Mommy
Book: Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake (recently several books by Geraldine Brooks); Karen Maezen Miller's Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood; cookbooks
Movie: I'm sure it will be the soon-to-open Harry Potter film!
TV show: "Cities of the Underworld," the only adult show I watch, and then only sometimes
Song: I actually like a couple of Imagination Movers songs, especially "Have Some Fun Today"
Musician: as always, Indigo Girls
CD: the Mother's Day 2009 that Mama made for me, with lots of relatively recent (i.e. not 80s) pop songs (including Beyonce and Gwen Stefani)
Color: purple, rainbow
Number: 12
Food: I love lentils these days!
Flavor: Chocolate, cardamom, rose, orange/creamsicle; and for savory, sweet curry powder
Animal: sea otters, groundhogs, hedgehogs, cats, koalas, pandas,
Day of the Week: Saturday
Flower: rose
Ice Cream: cookies and cream
Magazine: Saveur (esp The Texas Issue!); Archaeology; Brain, Child;
Restaurant: Bloodroot and Bertucci's (talk about polar opposites)
Toy/Thing: my laptop! breadmaker, iPod
Poet: I'm learning about Mary Oliver
Author: Karen Maezen Miller, of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood and the blog Cheerio Road
Thing to do: blog, cake/cookie decorating
Place to go: craft store, bookstore, Starbucks, OSV, I want to go to NYC again soon
Saying/Words: (more the concepts of attachment and mindfulness and being present in the moment)
Bud
Color: purple, rainbow
Number: 12
Food: I love lentils these days!
Flavor: Chocolate, cardamom, rose, orange/creamsicle; and for savory, sweet curry powder
Animal: sea otters, groundhogs, hedgehogs, cats, koalas, pandas,
Day of the Week: Saturday
Flower: rose
Ice Cream: cookies and cream
Magazine: Saveur (esp The Texas Issue!); Archaeology; Brain, Child;
Restaurant: Bloodroot and Bertucci's (talk about polar opposites)
Toy/Thing: my laptop! breadmaker, iPod
Poet: I'm learning about Mary Oliver
Author: Karen Maezen Miller, of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood and the blog Cheerio Road
Thing to do: blog, cake/cookie decorating
Place to go: craft store, bookstore, Starbucks, OSV, I want to go to NYC again soon
Saying/Words: (more the concepts of attachment and mindfulness and being present in the moment)
Bud
Book: Jungle Drums by Graeme Base (also recently Hands, Hands, Fingers, Thumbs and The Lost Music and any dinosaur book)
TV show: Imagination Movers; Ni-Hao, Kai-lan; Mama Mirabelle (before that Sid the Science Kid and Caillou)
Song: Jai Ho (from Slumdog Millionaire), bagpipe rock by Mac Talla Mor, (also recently "Lady Marmalade" and "Lord of the Dance"); he will also sing and play "You are My Sunshine" and the "huge, enormous Brontosaurus" song
Sis
Book: any Magic School Bus book; Dora and Diego phonetics readers; likes to read what we haven't read in awhile
TV show: Imagination Movers, Toot & Puddle, Magic School Bus series (recently Handy Manny and Fireman Sam and Olivia, before that Little Einsteins and Word World and Diego)
Song: anything sung by Mover Dave, and the Imagination Movers's Happy Birthday song
TV show: Imagination Movers; Ni-Hao, Kai-lan; Mama Mirabelle (before that Sid the Science Kid and Caillou)
Song: Jai Ho (from Slumdog Millionaire), bagpipe rock by Mac Talla Mor, (also recently "Lady Marmalade" and "Lord of the Dance"); he will also sing and play "You are My Sunshine" and the "huge, enormous Brontosaurus" song
Musician: Smitty the bass player of Imagination Movers
CD: Imagination Movers
Color: blue
Number: 3
Food: "snoodles", mushrooms, onions, bell pepper, olives, as well as lychees, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, apples, mango, "burritos" (i.e. Dorritos), strawberry yogurt, soup, ice cream/popsicles (unfavorite: beans and anything made of potatoes, including mashed, french-fried, baked, boiled, whatever)
Flavor: strawberry
Color: blue
Number: 3
Food: "snoodles", mushrooms, onions, bell pepper, olives, as well as lychees, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, apples, mango, "burritos" (i.e. Dorritos), strawberry yogurt, soup, ice cream/popsicles (unfavorite: beans and anything made of potatoes, including mashed, french-fried, baked, boiled, whatever)
Flavor: strawberry
Animal: penguins and dinosaurs
Day of the Week: "Pajama Friday" because of tv in the morning
Ice Cream: strawberry shortcake ice cream bar on a stick
Day of the Week: "Pajama Friday" because of tv in the morning
Ice Cream: strawberry shortcake ice cream bar on a stick
Candy: skittles, Pez, cherry tootsie rolls
