Sweet Life With Mary

That was Mary’s lament last night after I told her that she can no longer soak her feet on the bathroom sink and use this same small sink like a bathtub.
And then she says, “I hate my life!”  So very dramatic. 
It turns out she was also remembering our latest trips to some stores yesterday.  I had arranged [...]

In How Do You Spell Success?, Mary’s grandpa has expressed concern that maybe she should be wearing protection- helmets, elbow and knee pads. I believe, there is no city ordnance about this in our town, every child or adult I see on a scooter do not wear any protective accessory and Jack has not expressed [...]

This is how I spelled it for Mary. H-G-K-F
Have a goal
Go for it
Keep trying
Finally, Success!
And this goes for Big Goals or Little Goals. For a little one like Mary, all goals are BIG.
One of her goals was to be able to ride her scooter well. When we first got it last Christmas, she was pretty [...]

Mary watches a lot of TV.  I do, too.  Two to four hours a day is pretty normal for us.  As Mary said, “TV gives you a lot of information.” 
Recently, she has been coming up to them and telling me the TV ratings for the shows that she watches.
“Mom, it says T-V-Y-7-F-V, can I watch [...]

I had no concept of playdates.  This is quite foreign to me.  It is not something that I was able to glean from books, movies or TV shows as part of an American childhood. 
It was the same as my discovering that the best translation of sundo is “ride”.  Back in my elementary days, there was [...]

The other day, Mary and I were at our neighborhood playground when she said,
“I’m not afraid of going high up anymore… because I’m a gymnast!”
“You’re a gymnast?”
“Yes, and we go on high beams so I am not afraid of going high up anymore.”
“So, you’re a gymnast.  Are you also a ballet dancer?”
“No, I do not [...]