So I ask him, “Who do you think made God?”

He answers. And I start writing it down because, well, you’ll see…

The guy made of asteroids and stars. He made God b/c that was the last person he could make and he’s been making . . . → Read More: who made god?]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2013/02/01/who-made-god/feed/ 2 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/25/what-jonah-does-at-summer-camp-chicka-boom/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/25/what-jonah-does-at-summer-camp-chicka-boom/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:26:03 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1208 You never know when Jonah might actually reveal something about what happens during the day at summer camp.

He certainly doesn’t reveal much when asked.

Sometimes I can trick him into giving me a detail. I’ve wormed out of him that he has a new friend, or at least knows the name of a kid, . . . → Read More: what jonah does at summer camp (chicka-boom)]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/25/what-jonah-does-at-summer-camp-chicka-boom/feed/ 2 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/20/and-then-a-praying-mantis-adopted-us/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/20/and-then-a-praying-mantis-adopted-us/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:58:39 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1199 Two nights ago, after dinner, Jonah was playing with clay at his art table.

Suddenly, a frail, white, praying mantis climbed up from the underside and perched near the edge, it’s so-very-recently and much-smaller molted former-self dangling empty, just beneath.

A PRAYING MANTIS. Appeared. In our house.

So, of course we decided to . . . → Read More: and then a praying mantis adopted us]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/20/and-then-a-praying-mantis-adopted-us/feed/ 5 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/17/summer-camp/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/17/summer-camp/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:22:34 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1190 Yesterday, on the way to his first day ever of summer camp, Jonah asked me if fairies and unicorns are real.

So asked him if he thought they were real.

He told me a number of things, that fairies are little people with wings, that unicorns are painted or have tattoos in addition to their . . . → Read More: summer camp!]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/07/17/summer-camp/feed/ 1 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/05/02/my-opinions-on-discipline-immortalized-on-care-com/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/05/02/my-opinions-on-discipline-immortalized-on-care-com/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:30:32 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1187 I should be writing a whole long post for you. A hundred posts. For you, and us. How does the time flyyyyyyy????

But right now I have to tell you about my interview. Care.com thought it would be good to get my opinion on discipline. (I can hear you laughing. It’s okay, I laughed too.)

Last night, just before going to sleep next to me in his (our) hospital bed, and just after his 8:00pm IV antibiotics infusion, he said, “Mama, today was a lovely day.”

He went on to explain how much wonderful play time he had with Daddy and . . . → Read More: lessons in gratitude from a 4-year-old]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/04/01/lessons-in-gratitude-from-a-4-year-old/feed/ 4 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/03/29/its-jonahs-world/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/03/29/its-jonahs-world/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:16:46 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1175 I’m just schlepping him around in it and arranging playdates.

Today, these things happened.

Miraculously, we did not fight or yell or threaten or beg him to put on his clothes this morning. He just did it. He chose that path, saying something like, “Isn’t this nice in the morning how we can all just . . . → Read More: it’s jonah’s world]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/03/29/its-jonahs-world/feed/ 3 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/29/story/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/29/story/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:08:49 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1171 Last night, during dinner:

Jonah: Are aliens real? (Ayy-leeei-yunz reyuall)

Daddy: Yes, explanation about possibility, science.

Mommy: Maybe, but adds on about very slim possibility, science.

Jonah: I think aliens ARE real.

Jonah (continues): I think they should be EARTH aliens. I think they are NICE aliens. I wish everyone had an alien as a . . . → Read More: story]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/29/story/feed/ 1 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/28/miracle/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/28/miracle/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:46:30 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1165 We woke up this morning to a fully-dressed child.

Read again with me. Slowly.

A. Fully. Dressed. Child.

A four-year-old who got up, got out of bed, shed his pajamas and “bedtime underwear.” Placed each in the proper receptacle. Opened drawers and selected underwear, pants, under-shirt and over-shirt. And got himself dressed. Without any help, . . . → Read More: miracle]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/28/miracle/feed/ 3 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/27/blessings/ http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/27/blessings/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:03:44 +0000 calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/?p=1161 We have started eating dinner together more lately, as Jonah’s bedtime has gotten later, and suddenly, this happened:

One night, just as we were all seated at our places and about to dig in, Jonah yelled, “Wait! We have to do a blessing!”

?

(Actually, I’m pretty sure this either comes from his . . . → Read More: blessings]]> http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2012/02/27/blessings/feed/ 4