Julie B's Blog (6)

We did Social Studies without meaning to. Dmitri (3) was playing with his cash register and fake money. He asked me about the guys on the money, and I explained they were presidents. We talked about the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, and Abraham Lincoln. During the conversation, it came out that Joe refers to the guys on the money as "clowns." I figured it wasn't the right time pursue the subtlety of *that* line of thought quite yet. We live in a white house, too, but ours is smaller. :-) Continue

...because my page here came up while I was being Googled at a birthday party. Silly me. I used my full name but didn't know the site was fully searchable to anyone. I thought I was only visible to members here. Suddenly, all my radical thoughts were visible to people who already thought I was weird. I changed it as a protective measure--didn't want just anyone who typed my name into a search engine to be able to access the furthest reaches of my psyche, some possibly intimate details of our fa… Continue

Something interesting has been happening with Dmitri (3) lately. He's talking more about how he feels and seems to be noticing more. He's just started to say that he's tired. Over the past couple of days, he's added something new: "I look tired." It's interesting to me that he's observing himself from outside himself.

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Here's our family's contribution to the "Normal" Days Blog Carnival. I was inspired to start documenting a typical day at 9:29pm, so we're going to span two days. Welcome to August 1-2, 2008, in the lives of the Boerst-Italiano family with a special focus on 3yo Dmitri. That odd protrusion on me is Dmitri's sibling. He claims she's a girl named Susanna. 9:29pm Legos

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"I want to do it mine self," is a common refrain heard around here. Today we were playing with fire--lighting a candle, singing Happy Birthday, and blowing it out. Dmitri (3) was focusing on the lighting the match part. He told me, "I want to do it mine self!" He tried several times with some success and then changed his mind. "I want to do it ourselves!" So we started striking the match together again. Neat new word use and incredibly sweet moment. :-) Continue

I would love to show this picture to my pre-Dmitri self, the one who told people to try to stick to organic cotton, hemp, and non-toxic wood when buying gifts for us. Just let me for one moment see the constipated, horrified expression on her face! Yes, it may have been mad… Continue