Rainey

Babyland General Hospital: Then & Now

Babyland General Hospital: Then & Now

By megret | August 9, 2011 at 7:34 am | 2 comments

Any little girl growing up in the 80s knows who the Cabbage Patch Kids are. I sure did. And the summer I was eight, my grandparents took me to their hometown, their origin: Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland,...

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For the love of horses.

By megret | June 23, 2011 at 11:45 am | No comments

So our daughter has never ridden a horse. It's not that she's not had the opportunity; she has. Several times. But she's a bit wary of it, though still in awe. Yet she loves horses. Lives for horses. Breathes horses. At times, she even becomes a horse. (Or so it...

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Mo’s Note

Mo’s Note

By megret | June 14, 2011 at 9:10 pm | One comment

You might remember that, a few weeks ago, Rainey wrote and mailed a letter to Mo Willems, her favorite author/illustrator. I'd heard he wrote his fans back, but I had no idea it'd be so fast.... Monday afternoon we found a brown kraft paper envelope in our mailbox, from...

Posted in: Books & reading, Everyday fun, Learning and doing, Rainey

Bunny Bun-Bun

By megret | March 22, 2011 at 6:48 am | No comments

On July 29th, 2006, our son walked into the sunny hospital room and presented his brand new baby sister with his very first present to her: A pink blanket buddy by Bunnies By the Bay. She matched the blanket frog, Tadbit, that he'd had for over a year already and toted with...

Posted in: Motherhood, Muses, Rainey

Little ballerina

By megret | September 10, 2010 at 2:11 pm | One comment

Rainey began taking ballet lessons this week. It was so exciting and yet so sad for me at the same time. Ballet! Just like her mommy used to take! But wait -- she's old enough to take ballet lessons? When did that happen? As I sat and watched her sit in a circle, get up...

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