Z is for zzzz I admit that this year the A to Z adventure for me has been sub ideal. I mostly hadn’t the energy to type out the sentences that were floating in my mind. I’ve sometimes carried some of the blog posts in my mind for days, amazed that I can recollect it…

Y is for yum! I am guilty of such vicious lies! I cannot believe that I am wired this way.  So I feel guilty. Every time I mix up a mucky looking gruel with fruit all mashed up, and quickly oxidizing to a dark shade of ick. Or vegetables boiled to a unappetizing color of…

X is for xylophone or toys that make sounds. When I say xylophone I really mean the battery powered contraption that is mostly out of tune but will put forth sounds in frequencies close to the established notes. I’m not sure they make real ones for babies. I certainly don’t remember playing with one.  I…

W is for walking. April has been a great month for us. It’s the month when my daughter decided that crawling along albeit in her different way is not enough. And she decided to take her first step.  What struck me the most was the persistence. She kept trying and trying until she got the…