Category Archives: health

Baby Bunny Diaries: Staying Alive

Posted on 2014/02/28 by circuskitchen

PLEASE pardon the prolongued interlude since the last update, during the “Longest Shortest Month of the Year.”  (We had the kids home for the entire February “Break.”  NINE solid days; what were we thinking? But that’s another post.)  And THANKS … Continue reading →

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Crazy Bunny Lady Diaries: Will He Make It?

Posted on 2014/02/15 by circuskitchen

In each of the first two days of this tiny little life, Wiggles the Baby Bunny suffered a devastating fall off the table onto the floor, alone.  (At least they are devastating to me.)  He had obviously wiggled -or been … Continue reading →

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Crazy Bunny Lady Diaries: Lactation Edition

Posted on 2014/02/14 by circuskitchen

Crazy Bunny Lady Episode III (see previous two posts). At 4am I awoke, wondering:  Just because that bunny didn’t pull her belly fur… does that mean I can’t do it for her?   So I did.  I got up and … Continue reading →

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Home Work Day (incl. Daddy Diving)

Posted on 2014/01/29 by circuskitchen

Wednesday 1/24/2014: It was basically a day of mundane office work at home.  Yet it was -is- also also an embarrassment of riches.  My body complains from neglect.  Yet there was enough latitude in my life to have started the … Continue reading →

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Saturday with My Kids

Posted on 2014/01/18 by circuskitchen

Because I’m usually booked on weekends, when I’m NOT it is an extra glorious treat.  This Saturday Daddy went to work instead, so I had the kids -AND a weekend day- with them to myself.  After a glorious morning at … Continue reading →

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Ninja Kids Sketch

Posted on 2014/01/17 by circuskitchen

Here my Mom’s rendition of the Ninja Kids on 2014-01-16: Awesome and hilarious, Mom, thank you! (o: (PS: My husband is not an obese blob in the mirror.)

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Spontaneous Date Grease Night

Posted on 2014/01/16 by circuskitchen

January, 16th 2014 On Thursday I had inadvertently spent an entire workday at our son’s school.  When *my* work is light, I seem to let myself get ultra-involved in supportive efforts at the school.  On my way home with Gavin, … Continue reading →

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Bubble Wow Chronicles: Scientific Book Edition

Posted on 2014/01/09 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, January 8th 2014    [Gavin = 5&1/2  y/o] On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:21 AM, MaryMargaret wrote: Gavin asked me yesterday, “What is the most scientific book you have?”  Hmmm… I showed him “Neural Mechanisms of Color Vision,” a … Continue reading →

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Daddy’s New Everything

Posted on 2014/01/07 by circuskitchen

So… pretty much on a daily basis I’m amazed, awed and bowled over that I even *have* a husband.  Let alone one that did *not* in fact die of cancer (as he well could have a couple years back), and … Continue reading →

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Holy New Year

Posted on 2014/01/01 by circuskitchen

January 1st 2014 Come here Blog, I need you.  Help me reconcile myself to the end of this holiday “break.”  It has been absolutely glorious.  Especially with the amount of children we have had sloshing all over in and around … Continue reading →

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