Yesterday we drove to the museum of Aigai in Vergina, which contains four burial mounds — including the father of Alexander the Great (Phillip II) and his son, Alexander IV. Apparently, no one is yet quite sure where Alexander himself is buried — the historical texts have conflicting information and much digging has not yet revealed him. (I say […]
Greetings all — we survived our flights to Greece! There was a tad more drama than we would have liked, with lost seat assignments and unsympathetic German gate agents (“well, hopefully someone will be willing to switch seats with you. There’s nothing we can do,”) but everything turned out just fine. AJ enjoyed watching Frozen […]
Nah. Not tired. Although an “overnight” sleep of 3 1/2 hours is prob not going to cut it (note he looks just a tad tired in the second photo). Now 3 1/2 hrs in the Frankfurt airport, then on to Thessaloniki… where I’m sure we won’t be even a bit tired. Ha!
One flight down, two to go. At the moment we don’t have seats together on the flight to Germany. That works for me, but maybe not for the person so much for the person sitting next to him though…
We just had AJ’s school conference last night. While we weren’t told anything unexpected, it was fun to hear how he acts at school and what his teachers think of how he’s doing. Not surprisingly, he is a happy, active kid who loves words, reading, writing, math, science, creative play, social interaction and talking. He’s […]
Yes, it’s true! Our boy reached the 3 year mark on August 28th and he’s been zooming past it ever since. We frequently hear: “Well, when I was two I couldn’t do this, but now that I’m three, I can!” Indeed. the world is a new place when you cross that barrier. He now tells […]
Our boy continues to acquire new skills. After dropping off a friend at the airport, we practiced going up and down escalators. Highly entertaining, and the airport has a lot of escalators. “Let’s, let’s, let’s do more.”
They say that small kids change constantly- physically, emotionally, preferences, the whole shebang. I would agree with that. One day, we love eating pasta. The next day, “I DON’T WANT THAT” as though we’re serving old slugs in sweaty gym sock sauce. I want to read a book, no I WANT to play. No, I […]
I like tomatoes. I think they’re tasty, and I admit that I once ate way too many of them while in grad school. Our Sun Gold cherry tomato plant was laden with delicious, bite-sized golden fruits. They had that warm tomato smell as they basked in the afternoon sun, and I picked and ate and […]
The word on the street is that each kid is born with his or her own personality. There are of course the genetics vs. environment debates, but given my background in biology, I tend to agree with the genetics folks. Regardless of which side you’re on, whether you believe it’s in the DNA or the […]