My daughter has been really enjoying watching DVD episodes of Dora the Explorer. It’s a really simple concept, but absolutely perfect for a preschooler. Each episode is quite predictable. Dora and her monkey Boots have to accomplish some task, and there are always three places they have to go and things to [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Dora the template
Posted in Juniper Kangaroo, parenting on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Billions of bilious blue blistering… profanities
Posted in parenting, writing on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A couple weeks ago my husband started bringing Tintin volumes home from the library, and I’ve been devouring them. I grew up reading Tintin comic books–in the original French! Tintin is pronounced to rhyme with the sound you make to imitate a baby crying, not like a tin-tin can! And Tintin’s dog [...]
A day in the life of a stay-at-home aspiring author
Posted in Juniper Kangaroo, nutrition, parenting, publishing, revising, writing on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I conducted what is becoming a monthly ritual in our household: the trip to the post office with the brown manila envelope in hand. Normally the girls and I walk to the post office, then stop by the park on the way back home. Today, the weather was bad, so [...]
