A Little Thing

My 2-year-old knows how to eat an artichoke.

And Even More Tears

Samantha and I got in a big fight yesterday.  She's been on this anti-mommy kick for the past week and it's really getting to me.  She hits me and screams her head off and she's happy to cooperate with anybody but me.  I know this is something children do with the person they are most attached to, and I've been telling myself that I won't take it personally, but still, at some level, I do.  My patience is wearing thin and I'm getting angry with her much more quickly, which, of course, makes things worse. 

Yesterday was not the worst of it, but it seems that it was the final straw for me.  At some point in her tirade, Sam came around.  I sat on the floor in front of her and I told her, "You've got to stop hitting me.  I don't like it.  Hitting hurts.  It really hurts my feelings, too."  And then I started crying.  Bawling, actually.  I realized that this was exactly what she needed to hear and see - that she was really hurting me with her actions.  And she responded.  She was contrite and probably a bit frightened.  She said, HIT MOMMY. HURT. HURT MOMMY. CRY. MOMMY CRY. GET MOMMY TISSUE.  And she ran upstairs and came back down with a tissue.  One tissue.  For me.  It was almost worth all the pain of the past week just for that one moment.

And More Tears...

...because I just watched Marley and Me.  Loved it.

Blogroll Updates

Here are some blogs I've been reading and have just added to my blogroll:

AisA Academy:  Another Objectivist homeschooler - yea!

biotic spark and revolving rock:  Doug's blogs about "flora, fauna, and amateur naturalism," and astronomy. Yes, another Objectivist.  Not updated often, but I need some diversity in my reading.

The Harry Binswanger List:  Also known as HBL, this Objectivist e-mail list is one of only two discussion lists which I actually read and I highly recommend it, if only for Dr. Binswanger's excellent posts.  He recently added an "Excerpt of the Day" RSS feed, although I don't think it's working for me.  Need to check that out.

Heroes of Capitalism:  I love this blog, dedicated to honoring a new hero every day.  The descriptions are brief enough to be read simply for pleasure, and who couldn't use a little inspiration like this every day?

One Reality:  One of my new favorites.  Stephen writes on music, art, food, sports, and techie stuff.  I'm looking forward to reading his Dennis Prager "rebuttal"but I'm saving it until it is complete.  Dennis Prager is one of my favorite religious thinkers, if there is such a thing. 

Voices for Reason:  The official blog of The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights.  I'm really glad they got this going.  Good stuff.

Hey! You Stole My Blog Post!

I was just about to write a tribute to Interjections when LB stole my thunder.  But here it is anyway.

 

 

Schoolhouse Rock is one of those things that I love so much that I used to dream of sharing it with my child someday, even before I knew if I really wanted to have a child.  And now she is here, and she's old enough, and we watch it together.  And sometimes, out of the blue, she'll say to me, "Darn, that's the end," and it makes me cry.

Jack Sprat

Rational Jenn's latest post about how she handles food issues in her family reminded me of my family's new dinnertime rhyme:

Adam and Amy could eat no fat
Samantha could eat no lean
And so between the three of them
They licked the platter clean

I'm so glad I've been liberated from my fear of fat, or Sam would never have known this love of hers.  The dog, on the other hand, is not so happy.

Makeup

Holy crap, I'm so busy and so tired.  I have a long list of things to blog about, a few of them quite interesting, so I hope you'll stick with me until I have more than a moment to spend writing.  In the meantime, here's Samantha's idea of how to apply makeup.  She wore it all day.

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