The local paper doesn’t keep their archives available very long, but here it is.
Second time in three years! Small town, I guess.
Clara begins her useful career as additional memory space for Dad’s brain.
(Clara is setting a play table.)
Clara: Heeeere’s your lunch, Dad.
Dad: Thanks! What is it?
C: It’s soup!
D: Mmm. What’s in this soup?
C: Noodles, and cheese, and… beans and…
D: Carrots?
C: Yes.
D: And split peas? I like split peas.
C: Yes!
D: And, uh… um… what are those white things that look like carrots… you know, they’re so good in soup… what’s the word, I can never remember it…
C: Parsnips?
D: Yes! Parsnips!
C: Yes!
[Clara is drawing lots of letter H’s on her chalkboard.]
Katherine: Hey, do you want to try drawing some letter K’s?
Clara: Don’t panic, Mom, I’m just drawing H’s right now.
Clara: Daddy, you’re my best toy.
Timothy: Aw, thanks!
C: Come, toy!
[frantic arm gestures]
C: I’m playing with you!
Clara and I often get smiles from strangers as we walk through town, with Clara riding in her backpack, singing and swinging her feet. It was a great feeling that she was so happy: just three days ago she woke up from her nap with a fever of 106 degrees, and spent a traumatic evening in the emergency room. read more...
[Clara is playing. Her mom has given her a small irregularly-shaped piece of leftover fabric with the ends stitched together; she wears it on her head and calls it a hat. She sees a toy clock on a shelf. Starts moving its hands around. Sings:]
Hickory, dickory, dock.
A mouse run up the clock.
[Clara’s “hat” falls off her head. Still singing, in tune:]
My hat fall off,
A mouse run down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
“I draw our lake again.” [Definite sense of wanting something more from the previous work. Dad helped selecting tools and gave general guidance on where to put the water and trees by gesturing; Clara did all drawing with Wacom tablet.]
“I draw our lake.” [Topic declared; An underwater image, I think. Dad helped select tools; all drawing by Clara in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet.]
[contains many references to the Wiggles DVD Wiggly Safari and the song “Wobbly Camels”]
C: [singing] Wobbly camel walking by…
T: [singing] With padded hooves and hooded eye…
C: Camels at Buffalo Zoo. read more...