Friday, November 30, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
For My Future Hermione
“Fat” is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her. I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.
-J.K. Rowling
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.
-J.K. Rowling
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
All of this and much much more happened in the last 16 days
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| Action Figure hugging it out |
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| Dad asked you to put her hand on your side and smile - this was the result LOL |
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| Fall cuteness |
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| 6 months ago, you were terrified of this thing. Now you want to use it like everyday |
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| Lots of pretending these days |
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| Pig tail cuteness |
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| Potato sack races |
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| Babies in a box |
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| Waiting very patiently for your eye follow up which went perfectly |
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| Same same |
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| Adorableness |
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| Officially trying to push in and out all by yourself |
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| Pushing Asher like the good big sister you are |
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| Kisses |
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| Requested a super hero cape and then did tons of dancing in it |
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| Sharing space |
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| You randomly starting to help this little girl build up her leaf pile today at the park |
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| Co-playing |
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| Static slide |
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| Pile up |
PLUS!!! The Biggest Most Awesome Thing is that you are going pee and poo on the potty EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!! You aren't telling me that you need to go quite yet, but you have come so far in such a short time and I am IMMENSELY proud of you.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
ABC Song
This was taken on my cell phone so you have to turn up the volume pretty high to hear her and for some reason it cut off the very beginning and the very end which sucks because she even sings the "next sing won't you sing with me" part but I don't think it's on the video. Nonetheless, adorable.
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