I guess I haven’t been to a toy store in a while. What happened? Most toys now talk to you, interact, chirp, whistle, and generally surprise you when they are buried under a pile of clothes and start writhing and…
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A Winter Play
Let’s start with a confusing image and work towards the inescapable conclusion. There’s an animatronic dog wrapped in tin foil, cotton balls strewn about, and a dog with angel wings. Got it yet? Me neither, let’s keep going. …
Posted in Events, Parenting Tagged with: CH, child harbat, hello kitty, performance art, plays, theater
Halloween Aftermath
I am astonished at the self-control and noticeable absence of stomach-knotting consumption of candy this week. Child Harbat managed to pick out two candies yesterday, one before dinner and one for dessert, and didn’t whine at all about wanting more. …
An Ode to My Daughter’s Hair, Pt. 5
Springtime means time spent outside bathing in the brilliant light of a promised season, expectation and growth victorious over the forces of cold and dark. What better way to celebrate the arrival of a new season than a party…
The Old Things Really Are Best
In this world of 3D movies, motion-capture video games, and tablet computers, it’s nice to know that kids still love the basics. This weekend we went to a local health fair. Imagine stands hawking the benefits of brushing and flossing…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: child harbat, face painting, health fair, hello kitty, jumping, ponies
