Recent Posts Tagged With 'parenting'

• The Right Word

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 11:53 in parenting, pata

  A couple of days ago, Pata played in the kitchen with her little toy bat as I cooked dinner. Holding him by his wings, she shook him up and down. "Vola!" she said, "Vola Vola!""Oh," I asked her, "is Bruno flying?""Bruno!""Bruno is a bat," I told her,...

• The Wrong Word

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 09:55 in parenting, pata

  As I've written before, N and I are using the OPOL (one parent, one language) method to teach Pata Italian and English. In the beginning, any misgivings were on the part of Italians, who worried that she wouldn't learn Italian if didn't speak it to h...

• Little translator

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 08:44 in parenting, pata

  N and I are raising Pata bilingual, and we use the OPOL (one parent, one language) method. I'm the only one who speaks English to her, though sometimes she hears it on the television. For a long time, she knew many more English words than Italian one...

• Something happened, and hypocrisy

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 04:22 in parenting, food, life in italy, pata

  On Saturday we went to Roccamonfina, a nearby town I first wrote about here. There's a shady, green park right in the center of town that is perfect for a passeggiata on a hot day. Sessa has a small park, but it isn't nearly as clean or well-kept. Ev...

• She knows what she likes

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 10:07 in parenting, food, pata

  I've hesitated to write about Pata's language development here because I know nothing about language acquisition and thought that anything I might have to say about it would be obvious and superficial. But the other day Pata did something that I foun...

• Pata's Haiku

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 06:27 in parenting, blogging, pata

  Death of a laptop?Don't blame me, Mommy.You left the water bottletoo close to your Mac.I could just as easily have titled that "Death of blogging?" While I wait for my computer to dry out (perhaps days to be cautious) I'll be contemplating just how I...

• Mother's Haiku

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 01:31 in parenting, pata

  Messy eater, thereis yogurt on your lips. Oh!Thank you for that kiss.Mommy isthe sweetest of thewords you say.Despite what you think,your crayons were not made forscribbling on the walls.Cool cheeks, babe asleep.Can I kiss her little facewithout waki...

• Dumpling Addict

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 01:57 in parenting, food