I've noticed a few times in the last months that Alisa resembles my brother, Todd. Now that her hair is growing longer and a curl is developing, this is even more true. Many times a day now I'll look at her and notice my brother in her.
Also, Alisa has started to show an interest in books (other than just eating them.) She really loves the Darumasan Trilogy, as does Leia. Today she was looking through Omen, a children's book of masks from Japan. She flipped through the elephant, panda, lion, monkey, apple, etc. When she got to the pig she immediately pointed to it and exclaimed, "Dada!"
29 March 2009
28 March 2009
Stick a Fork in Their Ass
I hope the world court takes action against Bush. It shouldn't be hard to figure out what to do now, Mr. Obama. Investigate and prosecute them yourself.
Updated: OK, the cynic in me came out tonight. It now seems entirely plausible that the media circus in the US wouldn't cover the most horrible crimes brought to light. I don't think most of the public would care what the rest of the world thought of them for defying international law.
Updated: OK, the cynic in me came out tonight. It now seems entirely plausible that the media circus in the US wouldn't cover the most horrible crimes brought to light. I don't think most of the public would care what the rest of the world thought of them for defying international law.
27 March 2009
Life is So Short
The girls are starting to act like toddlers instead of babies now. They grow so fast. The time for being a baby is fleetingly short.
Leia is starting to get into everything. Today the contents of the changing table were strewn across the floor. She also become very intent on different things - particularly paper. She was sitting on one side of the family room floor with a mound of toys in front of her. Alisa and I were on the far side of the toy hillock. Behind me was the bag we use to carry gear to and from day care. Inside the bag were two pieces of paper. Somehow she had seen the paper and knew it was in the bag. She spied the bag behind me and started to scoot across the floor. Every time she came to a toy she would grab it and push it aside, clearing a path behind her. If it was a light toy like a block, chuck it over the shoulder! Soon she came to me and started nudging against me like she does when she want me to pick her up. The second nudge, however, was a push. Get out the way! She pushed herself around me and got to the bag. Bam! A split second later she was chewing on the paper. Tenacious.
Alisa loves her stuffed animals. She likes to be surrounded by them. Miffy, Princess Kumachan, Ms. Hop-n-feffer, Valentine Bear, Hakkekkyuu, Gomachan and Bu. They are, in order, a bunny>, a teddy bear princess, a big bunny, a talking white bear, a giant white blood cell, a white baby seal and an orange rag dog. Gomachan is by far her favorite, with Miffy a close second. Hakkekkyuu is a distant third. Then there's the giant hepatitis virus. She's not so fond of that one. But give her a pacifier and Gomachan and she's asleep in 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, I'm physically falling apart. Sick. No exercise. No sleep. At least I'm still eating well. Tonight was asparagus sauteed in chicken fat topped with sunnyside up eggs and slivered parmesan cheese. I think I should have fried the eggs in butter instead of chicken fat; but, otherwise it was pretty good. And it only took about 10 minutes to cook the whole dinner, from opening the fridge to serving the food.
Leia is starting to get into everything. Today the contents of the changing table were strewn across the floor. She also become very intent on different things - particularly paper. She was sitting on one side of the family room floor with a mound of toys in front of her. Alisa and I were on the far side of the toy hillock. Behind me was the bag we use to carry gear to and from day care. Inside the bag were two pieces of paper. Somehow she had seen the paper and knew it was in the bag. She spied the bag behind me and started to scoot across the floor. Every time she came to a toy she would grab it and push it aside, clearing a path behind her. If it was a light toy like a block, chuck it over the shoulder! Soon she came to me and started nudging against me like she does when she want me to pick her up. The second nudge, however, was a push. Get out the way! She pushed herself around me and got to the bag. Bam! A split second later she was chewing on the paper. Tenacious.
Alisa loves her stuffed animals. She likes to be surrounded by them. Miffy, Princess Kumachan, Ms. Hop-n-feffer, Valentine Bear, Hakkekkyuu, Gomachan and Bu. They are, in order, a bunny>, a teddy bear princess, a big bunny, a talking white bear, a giant white blood cell, a white baby seal and an orange rag dog. Gomachan is by far her favorite, with Miffy a close second. Hakkekkyuu is a distant third. Then there's the giant hepatitis virus. She's not so fond of that one. But give her a pacifier and Gomachan and she's asleep in 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, I'm physically falling apart. Sick. No exercise. No sleep. At least I'm still eating well. Tonight was asparagus sauteed in chicken fat topped with sunnyside up eggs and slivered parmesan cheese. I think I should have fried the eggs in butter instead of chicken fat; but, otherwise it was pretty good. And it only took about 10 minutes to cook the whole dinner, from opening the fridge to serving the food.
Purge
Whomever is complicit in these acts should be thrown in jail. Obama seems to keep be doing less than required to illuminate the horrible crimes committed in the US' name at Guantanamo and other places. If that's so, he should go down in flames as well. Ethics and law should triumph any notion of political expediency.
22 March 2009
Learning to Share
Alisa learned how to pass a ball back and forth last night. It was really cute seeing her play with the ball for a few seconds and then offer it to me so that I could play with it. When I showed joy at playing with the ball she would smile so wide. We passed it back and forth for a couple of minutes. It was really nice to see her get pleasure from sharing a toy.
20 March 2009
Self Willed Steps
Leia tried to initiate steps on her own for the first time tonight. She's growing rapidly. At least she finally seems to be getting rid of her cold. Its been pretty much since December that she's been sick.
Alisa is becoming more demanding, requiring quite a lot of attention. But who can resist that smile?
Alisa is becoming more demanding, requiring quite a lot of attention. But who can resist that smile?
Its Alive
The Chocolate Factory is born. I'm putting together a team now. Its weird; but, this is the first time where the team I'm trying to achieve includes marketing and customer care. Its also nice to see some of the best people in the company ask to be on the team. This is going to be fun.
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