Category Archives: Baby & kid blogging

When I play “Connect 4″ with the girls, I generally let them win every other game, since I don’t want them to feel that playing with me is hopeless, but I also don’t want them to expect to win all … Continue reading →

I’m guessing these photos are by Charles. Unrelated dialog with Sydney: SYDNEY: I want to be a movie star. BARRY: Really? Why do you want to do that? SYDNEY: Because movie stars have fancy dogs with ribbons. BARRY: Oh. I … Continue reading →

When I posted a photo of Sydney at work on a drawing, a couple of people requested that I actually post one of her drawings. So here, with Sydney’s rather eager permission, is her drawing of Bride of Frankenstein (also … Continue reading →

Longtime “Alas” readers will recall a long-ago co-blogger, my friend and housemate Bean, who still posts a very occasional comment here, plus I often use Bean’s photos for kid blogging. Sydney and Maddox were recently flower girls at the wedding … Continue reading →

Here’s Maddox holding the new arrival, Pumpkin Sweetiebell. (The name was a collaborative effort of Sydney and Maddox.) Pumpkin is very patient with this sort of treatment. Fortunately. A closer photo of Pumpkin below the fold.

A real geek in the making! Sydney found Zombies! lying around and became interested in playing it. She lines up the Zombies into groups, usually dividing them by sex. They she’ll play with them; sometimes speaking their dialog, sometimes singing … Continue reading →

I didn’t realize that they had graduations. Or gowns. Shows what I know. Anyhow, Sydney graduated from nursery school this past Friday. Next up: Kindergarten! Another photo (also featuring our very messy upstairs hallway!) under the fold.

Unrelated quote: “Killing animals for meat is kind of goth…goth for kids.” –Sydney Quinn, age 5 Both Sydney and Maddox love dresses and sparkly things and all things princess-y. Photos by Bean. And Sydney is below the cut…. Click on … Continue reading →

Sydney just told me, “People think sharks are cool but they’re not. There’s only one person who doesn’t like sharks, and that’s me.” Sydney draws exceptionally well for a five year old. You might think that I’m only saying that … Continue reading →