Monthly Archives: December 2006

Just to clarify… "asshole" is not a word we use in our family– unless you count words thought but not spoken while driving– and not one that Isaac has ever heard. He really was saying gas hole in complete and … Continue reading →

Isaac piped up from the back seat: "Why does this car have two assholes?"  He was examining his red race car lunch box, turning it over in his hands. I said, with a careful non-judgmental tone, "Um… Why do you … Continue reading →

Granted, I left a 4-year-old unattended with a pomegranate. Mea culpa on that one. But baby was crying. Isaac was happily eating the thing, and not for the first time. What I expected when I returned with baby in a … Continue reading →

I'm getting pretty infatuated with this baby. It may be his plumpness, the chubby rolls on his limbs. It may his male pattern baldness, with an especially monkish fringe around the back. It may be his ever expanding array of … Continue reading →