Yearly Archives: 2010

Exploration

The world is an amazing place.  When you’re a kid you’ll act on impulse and if there’s something to be explored, you go after it.  This weekend Toddler Harbat spied a treehouse in our friends’ back yard and in a

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Cupcake: Gone

Yesterday I stood at the bakery counter at our local grocery store and peered into the kitchen.  Giant floor mixers, a massive wood prep table for pastry, big coolers and machines for turning titanic amounts of flour into delectables.  I

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Don’t Go Wasting Your Emotion

One of the greatest and most challenging things about kids is the raw emotion.  It’s a bit like handling enriched uranium—yes, it can power a small town but it’ll also make your hair fall out.  Then there are the moments

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Two Wheels or Three?

I remember my first bike, a flashy blue number with training wheels and a horn.  When I first climbed aboard I felt the mantle of adult responsibility draped on my shoulders.  This was a real machine, with chrome and gears

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It TOTALLY Worked

Sometimes the most obvious things are the hardest to spot.  Take for example Thanksgiving.  It’s supposed to be about breaking bread with friends and family, giving thanks for all the things in life that keep you going and enrich you. 

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Following the Rules

Why is it so hard, as a parent, to let go of “the rules”?  From the time we burst onto the scene as newborns, slimy and blinking, we’re told the right and wrong way to do things.  Brush your teeth,

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Thanks for Making it Easier

Every year my wife comes up with an ambitious Thanksgiving menu.  I’m all about handmade foods but when you’re trying to clean the house, chase Toddler Harbat, and decipher a ten-page recipe for gratinee of seared confit in a bed

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Our Spirited Daughter

My wife and I have had our suspicions for three years now.  The loud yelling, enthusiastic dancing, operatic outbursts, it all pointed to one conclusion:  we have a spirited child.  We are both introverted, cautious in social situations, preferring quiet

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Grrrr!

Nothing like a lack of sleep to set your whole day wrong.  Yesterday the whole family got grumpified starting at six AM.  TH thumped down the hall as usual, the drumbeat to which I awake every morning.  (She gets it

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Errata and the Season of Thanks

Time for a few housekeeping notes about the blog.  For anyone who’s noticed, the Winter War book has been pulled from the writing tab.  Why?  Nobody went to visit or read through it, reinforcing my understanding about reading books—good in

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