Is it ever? Lately, though, Sammy’s bedtime has been a joy because she now really reads her bedtime book to us, with just minimal help. Usually AC reads her a story or two– whatever the current Sam obsession is– and then the final book is always Mem Fox’s Time for Bed. A couple of months ago, Sam would “read” her own …

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People often ask me if Sam speaks French. She does not. We’re an English-language household, with some French peppered in. I plan to formally teach Sam French when she’s a little older, but right now her main exposure is through songs and books. So she has some French in her lexicon, like “doudou” (best translation I …

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Pictures from our 10-day stint in San Diego are now posted here in the Gallery. 10 days. What were we thinking?

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A few months ago, Grand-mère gave Sam a signed copy of Pamela George’s The North Carolina Alphabet. The illustrations and letters are gorgeous, though AC and I laugh every time we read “T is for Tobacco Farm.” Why not just “Tobacco?” Apparently the book was not adopted for official use in NC state elementary schools, …

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That’s where we’ve been for the past week– at SIGGRAPH in sunny San Diego (or “Sam Diego” as the little she calls it). AC has been helping out with the Guerilla Studio, directed by our dear friend Rebecca, I’ve been enjoying the geek vibe, and little Sammy has been having a ball playing with the tech toys. Here she is …

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Remember that? We don’t have a TV anymore, but Sammy knows what videos are, and she knows that she can see little videos on our digital camera. She does not always believe us, however, when we tell her that we are shooting still pictures and not videos. A couple of weeks ago, AC was taking still photos of Sam and she …

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She likes to wear dresses now. And also boots. [{.imagelink}]2 You can see this month’s pictures here in the gallery.

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Me: Sammy, how many toes do you have? Sam: One, two, three, four, five, Sammy, eight, nine, ten.

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Lately Sammy will run up to me or her father and say, “Australia is? Sam’s room?” She just loves pointing out the land down under on the world map in her room. It used to hang on her wall, like a normal map, but a few weeks ago the picture hook broke, it fell down, and I have just been too lazy to fix it. When I …

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One of Sam’s favorite things to do now is to help me “cook” in the kitchen. What this means really is that I am training her to be my sous-chef. She dumps vegetables in the salad bowl, puts scraps in the compost tub, tries to spin the salad spinner, and insists on juicing lemons and limes by herself. (“Sammy do that!” …

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