Saturday was a mildly momentous day for OWTK. The bear attended, and did rather well in, her first dance class. On Friday evening, the 11th hour which is when I always seem to be running around buying gifts for birthday parties or, in this case, picking up the essential ingredient for tap, I was able...
September 23rd, 2007 | Parenting Blog | Read More
I love my laptops. I was standing in the kitchen, cooking steak and mixed veggies with roasted shallots (our favorite thing in the world) while I read email, wrote the beginning of this post and looked out into the family room where the bear and the Mrs. were lying on the carpet in front of the big...
September 19th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
Tonight marked the first time I was left alone, at nighttime, with both the bear and the mouse. Crazy, I know. Generally, I assume more of the cleaning/cooking role in the house while the Mrs. handles the diapers, tantrums and such. But not tonight…oh no, tonight I am Mr. Everything (how pompous...
September 17th, 2007 | Parenting Blog | Read More
What a sweet record. Ushering in fond memories of listening to the Carpenters with my mum when I was a wee lad, Ellen and Matt tap into a warm, honest, truly delightful and unmistakeably indie-rock groove on this ten song offering. “Best Friends” was self-released by the L.A. couple in 2006...
September 11th, 2007 | kid's music reviews | Read More
I have documented some of the trouble we have been having for the past couple months with our toddler, the bear, now 3 1/2 years of age, at bedtime and in the middle of the night. She has been having night terrors, nightmares, separation anxiety, occasional bed wetting, & other issues with the overnight...
September 8th, 2007 | Parenting Blog | Read More
Interesting article from CNN.com about parents buying domain names for their children. Anyone out there own their kids name with a .com at the end of it? I had never thought of it and still did not make those purchases – although I did buy TheBearandMouse.com.
Hurry on over to Omnis and get...
September 5th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
I consider myself a pretty big fan of Chuck Bukowski and I recall a poem of his which centered around his inability or lack of desire to write. So, what to do when you can’t write? Write, of course. Consider that inspiration for this short ramble.
I have no desire to post. Well, that is not true....
September 4th, 2007 | Hodgepodge | Read More
A number of sleepytime tunes have come across the OWTK desk recently and two of the best bedtime records I have heard recently are Mae Robertson’s “Dream” and “Siente” – Night Songs From Around The World. I am always interesting in cool new dreamy songs for my girls...
August 29th, 2007 | kid's music reviews | Read More
