tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post3356618757187275027..comments2024-03-28T05:23:10.052-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: . . . and the livin' is easyBenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-26159329555563052672012-09-04T00:22:05.129-04:002012-09-04T00:22:05.129-04:00And, I have you to apologize to as I randomly try ...And, I have you to apologize to as I randomly try to direct you to a photo of my whittled chopsticks I posted on Facebook. I feel so foolish. Just imagine them. And when you do, they lie on a backdrop of a lovely tablecloth, similar to your Amy Butler laminated fabric one. :O) I'm such a wannabe. Anyhooo......Tiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630499753049804761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-8440126676617941432012-09-04T00:19:24.575-04:002012-09-04T00:19:24.575-04:00FINALLY FINALLY my daughters and I whittled it up ...FINALLY FINALLY my daughters and I whittled it up big time this weekend on a camping trip. It was awesome. I have you to thank. <br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4472524939911&set=a.4472511299570.187713.1493523652&type=1&theater<br /><br />Tiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630499753049804761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-73698778501866342192012-07-29T18:35:14.651-04:002012-07-29T18:35:14.651-04:00I bought some books (a year ago) for my now two-ye...I bought some books (a year ago) for my now two-year old daughter. Got them out the other day to read to her and was horrified. Curious George (caged/caught monkey). Madeline (sickly child in a nunnery in France). Stopped reading and just jumped to Dr. Seuss (Green Eggs & Ham or whatever the title is). Supose I don´t have to explain to anyone here why the first two books were not happy books! Although I remember buying them online, via Amazon, all sentimental with tears in my eyes really looking forward to reading them with my daughter .... actually had fond memories of these books ... can´t imagine why! yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-24191289820535461892012-07-18T11:33:27.561-04:002012-07-18T11:33:27.561-04:00Oh please share the website!Oh please share the website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-41150408888960215982012-07-05T20:41:03.265-04:002012-07-05T20:41:03.265-04:00Hi Catherine,
Great post! I've been wondering...Hi Catherine,<br /><br />Great post! I've been wondering about YamSlam... we like some of the other BlueOrange games but hadn't tried that one yet. We've become big fans of a game called Once Upon a Time (http://www.atlas-games.com/onceuponatime/) ever since a friend had us over for a game night. It helps develop your story-telling skills and with the right group it is tons of fun (we haven't found a group that it wasn't fun with, but you never know...). I hope you all have a wonderful playful Summer!Craig Wiesnerhttp://www.reachandteach.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-73779511681403117252012-07-03T13:25:16.836-04:002012-07-03T13:25:16.836-04:00It does have that effect, doesn't it? Funny b...It does have that effect, doesn't it? Funny book. Funny writer.dale in denvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-43983559517785097412012-07-02T09:49:00.725-04:002012-07-02T09:49:00.725-04:00Oh, that's a GOOD book! The Lacuna was nice a...Oh, that's a GOOD book! The Lacuna was nice a long like that too.HelloAuntFlow!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01564647820838034125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-13939085544502661812012-07-01T07:52:46.334-04:002012-07-01T07:52:46.334-04:00I met someone at Cub Scout camp who brought along ...I met someone at Cub Scout camp who brought along a copy of Dixit Odyssey. He likes <br /><br />http://www.timewellspentgames.com/content/home.php <br /><br />as a source of interesting games. He said they also have a blog about games.Teafortwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983497572578153064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-81674187664424936852012-06-30T23:24:02.033-04:002012-06-30T23:24:02.033-04:00Have I got a book for your Birdy! That is, if you ...Have I got a book for your Birdy! That is, if you don't know of it already. Mud Pies and Other Recipes by Marjorie Winslow. It's an old book; I had a copy when I was little and loved, loved, loved it!! I could never remember the name, though, just bits and pieces of what was in it. And then, one day, I stumbled across a website that lets you search for "lost" books. Greatest. Website. Ever! And I found it!!!!And I automatically bought a copy for my daughter's 8th birthday!!! And even my 10 year old, who I thought might be too mature for it, loves it!! They've constructed outdoor kitchens under the pear trees complete with a wash basin and work counter and spend many hours making such delicacies as Crabgrass Gumbo, Right-Handed Mudloaf, Mock Mud Puddle Soup and Boiled Buttons. So, so, so simple, but so, almost, magical!maggiemagillicutyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912789575357678798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-22453353864205563712012-06-29T21:48:49.272-04:002012-06-29T21:48:49.272-04:001) Your piece in the final Brain, Child is so awes...1) Your piece in the final Brain, Child is so awesome. Thank you. Again.<br /><br />2) Just finished Julie Schmacher's The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls (inspired to read it by her essay in Brain, Child right after your's) and so loved it! I also just read Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. I haven't read his other books but it was a fun read.