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I’m Being Eaten by a Boa Constrictor
How would you react if you were being eaten by a boa constrictor? Calm but cheerful? Frenetic yet jaunty?
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Sleep
Timeline of Thalia’s Sleep Birth to 3 1/2: Naturally excellent sleeper, though she often wakes up and entertains herself by babbling (infant), talking (toddler), or singing (preschooler)....
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Urgency
Ellis is often in a rush, though not necessarily when his parents want him to be in a rush. Thalia, on the other hand, profoundly lacks any sense of urgency. Here, Angèle enacts a rare crackdown on the...
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Propellers
Ellis and Thalia had very different reactions to the same toy at the same party with the same classmates in the same museum.
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Jumpy
Sometimes Ellis shows extremely high energy, but he often balances those spells with focus and calm. At his friend’s birthday party at a trampoline center, Ellis preferred not-so-active activities....
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Cirque
First time at the circus: Cirque du Soleil. Thalia was worried about the acrobats: “That is not safe! She is going to die!” Ellis alternated among staring in wonderment, safety concerns, and...
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Ball Drop
In the past, Ellis ran the other way when the Children’s Museum kinetics exhibit would sound an alarm then rain down balls (while every other kid beelined to catch the balls). Now, the excitement has...
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Volcano
In Niagara Falls, we encountered two “volcanoes.” One dessert volcano, made of ice cream, brownies, whipped cream, caramel, and hot fudge. And one simulated volcano on the miniature golf course. Ellis...
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Evrething Is Aosum
Like his father, Ellis feels emotions strongly, whether bad or good.
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