Restaurant: "Chip" restaurant (Tex-Mex) with Spanish rice
Restaurant: "Chip" restaurant (Tex-Mex) with Spanish rice
Toy/Thing: "Pengy" his penguin; his "fifin' drum" and other musical instruments; his toy bug collection in an old cookie tin (called his "bug pizza"); Diego dinosaur rescue set; tinker toys to make mic stand or car; Yankees hat and shirt; Hot wheels; plastic marine life animals; pink tutu; toy microphone
Thing to do: "cuddle"; play the drums; dance; play hibachi with fake food; make aquariums out of blocks and plastic animals; building fairy houses; having a "deli picnic"; play aquarium; go to swim lessons (and to school) (unfavorite: on certain days, take a bath)
Place to go: any aquarium, Highland games (recently AMNH and Bronx Zoo)
Saying/Words: thumbs up sign; "Mommy, come on/come play with me"; "actually . . . "; "I can do it myself"
Thing to do: "cuddle"; play the drums; dance; play hibachi with fake food; make aquariums out of blocks and plastic animals; building fairy houses; having a "deli picnic"; play aquarium; go to swim lessons (and to school) (unfavorite: on certain days, take a bath)
Place to go: any aquarium, Highland games (recently AMNH and Bronx Zoo)
Saying/Words: thumbs up sign; "Mommy, come on/come play with me"; "actually . . . "; "I can do it myself"
Book: any Magic School Bus book; Dora and Diego phonetics readers; likes to read what we haven't read in awhile
TV show: Imagination Movers, Toot & Puddle, Magic School Bus series (recently Handy Manny and Fireman Sam and Olivia, before that Little Einsteins and Word World and Diego)
Song: anything sung by Mover Dave, and the Imagination Movers's Happy Birthday song
Musician: Imagination Movers
CD: Imagination Movers (and recently the Handy Manny soundtrack)
Color: pink (and red, in a pinch, "because it's like pink")
Number: 3
Food: CHOCOLATE! fish balls, cha siao bao (bbq pork buns), khanom toy (custard cups), fried rice, chicken dumplings (like wontons), mango, carrots, cinnamon raisin toast, chocolate yogurt, and "anything crunchy" (unfavorite: basically, Bud's favorites list such as mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers, but also anything that has sauce or cheese or layers. Or beans.)
Flavor: chocolate
Animal: bunnies! (unfavorite: oftentimes, dinosaurs)
Day of the Week: weekends with Mama (unfavorite: Mondays)
Ice Cream: chocolate
Color: pink (and red, in a pinch, "because it's like pink")
Number: 3
Food: CHOCOLATE! fish balls, cha siao bao (bbq pork buns), khanom toy (custard cups), fried rice, chicken dumplings (like wontons), mango, carrots, cinnamon raisin toast, chocolate yogurt, and "anything crunchy" (unfavorite: basically, Bud's favorites list such as mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers, but also anything that has sauce or cheese or layers. Or beans.)
Flavor: chocolate
Animal: bunnies! (unfavorite: oftentimes, dinosaurs)
Day of the Week: weekends with Mama (unfavorite: Mondays)
Ice Cream: chocolate
Candy: M&Ms, Tootsie Rolls
Restaurant: Friendly's (for the ice cream!), Bertucci's (esp the rolls) and "chip" restaurant which both have "crunchy" chicken
Toy/Thing: Shirt, Amy the bunny, Handy Manny with tool boxes, Diego sets, dollhouse (or any toy that can be used in a narrative), fake food
Thing to do: paint and arts and crafts; cook and bake (esp cookies); build fairy houses; talking to Gommie on the computer; having a "deli picnic"; play hibachi with fake food; play camp out; play birthday party; chase bubbles; play tickle monster; play "shark"; go to swim lessons (and to school)
Place to go: Old Sturbridge Village and Mystic Seaport and New York Aquarium (recently AMNH and Bronx Zoo); also Trader Joe's
Saying/Words: "No, Bud"; "Gommie!"; "I can do it by myself"
Restaurant: Friendly's (for the ice cream!), Bertucci's (esp the rolls) and "chip" restaurant which both have "crunchy" chicken
Toy/Thing: Shirt, Amy the bunny, Handy Manny with tool boxes, Diego sets, dollhouse (or any toy that can be used in a narrative), fake food
Thing to do: paint and arts and crafts; cook and bake (esp cookies); build fairy houses; talking to Gommie on the computer; having a "deli picnic"; play hibachi with fake food; play camp out; play birthday party; chase bubbles; play tickle monster; play "shark"; go to swim lessons (and to school)
Place to go: Old Sturbridge Village and Mystic Seaport and New York Aquarium (recently AMNH and Bronx Zoo); also Trader Joe's
Saying/Words: "No, Bud"; "Gommie!"; "I can do it by myself"
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