isaac on a weaning vacation to NYC. It’s the first time I’ve been apart from the little dude since we brought him home from the hospital in October of 02. By “apart” of course I mean … Continue reading →

Ben has been teaching Isaac American History and has placed on Isaac’s wall a calendar featuring portraits of our founding fathers. Recently I overheard them having this conversation: Ben: Who’s that? (indicating a portrait on the calendar) Isaac: (pausing to … Continue reading →

Isaac’s latest enthusiasm is octopuses. (Yes, not “octopi”– I learned recently that that is not the correct plural. The root is Greek, not Latin. Duh.) It started a week or two ago when we were at the zoo. We were … Continue reading →