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Sleep
Scarlett Sleeping Sleep is one of the most stress-inducing topics for parents. Well, for first time parents. I imagine that, baring some medical conditions, once you’ve figured out how to get one kid...
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Memorial Day 2013
Memorial Day was pretty awesome this year. All three original Mesa Brothers were reunited for the first time since Christmas. It was my third major holiday celebration since Scarlett was born (in 2012...
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Raising a Truly Bilingual Child
Scarlett and her cousin, Lan. Two different approaches to language. Nobody that I personally know was truly raised bilingual. My parents purposely taught me English first. Whatever Spanish I knew...
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Why Is Pop Culture so Anti-Woman?
When you’re part of a dominant class you don’t realize how differently you see the world. Sure, I’m ethnically Hispanic and have suffered humiliation and financial consequences over one overt racist...
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Danielle’s Reaction to the Anti-Women Post
On 8 July I wrote a blog post asking Why is Pop Culture so Anti-Women? Danielle usually comments on my blog posts, but she also doesn’t always have time for that because of Scarlett. So we discussed it...
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Leaving the Kids at Home While You Go Party
The “Family Dinner” Early July Unfortunately, my work situation dictates that Scarlett does not have any local grandparents; one set’s in NYC and the other’s in Tampa. Scarlett’s current age...
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I Guess It’s My Turn Now
We were raised with the constant reminder that we needed to care for our parents when they got old. They spent countless hours and money to raise us – it’s the least we could do. We always said, “Yes”...
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The Princess Who Saved Herself
Back around May I backed Jonathan Coulton and Greg Pak’s kickstarter Code Monkey Save World. The ONLY reason I backed it is because of this stretch goal to have Takeshi Miyazawa draw a children’s book...
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Voice Acting on Children’s toys
When I really got into animation a few years ago, I started appreciating a lot of the aspects of animation that people don’t even realize took work. For example, in a live action movie the set...
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I wonder when the change point is…
During lunch I was looking back on my blog posts. Scarlett of 4 months ago still looks like current Scarlett (only smaller). But Scarlett of 1 year ago looks “nothing” like current Scarlett. I wonder...
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Nothing to Prove
Saw this on Boing Boing a while ago. It saddens me that girls and women are treated as second class citizens within geekdom, but it heartens me that women like these don’t let it keep them from their...
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What the hell, The Children’s Place?
The Childrens Place T-Shirt – Girls are Good at Shopping, Not Math Not cool guys. Haven’t we been having this argument for years now? You’d think you wouldn’t be so gosh-darned clueless. Related posts:...
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A New Development
Near the end of August Scarlett started waking up saying “Mommy” or “Daddy” instead of crying (although sometimes in addition to some light crying). Pretty neat and I think it signifies a further...
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The Me Moment
Scarlett and I in the Kitchen before Bedtime Yesterday Scarlett pointed at herself and said, “Me… Scarlett”. She’s responded to her own name forever, but she is just now starting to realize that she is...
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Scarlett and Making her Toys Kiss
Scarlett first did this about three weeks ago before she started watching Disney’s The Little Mermaid non-stop. I was playing with her in the living room and she was making her various stuffed animals...
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The Continued Evolution of Scarlett’s Mind
I’ve mentioned before that I find Scarlett’s mental development utterly fascinating. As someone who’s always been fascinated with the science of cognition (You Are Not So Smart is my new favorite...
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Scarlett’s Second Halloween
I know this was months ago, but I started writing this back then and just got the opportunity to finish it recently. Scarlett Trick Or Treating at Ellicott City This year was Scarlett’s second...
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Visiting Walt Disney World with a 2 Year Old
For a while during Scarlett’s second year Danielle and I went back and forth on whether we should take Scarlett to Disney just before her second birthday or whether we should wait until she was older....
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Scarlett Sings Along to Yankee Doodle
Well, more like finishing each verse, but it’s still pretty fun. http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140304-Scarlett-sings-along-to-Yankee-Doodle.mp3 Related posts:...
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Ok, Now you try it. -Scarlett, handing me her new Slinky Related posts: I wonder when the change point is… Donna Bowman of The AV Club
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