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Once upon a time, we lived in 680 SF. Then we moved, and don't anymore. From the space station to the Space Center! Any questions, drop me a line at rocketgirl [at] rocketcitydigs [dot] com.
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Category Archives: Kids
The Worst Picnic Ever
You won’t believe me. You’ll look at the pictures and think, good lord, she’s ungrateful, or delusional, and does she ever do anything but complain? But pictures LIE. They show smiles where a moment before there were tears. Angled right, … Continue reading
OK, kid. Time to grow up.
NOTE: Goodness, re-reading this the morning after, I sound like such a Negative Nellie. And how am I repaid for my annoyance toward my youngest love? It’s almost 9 AM and I’m at home, and EVERYONE is still sleeping. Shame … Continue reading
A Tale of Four Strollers
I’m mad hectic these days, but I’m trying to, at the very least, take some pictures of what’s happening lately at the RocketDigs. One thing is lots of shifting of stuff. Another thing is erecting Metro shelving, and also a … Continue reading
I’d be a perfect mother if you paid me for it.
In the last few months, I’ve come to realize something fundamental about myself: I do things better when I’m paid for it. And, I suspect, all parents would be better if they got paid for it. I’m not suggesting that … Continue reading
Mmm, strawberries! Yuck, strawberry… hemangiomas.
This is going to be a mite quickie because I’m still playing catch-up at work, and I’ve discovered Gillian has the psychic ability to sense exactly when I’m sitting down to blog, and immediately go from Happy Babbling Mode into … Continue reading
My toddler’s gone digital.
Sometime in July–probably while Eliza was sobbing hysterically because I didn’t give her the binder of DVDs fast enough–I decided she was watching way too many movies. After unsuccessfully trying to coax her to play in her room, I read … Continue reading
Tomorrow is the first day of school.
Except summer vacation has been five months long. My lunch is packed, although I have to pick out my outfit. Since I left, my team at work has expanded by four (five?) people. I may or may not have the … Continue reading
Goin’ on a Holiday… to the 1970s!
As a child, I spent hundreds of hours praying at the altar of Fisher Price. We had the Sesame Street set, the castle and the modernist school; when my brother came along, we added the airport and the parking garage. … Continue reading
Posted in Kids, Nursery
Tagged fisher price, little people, playskool holiday inn, vintage toys
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Stickers, Panties and Potties
As I’m returning to work on August 8 (!!), David and I decided the time had come to tackle potty training. Eliza just turned two, I’m still at home for two weeks, and the time seemed right. Since she sleep-trained, … Continue reading
Posted in Kids
Tagged Kids, naked potty training, potty training, three-day potty training
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Photographing an Heirloom
Back in May, when my mother-in-law came to meet Gillian, she whipped out a beautiful, terrifying surprise: her christening dress and a dress she’d worn as a toddler. “I thought you could photograph the girls in them!” After scraping my … Continue reading
