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Child Development: Words with character(s)
The Tomato Princess has been expanding her vocabulary day by day, and it’s interesting watching the way she’s trying out the use of various words. When her older brother was the same age, we actually used quite a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction
Tagged bilingualism, learning Japanese, speaking practice, the kid, Tomato Princess, vocabulary, writing practice
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Child development – an unbeatable sense of comedic timing
This just now happened. We were eating dinner. My wife and I were slicing the bread I’d just made and eating it topped with slices of cheese. At this point I should probably note that the Tomato Princess loves cheese … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction
Tagged 16 months old, comedy, dinner, fake-out, timing, Tomato Princess
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Child development: the self-propelled tomato
As some readers may already know from other sources, The Kid has a little sister now. Not too long after she was born I looked at her round, red face and thought, Oh, a tomato. So now one of her … Continue reading
Posted in Musing, Nonfiction
Tagged desert rain frog, mobility, physical development, the kid, Tomato Princess
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