I am jealous of people with new babies today..I want a baby. Sadly I don't want to raise another child, smallgirlchild is plenty. So that means no new baby for me even if it were physically possible. I think more people should remember that the small baby is cute the temper tantrum throwing 10 year old not quite so much.

The raising a kid thing is hard...people don't tell you about the what to do when you spouse is as whiney and pouty as your child for example....hmmm maybe that should be my million dollar break through book,...how to raise a husband and child simultaneously.... Don't get me wrong, I love the hubby but last night I finally looked at him and asked if he could just pretend to be a grown up long enough to end the whining and get the kid to bed on a reasonable happy note. I feel like a failure when there is a big emotional scene right before she goes to bed.

OOOh has some fabulous dark chocolate with crystallized ginger in it...was a mother day gift and yummy!

Oh loverly social times today - Dim Sum at Jun-Bo with smallgirlchild and eight of our friends....it was lovely and the service was friendly and the food was marvelous if perhaps a little shrimp heavy.

I really liked the barbecued meat just sliced on a plate and it certrainly made it easy for smallgirlchild to find things to eat. I was very proud she was adventurous and tried some new stuff with mostly success. She is getting to an age where the at least we don't get what I call the Mr Yuck face and the spitting out of food.

In the car on the way home a friend was explaining the concept of philosphy and solipsism to her....I was fascinated by watching her mind work.

Okay here is where it starts

I am gonna make at least a post a day if it kills me in the process just to think. At the moment I probably have no readers and that might be okay too.

You should all go to www.knitlikeapirate.com though. It is an awesome knitting site made by several of my friends and has cute pictures as well.

My small daughter got a wii for Christmas....becasue of some wonderful people who are unrelated to us except by the ties of friends. She adores it and I have to say I am interested by the possibilities.

It is kinda funny raising an inner city kid..we have no space for things like ping pong tables, but the wii has a substitute....crazy but yet space saving.