Avi is napping playing his drums, so I’m enjoying a quiet percussive afternoon back at home after a busy morning. First things first: thanks to hockey, we have a nice supply of pucks in the freezer at all times. I was able to ice my foot last night and walk on it pretty well today. [...]
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Little Penguins hockey is over for the season. It was – and continues to be – an amazing experience for Avi. And his parents! I am astounded at the progress he has made since January, and I can’t wait to see what else he can do. I know I keep saying that, but since this [...]
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I resisted as long as I could, but as we all know, that particular strategy is futile. Today I cut Avi’s hair shorter than it has ever been. And I love it. It’s easier to deal with under a hockey helmet (surprise), doesn’t have to be combed after his showers (surprise), feels cooler on his [...]
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*Not a real university. No, really. It’s not. I decided to challenge Avi’s notion that he doesn’t like tofu unless it’s “surrounded by broth” by making it a way he’s never had before: in a wok. What a concept, right? I won’t keep you in suspense. He totally loved it. And I totally dug this [...]
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Yesterday the boys went to the Blue Slide Playground instead of stick time, although we had talked about maybe giving Avi some extra time this week to work on his puck handling. His skating has improved tenfold since he started the Little Penguins program, and he’s about 70% fearless, so we thought it would be [...]
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I don’t even know what that is. I mean, he says it all the time, but “worker” can be so many different things to him: sometimes he’s a policeman, other times a bus driver or train engineer and occasionally he is something more exotic like a space explorer. The other day he was a stamping [...]
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One of my all time favorite Eric Carle books is called Pancakes, Pancakes. The boy in the story wakes up and says to his mother, “Let’s make a pancake!” which I find so hilarious because really, who makes just one pancake? She sends him on a journey for all of the ingredients, including grinding the [...]
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Those steaks I made last week were fine, but when it came time to tackle the second package (I’m a sucker for a buy one get one deal, even on an item I don’t usually purchase) I decided to pretend they weren’t steaks at all. I cut them into chunks like stew meat, added fresh [...]
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I managed to get Avi into the Little Penguins Learn to Play Hockey program this year, all thanks to @pghpenguins. There was an announcement on Twitter about ten minutes before registration opened in December, which gave me just enough time to call D, decide we wanted to go for it and then continually press refresh [...]
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just when i allowed my hopes to get up, the nhl took the proposal the players put forth that i was so excited about, removed the parts that didn’t appeal to them, added a salary cap (which the nhlpa has said all along they would never agree to), and tried to present it as reasonable [...]
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