<br /><br />3) Watched Mates of State's "I am a Scientist" video and screamed "That's Birdy" and poked at the computer screen to the alarm of my children. hehehe. She's a natural in front of the camera :)LibrarianMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03714252984506529509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-87328688148124793982012-06-29T13:50:07.102-04:002012-06-29T13:50:07.102-04:00The Making Things For Your Doll book is waiting fo...The Making Things For Your Doll book is waiting for us at the library right now. Sure that it will inspire my nine year old's doll creations this summer. Love the nb onesie turned t-shirt idea, too. We did it with an old IHeartNY onesie that was 6-12 months and it worked, in an off the shoulder blousy baggy kind of way. Next, to find NB onesies. <br /><br />We just got the game QUELF, which I am told is very fun. I'll let you know.<br /><br />Bookwise, I am reading The Healing by Jonathan Odell and I like it. Up next is the Art of Hearing Heartbeats. We shall see.....<br /><br />Love the family pic and Birdie's haircut and the term mooning about seductively and how you flirted with a preschooler, I love doing that, I can see you doing that. <br /><br />Enjoy this summer.Tiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630499753049804761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-44358551939228017992012-06-28T14:19:18.716-04:002012-06-28T14:19:18.716-04:00What kind of knives are Ben & Birdy using to w...What kind of knives are Ben & Birdy using to whittle? Where do you get them? Or are they as they seem: somewhat sharpened butter knives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-16714361717788268072012-06-27T23:40:57.616-04:002012-06-27T23:40:57.616-04:00Artful Vision is seeking new artists - made in US...Artful Vision is seeking new artists - made in US. www.artfulvision.comGingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-70070192849521917202012-06-27T10:57:03.386-04:002012-06-27T10:57:03.386-04:00I recently read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Ki...I recently read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and it is arguably one of the best books I've ever read! It's an old book and you've probably read it but if you missed it, read it now! The way she uses language so that one word means a hundred different things and then she talks about African words meaning a hundred different things. And there are 4 daughters and the book is written from the perspective of the mom and 4 daughters and as they grow up, the narration slightly changes so you feel you know these girls. *sigh* I may have to go read it again! And I'm sure you've read her Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (if not, do!)...I love her maybe as much as I love reading your stuff...but in a totally different way! Ok I've used 5 year's worth of exclamation points so I'll end my comment now. We don't do board games yet as I think it would just frustrate my almost 4 year old.Mama Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429077163216891649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-31368793363162867892012-06-26T15:02:42.659-04:002012-06-26T15:02:42.659-04:00Love the Garfield tie. Bet it was hard to choose ...Love the Garfield tie. Bet it was hard to choose between that one and a pink one. :)Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-5716700194139690282012-06-26T13:02:50.679-04:002012-06-26T13:02:50.679-04:00Catherine,
You don't know me but you do:) Not ...Catherine,<br />You don't know me but you do:) Not being creepy-bare/bear? with me. It's Beth Fuller from Brain,Child. I'm the lady who draws up the cartoons and whatever else Jennifer and Stephanie toss my way. And I just wanted to pop you a note about how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE the essay you have in our last issue. Years ago, I was privy to reading the material ahead of time and then because of distance and shifting roles and unless I was creating the art for the piece, I ended up just like everyone else waiting anxiously at their mailboxes. Well, used to anyway (sigh). <br />You wrote something that I so needed to hear. I will re-read it over and over and thank god they send me more than one copy because surely I will wear this one out reassuringly reading it from time to time. My neighbor and friend has a 15 year son who can be trying at times (I know, really?) The other day in a fit of frustration he says, "Things are tough right now but just wait until they are still saying the same smart ass comments to you but only with a dirty little mustache." (It was really funny, out of context it sounds strange-just trust me). It made me flinch at the same time I was laughing. Are my cute little, crazy whirlwinds going to turn into....into mustached teenagers. And will I still love them?<br />Of course, the answer is yes. Of course, things are and will change but I am so glad to hear that the other side, although it contains more body hair than I am ready for, is going to be okay.<br />Thank you for all of your wonderful, heartfelt writing. It has been a pleasure.<br />xo<br />BethBeth HFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057197167269488592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-38413594716427027462012-06-26T04:35:39.526-04:002012-06-26T04:35:39.526-04:00We fight against that, too. My kids would really l...We fight against that, too. My kids would really like "an Intendo", but since that doesn't materialize, they pester about the computer. It was easier for us to be outdoors, when the electronic whatnots just weren't there (I really envied my friend her Donkey Kong, though).Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-66060631046425042392012-06-25T23:05:15.648-04:002012-06-25T23:05:15.648-04:00*Snort**Snort*Library Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605290533219549859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-43005775471363237792012-06-25T22:37:08.098-04:002012-06-25T22:37:08.098-04:00Summer's passed in our part of the world. I wo...Summer's passed in our part of the world. I would like to say my kids played native and outdoor games that I enjoyed as a kid. However, in between lamenting about how bored they are, the kids just played Facebook games and Wii games. And my husband and I lament how different kids are nowadays.Froilyn Doyaoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829849880148581535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-66626895253512689462012-06-25T16:55:29.393-04:002012-06-25T16:55:29.393-04:00My husband also recommended The Art of Fielding to...My husband also recommended The Art of Fielding to me, and I was also all, "Basebaaaaaaalllllll.... blah." But now I'm about 40 pages from the end and am doing that thing where I slow down my reading pace bc I don't want it to be over.<br /><br />If you are in the mood for a memoir Let's Pretend this Never Happened is hilarious. My husband kicked me out of bed bc I laughed too hard and started doing the crying-moaning laugh thing that, frankly, deserves to be kicked out of bed.as gretta growshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190480516763460762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-86887820768440223512012-06-25T12:56:15.435-04:002012-06-25T12:56:15.435-04:00"like a whale who was clinically depressed ev..."like a whale who was clinically depressed even before the beaching."...You are SOOO funny! Today is the 1st official day of my kids summer vacation and i already feel like it sucks for them...now after ready about your kids FANTASTIC summer i know my kids vaca's will stink!alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-85008831857828818992012-06-25T10:57:49.668-04:002012-06-25T10:57:49.668-04:00Ok this is TOTALLY off subject but I've been w...Ok this is TOTALLY off subject but I've been wanting to ask this question for ages: Is Michael related to the guy that plays Spencer on iCarly? Because there is such a striking resemblance that as I was reading your blog just now, my 8-year-old just walked in and said, "Woah, is that Spencer's real-life family?" Just curious...F-Bomb's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069254977382885822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-41513645351355928632012-06-24T18:33:20.116-04:002012-06-24T18:33:20.116-04:00hee hee! I think Catherine needs to postal mail ou...hee hee! I think Catherine needs to postal mail out her winter greeting family card with THAT rollercoast pic on it! hee hee!parenthoodaworkinprogresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756753117875021424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-37730260373204899192012-06-24T18:27:38.110-04:002012-06-24T18:27:38.110-04:00Oh my. Sigh and love, and sigh and almost cry a li...Oh my. Sigh and love, and sigh and almost cry a little, and love me my Catherine Newman even more. Where can I begin? (Oh man, I might actually CRY now?!) Ben, 6th grade graduate. Say it ain't so. I started reading when my boy was Birdy's age baby, and now I have a girl a few years behind. I know you. I know yours. Yes, of course I'm a stranger, we Catherine-lovers all feel the need to clarify that we know that. But I know Ben was Garfield for Halloween, or something Garfield history. Birdy's clear gaze, confident, straight into the camera? I adore for her, for you, for all we women, all we humans, that you are raising her that way. I could cry. Here it comes. The 4 of you pic? Oh my. I always thought Ben was the miniature of Michael. But then to see him Brady Bunch diagonal across from your face? He looks so much like you also. And I know that special Ben elbow. And it is, of course, paired with pink pants, and rockin' awesome pink tipped hair. And then I drift back to all your Baby Center posts, in my mind, of toddlers and camping and marshmallow sticky, and my knowledge of your history makes me love you even more. Okay, love letter almost complete know. Silly me. Waxing on. The 4 of us sitting around on cold winter snowy days, playing Settlers of Catan? An homage to you, Catherine Newman. My husband even bought an extension package for Christmas. (I thought you'd enjoy hearing that my very competitive father in law said, at the conclusion of his first time ever playing it with us this Christmas: "Oh, sure, NOW you tell me that ORE is important to have!" hahahaha! And the fact that you without hesitation admit murderous competitiveness with your partner?! Hilarious! Sigh. I just sighed. Oh, and you making me feel so understood! Am I NOT the only mother to envy parents with toddlers at grocery store?! I have actually said OUTLOUD to strangers "Enjoy this time! It goes so fast!" Completely unbidden. Yes, they too look at me like arrow in head...but also kinda smile. I love how huge my babies are now.... but I still miss the babies. You continue to inspire me, the world's least crafty human, to try! Your Summer sign inspired me to make my own the other day! (and no cat chewed off part!) Love and hugs and summertime and appreciation for all you share with us, all goes out to you and your 3 today.parenthoodaworkinprogresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756753117875021424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-32824308086851302102012-06-24T10:14:39.284-04:002012-06-24T10:14:39.284-04:00We have similar taste in games! We are loving Dixi...We have similar taste in games! We are loving Dixit, Rat a Tat Cat, and Ticket to Ride. My kids are 9 and almost 6. We also enjoy Zombie Dice and Martian Dice when we want a quick game. My kids could play games all day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com