confessions of a reformed tourist
“You may call me Bean or Honey. And I will call you María.”
He spoke those words to me yesterday, in response to my saying, “Joaquín! Don’t climb on the kitchen table, please!”
A few hours later he told me that he and his grandmother went for a walk to the pond. I asked, “Oh, you [...]
I have a long, clumsy history of screwing up my feet. Like the time I went camping and stepped on a rusty nail. Or the time I walked barefoot into the Hudson River and stepped on a broken bottle. And then there was the Donnie Wahlberg incident, wherein I decided to dismantle the cheap-o frame [...]
Bean loves the library. It’s always difficult to convince him to leave. Today was no exception. I dealt with it by whispering, Bean. Honey, come closer. Mommy wants to whisper a secret in your ear.
So he forgot about his tantrum and allowed me to pick him up. As I was helping him get his [...]
I swear, every time I think he’s gotten as gorgeous as one human being can possibly get, he goes and kicks the bar higher. And yeah, I’m his mother so clearly I’m biased, but I also know empirical beauty when I see it.
Bean and I had a fantastic time taking these. My dad got him [...]
The other day I caught Bean behind the DVD player, mucking about with the power cords.
I freaked.
Jack! What do you think you’re doing!
Fixing the plugs, Mommy.
WHAT? You don’t fix plugs! You don’t TOUCH plugs! You know that’s dangerous! I’ve told you about electricity! You never ever ever touch those cords! Don’t you know how [...]
Bean has developed a bad habit.
When I’m speaking and he wants to be speaking he just yells over me.
He did this this morning at the breakfast table. I’ve told him before that this is rude and he should not be rude to his mommy, blah blah blah. But today I decided to ask him “why”.
“Because, [...]
Yesterday around 4PM I decided to have a little rest before I started on my cheesecake mission. I woke up an hour ago.
Bean stood right in front of my face.
“Good morning, Mommy,” he whispered.
“Good morning, honey.”
“I love you.” At this point it becomes obvious that we’ve been working on his waking-up-Mommy skills, which had previously [...]
Thanksgiving was Bean’s first real taste of family holidays. He absolutely LOVED it.
When my dad left, he started crying. He just couldn’t believe his grandfather went home without him. A couple of hours later when my uncle was getting ready to go, Bean took matters into his own hands. Meaning he got his raincoat and [...]
Today, in episode II of “Let’s Pretend it’s 1990″, I slept until 4PM.
(I was up late. Very late. Writing. Not that that’s any excuse and please believe me when I tell you that I know how lucky I am to have my mom here to help on days like today.)
I got up and drank about [...]