Going (probably) to the tots 'n blocks thing today.

This is just an update to remind JennJenn that she now owes me $16, and that if she wants me to take Ana to Children's Museum things when I have my break she should decide which now.

Guess we're not doing that after all.

"No, we need your sister's ID. No, a new card will cost $10."

I swear they didn't do this two weeks ago. Better go make breakfast.

And the aw story of the week...

Doctor has wonderfully supportive environment.

Thanks, moggymania

*sighs*

So, somebody over at customers_suck is trying to tell me that no Jewish person would ever use the word babushka to mean anything other than their dear granny, and certainly not that headcovering often worn by dear grannies. ( Cut for largely incoherant ranting involving Stuy, Brooklyn College, and my Cousin Frances. )

Edit: And in other news, we all resolved our differences, and are nice and social and happy. And I got two imaginary cookies out of the deal!

*laughs*

Like we need this!

(Put it on my wishlist anyway, because part of the proceeds go to a good cause, and besides, any book that includes the line "read to your bunny and your bunny will read to you" is worth getting, no matter the text/content of the rest of it)

Hm.

I have a theory about why some picture books are acclaimed and others aren't (beyond the obvious of publicity), but... before I go into my theory, I thought it'd be good to get some confirmation of my idea from... well, youse guys.

So, questions. What pictures books did you enjoy when you were under four or so? Which ones did you enjoy during your later childhood, such as it is? Which picture books did you not grow up with, but enjoy now? Links are helpful, por favor.

Edit: An explanation as to why you liked a book (the rhyme, the story, the pictures) is good, as is talking about books you hated or books kids you know liked.

This fic summary broke my monitor...

Why, oh WHY did somebody (bet it was Emma) introduce me to that comm? CURSES! A POX ON THEE!

I'm linking to that comment thread because I killed myself over it, dammit, and I want y'all to see it.

So, I got Ana some Fisher-Price magnetic letters/numbers.

She likes playing with fridge magnets, and I thought that if she had her own magnets to play with, she'd leave everybody else's alone. These are decent quality plastic letters - and they've got braille on them. Nice touch, really.

Except... they goofed. Minorly, not majorly. The W and the M look exactly alike except for the braille on them. And, for some bizarre reason, the M doesn't have its braille on the right like it's supposed to. So the *only* way to distinguish them is to know in advance which is which. Luckily for my sanity I remembered that braille W is just R reversed, and could figure it out.

It really, really irks me.

But I keep reminding myself that Ana's never going to learn braille off those things anyway.

Braille? Does that take a capital?