Some wise parent told us to be prepared for an onslaught of colds this winter. Eliza got a few last year, but we were entirely unprepared for this epidemic. She's nice enough to share some of them (sorry, grandparents). This latest one has her on some antibiotics that make for some rather, er, messy side effects. So we have instituted a diet based on the well-known BRAT method that we are calling the BRA diet: bananas, rice and applesauce. Eliza doesn't really seem to dig white toast at the moment. But that isn't the reason for this update. Beginning yesterday, we gave her a spoon to use with her applesauce/rice cereal/banana mixture and she picked it right up. We still have to work on the proper handling of the spoon, though.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Fun in the Snow
Parenthood would have been nothing like we thought it would be, had we had any idea (accurate or otherwise) what parenthood would be like in the first place. Some stuff makes more sense. Some stuff has more or different meaning. We could get into some deep, philosophical/meta examples, but instead, let's turn to the old reliable cultural satire, The Simpsons.
Now, from time to time on The Simpsons (which, by the way, we haven't watched in several seasons for no particular reason whatsoever) there would be an episode set in winter and Maggie donned her snowsuit. The suit, which looks like a starfish with a baby face poking out of one of the arms, looked stiff, immovable and not entirely comfortable. I always thought it was a cute little depiction of a baby's snowsuit. NOPE. It's pretty much dead on, which I should have realized earlier, given the frequency that The Simpsons nails pretty much everything. I give you exhibit A, and exhibit B.
Maggie Simpson's snowsuit:
Eliza in her snowsuit (with friend Kelsey):
So while that doesn't look too comfortable, we assure you, Eliza is very much at ease in her new toboggan. While this next shot is from a more recent tobogganing expedition, Eliza is obviously perfectly happy being immobile in her toasty warm snowsuit. Not pictured - when the toboggan tipped over and Eliza found herself face-down in the snow. She did not like that. At all.
Now, from time to time on The Simpsons (which, by the way, we haven't watched in several seasons for no particular reason whatsoever) there would be an episode set in winter and Maggie donned her snowsuit. The suit, which looks like a starfish with a baby face poking out of one of the arms, looked stiff, immovable and not entirely comfortable. I always thought it was a cute little depiction of a baby's snowsuit. NOPE. It's pretty much dead on, which I should have realized earlier, given the frequency that The Simpsons nails pretty much everything. I give you exhibit A, and exhibit B.
Maggie Simpson's snowsuit:
Eliza in her snowsuit (with friend Kelsey):
So while that doesn't look too comfortable, we assure you, Eliza is very much at ease in her new toboggan. While this next shot is from a more recent tobogganing expedition, Eliza is obviously perfectly happy being immobile in her toasty warm snowsuit. Not pictured - when the toboggan tipped over and Eliza found herself face-down in the snow. She did not like that. At all.
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