Tag: children
member name: David Rochester
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January 04, 2007 01:05 AM EST --
Last night I had the pleasure of observing a three-year-old child in its natural habitat, and I was interested to see her exhibit two behaviors I wish more people carried into adulthood:
1) Unaffected . . .
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September 24, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
When I was three, my favorite toy was a beanbag Snoopy, to whom I was deeply attached. I took him with me everywhere, including to preschool. It was a good preschool, with lots of interesting . . .
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October 09, 2006 09:59 PM EDT --
My mother likes to tell a story about a disagreement she had with me when I was at that difficult age between two and three. Unlike many children, I was never a thrower of tantrums, but I . . .
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December 25, 2006 02:02 PM EST --
Today Mr.Random's blog (http://www.randomname.blogsource.com, though you can also find him here, with different material, at http://www.randomname.gather.com) contains a post that mentions, . . .
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September 28, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
I moved recently, a process that obliged me to go through a lot of Random Boxes of Stuff to see whether the contents were worth keeping. In one of the boxes, I found a collection . . .
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September 27, 2006 02:37 PM EDT --
Yesterday I had occasion to purchase three dozen donuts to serve to a gaggle of realtors who were previewing one of my new listings. It took one of the girls behind the counter . . .
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September 28, 2006 01:31 AM EDT --
I went for a walk this afternoon through a pleasant neighborhood where I had been showing houses. I know the area fairly well, but I was surprised to suddenly come upon a small playground situated . . .
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November 01, 2006 12:45 AM EST --
As I have done each Halloween for the past four years, I spent the evening at my parents' house, helping them to deal with the 800 trick-or-treaters they get. Actually, they buy 800 . . .
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June 07, 2009 08:29 PM EDT --
I spent this morning babysitting for Elissa's daughter Charlotte, who is now two and a half. The last time I babysat her, she was still more or less preverbal. Now she's a real live toddler . . .
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September 23, 2006 08:50 PM EDT --
Today I showed houses for several hours to the parents of beloved past clients; the parents are planning to move up from California. I picked the parents up at the home of the clients, . . .
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October 19, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
Last night I babysat for my friend Elissa's daughter Charlotte. Charlotte is almost two years old, and is therefore at a developmental stage of being largely functional but not always verbally . . .
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November 07, 2008 07:30 PM EST --
Thank you again to all of you who so generously put your hearts and minds to the task of sharing with me how you view the concept of meaning in your lives. I have been processing all of the thoughts . . .
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October 06, 2006 10:42 PM EDT --
The first time he saw her she was wearing a frilly pink dress; her dark hair hung in two glossy braids over her shoulders. He decided to approach her with his best, and opened the box to display a rainbow. . . .
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September 13, 2008 12:55 PM EDT --
1) Thank you to everyone who took the time to offer helpful suggestions and kind words on the last post. The antiques people contacted me with their hiring decision after already having made the . . .
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September 20, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
Last night I had the pleasure of observing a three-year-old child in its natural habitat, and I was interested to see her exhibit two behaviors I wish more people carried into adulthood:
1) Unaffected . . .
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