Claire's World
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Thursday, April 24, 2003 ( 11:06 AM ) Greg Griffith Last year Claire moved very quickly from bottles to sippy cups, and we were encouraged. A few weeks ago I bought her something that falls somewhere between the run-of-the-mill sippy cup and real cups. It's made of plastic, and the same form factor as a real glass. The top is like a disc that completely covers the opening of the main cup. It's on a spring-type bottom, so it keeps liquid in when the cup is turned over, but a little pressure - exerted by the top lip when you put it to your mouth - creates a gap that allows liquid out. Claire has not exactly taken to that like we had hoped, and we were discouraged. For first-time parents, of ocurse, we fear that she'll be in junior-high, still taking sippy cups to school in her lunchbox. So along comes the big Easter Sunday dinner last week, and SDG gets out Claire's silver porridger and cup. The cup has a little handle, but other than that it's just a regular little open cup. There were no objections, but there wasn't a lot of elan, either. Claie was very good at lifting the cup to her mouth, tilting it toward her, and drinking, but when she took it away from her mouth, she didn't tip it back upright, and apple juice went everywhere. This went on several times before we decided it was best to go back to the sippy cup for the reat of the meal. Well, we've had the silver cup on the table at every meal this week, and this is what bug has been drinking from. It's still a little messy, but she's gotten the hang of tilting, and tilting back. She's still not ready to run around the house with it, so we keep the sippy cups around for mobile operations. But we're very encouraged again; thus are the ups and downs of childhood beverage consumption development in the Griffith household. -- # Monday, April 21, 2003 ( 8:42 PM ) Greg Griffith :::::::::::::::::::: In the past couple of weeks, Daddy and Papaw - especially Papaw - have been busy putting up Claire's playhouse in the backyard. You can see a coupe of pics of it in the "Pictures" section. Originally built for Lulu when she was a little girl, the playhouse has for years sat in Packy and Lulu's back yard, where it's been used by several of the other grandchildren. Recently Lulu decided that it should live in our back yard, so it was disassembled in Meridian and hauled over here by Papaw. Daddy and Papaw spent the better part of Saturday before last putting it back together, and much of last Saturday putting a new roof on it. It's a pretty serious playhouse - built much like a real house in terms of its materials and construction (and weight). It's a law of nature that if you're going to be part of the Deen family, at one point in your life you're going to have to cut a house apart and move it. -- # Wednesday, April 09, 2003 ( 9:15 PM ) Greg Griffith This afternoon was unseasonably cool - in the mid-40's - and suppertime sneaked up on us. So we bundled up the bug and went down to Soulshine Pizza, which is next to Hal and Mal's. There was only one couple over in a dark corner, so bug got to run free without bothering anybody. We got an unexpected surprise - a free small pizza. We chose portabello mushrooms as our one topping. We brought the pizzas home.and Claire dug in, finishing two pieces. "Daddy? I eat a pizza!" # |
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