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I have been trying to finalize plans for my thesis project. This task might have been made easier if my advisor was more involved in the decision making process, but with my current situation I feel like I am making a project which can be critically evaluated and still contribute something to my discipline. While I was technically on spring break this week, that really means nothing for someone who is working on their thesis and only misses one class this week because of break. I spent Monday and Wednesday working specifically on thesis plans, but parts of Thursday and Friday were spent finalizing work for a show at the ICA in San Jose.
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Submitted by wayne on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 09:33.
A story in two parts:
This morning, Paela found some plastic bowls and diligently dripped milk from her sippy cup into the bowls. She didn't get much into the bowls before she was observed, first by the cat and then by her mom. The cat licked up what she could before the mom had Paela clean up her mess.
Then, this evening, Wayne asked the kitty if she wanted milk. Paela immediately seized upon the idea and ran to her mom to ask for some milk. As soon as she had the sippy cup of milk in hand, she ran off. To drink it? No, she ran back to the cat. And held it under her nose.
Who knew she had figured out so quickly that the cat likes milk too?
Submitted by rebecca on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 18:07.
I started off the week with a cold. I tried to keep my germs to myself, but as with the last virus we shared, everyone got it in the end.
At least it wasn't a terribly cold, but it did make us all pretty groggy one or two of the days in there.
Paela and I went to the park to play with some other kids and their moms. A playgroup, if you will. We had a good time; Paela was happy as a clam on the climbing structure they had. Paela and Wayne sat in on nursery in Church today. Paela thought it was a blast. We'll see what happens in a month when we try to let her go to nursery all by herself. She spent much of the rest of her week coloring, or asking to color.
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Submitted by rebecca on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 16:54.
For a few weeks, I had noticed whenever Paela wants to hold my hand she would hold up her hand ready to grab mine (biggest clue) and say "nee?" (not so obvious clue). It took me awhile, but today I believe we've figured out how "nee" could possibly mean "hold hands" and not something in the middle of your leg. When Paela has to hold our hand (near a street or parking lot), we say "Paela, you need to hold our hand." And there it is. Apparently there are times in a young girl's life when her parents need to hold her hands, not the other way around.
Submitted by rebecca on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 17:58.
We went for a local walk (aka just around our apartment complex) and ventured on to the top floor. Wayne and I started a quick game of hide-and-seek with Paela, running ahead to jump behind the next corner. Paela shrieked with excitement. And a neighbor opened his door to ask if everything was alright, to make sure nothing was wrong.
When he saw a little girl, he laughed and went back inside. Maybe "little girl shriek" isn't a common thing on the third floor.
Submitted by rebecca on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 17:52.
We've tried to help Paela transition between activities lately (read: without throwing herself on the ground in frustration). One thing that works pretty well is encouraging her to "say bye-bye!" Now, in her independent play, I'll overhear Paela saying "bye-bye kitty" as she leaves the cat (or whatever) to find something else to do. Sometimes she'll throw in a blown kiss for good measure.
Submitted by wayne on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 10:53.
Paela carried her doll around a lot yesterday. At one point she and the doll sat down together and we heard giggling. As we looked her direction, we saw her poking her tummy over and over with the doll's hand. With each poke she would say "ticka, ticka, ticka!", and giggle like crazy.
Apparently she's already learned how little girls should tickle their mom.
Submitted by wayne on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 07:51.
We've been celebrating Pi day for five years now. Every time, I feel guilty for how dorky the holiday is, but this year, I noticed the popularity this holiday has gained and now I am feeling protective of the obscure holiday that has become too noticed. Regardless, we made key lime pie this year, in order to circumvent the abhorrence I feel towards eating normal pie. It was a good slice of pie.
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Submitted by wayne on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 16:40.
AKA, our house became a germ festival. In other words, Wayne came down with the infamous traveling stomach bug Monday evening, and pretty much the first half of the week was dedicated to getting well and tending the sick.
Add to that, Paela decided Sunday evening to remind us that she wasn't yet on the upswing after all, so two of the three of us were down for the count.
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Submitted by rebecca on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 10:45.
The plan was to have Rebecca and Paela come with me. We were going to drive down to L.A. Wednesday for the rest of the week. While I went to the CAA conference, the two girls would drive around L.A. looking for fun things to see and do. Tuesday afternoon, Paela got sick. Wednesday, after more than 17 hours since the last time she threw up, we tried to take her with us. Almost to Gilroy, she threw up again in the car; we turned back and I left for L.A. alone. read more »
Submitted by wayne on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 12:25.
