Owner: Eve
Last night, Brian and I took Aya to an ice cream social at her kindergarten teacher’s house. It was a short drive to a very nice part of town, where most of the driveways hold a Mercedes or two and most of the houses are worth close to a million dollars. As we got [...]
I’ve been pretty lucky so far for growing a healthy eater. My little one has not met a vegetable she didn’t like.
Aya’s favorites are raw broccoli, fresh corn, and lightly blanched asparagus. She’s not big on sauces or dipping, although she will try ranch dressing with carrots or celery. However, getting her to [...]
When I was eating breakfast on Saturday before leaving for the airport, Aya came out to keep me company. She was sprawled on the living room floor under a blanket and then sat up all of a sudden.
“My tooth is really loose, there’s just a little bit of gum holding it in. It’s [...]
One of the queries on this Superstar questionnaire Aya had to complete for kindergarten was the ubiquitous What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? After my cat Jade died, she realized that she didn’t want to be a veterinarian any more, because they have to deal with sick and dying animals [...]
Aya’s actually not so much a little thing anymore. Long and lean… Closing in on six years old, she’s off the growth chart for height and around the 50th percentile for weight. Her hands are almost as big as mine; palm to palm, there are scant centimeters between the ends of her fingertips and mine. [...]
