And Chris said to me, “Congratulations. Six years of no dead baby.”<\/p>\n
Yup, that is the basic measuring stick of parenting. Not a perfectly accurate one, but a decent rule of thumb.<\/p>\n
We kept her alive.<\/p>\n
For her party, she had 18 friends come to Jumping Jacks. Well, we invited everyone I could think of. If I hadn’t been so busy with the job, I might have made better efforts to reach out to more people. But we invited more than 30.<\/p>\n
18 came. It was a great party.<\/p>\n
In a coincidence, the job laid me off on friday. But that is not important.<\/p>\n
Her friends were amazingly generous and adorable with their presents. Most of them made little cards for her, which makes me think we should work on her writing more.<\/p>\n
She got two games:<\/p>\n
Monopoly Junior and Catan Junior.<\/p>\n
So we spent a LOT of time today playing Monopoly Junior and Catan Junior.<\/p>\n
Veronica is INTO monopoly. and Catan is a beginning strategy game. Chris can begin to teach her how to defeat the world.<\/p>\n
I prefer monopoly junior. There is a lot of Math that is perfect for a kindergardner.<\/p>\n
But I could see the world-domination gleam fire up in Chris’s eyes when we broke out Catan Junior. Veronica would do well to learn that skill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And Chris said to me, “Congratulations. Six years of no dead baby.” Yup, that is the basic measuring stick of parenting. Not a perfectly accurate one, but a decent rule of thumb. We kept her alive. For her party, she … Continue reading