Maurice Sendak

Max was part of my childhood. I loved that book. I wished endlessly that Max had been a girl.

Maurice Sendak, Author of Splendid Nightmares, Dies at 83

The name "Max" grew in popularity over the years, really starting to gain momentum in the late 80s, when the people who were kids when Where the Wild Things Are were starting to name kids of their own. I really really think that was part of the trend in that name.

His grief at losing his long-term companion was so palpable, so understatedly expressed that it hurt to read about it. And he was never able to come out to his parents, which I also found heartbreaking. But oh the stories he told! I loved Wild Things and Pierre, but how I HATED Chicken Soup with Rice. And yet... years later, I can still recite most of it.

I'm sad for all of us.

"And he sailed off through night and day..."

Perry working towards his future...

There is a stereotype out there that women mutlitask well and that men do not.

The fact that this is the case for my dh does not in any way validate or invalidate that stereotype.

I suspect it's more of a personality issue, with how we are raising and what we are expected to do emphasising differences.

But.

Perry.

Perry reads while he walks when at all possible. We dropped Linnea off at tutoring and picked her up, which meant we walked from the car to the building, up the stairs, down the hallway, into the tutoring rooms, and later back out, twice. Perry read while walking, with me repositionning him as needed, and he did check for cars in the parking lot.

As I propelled him towards the door at tutoring I told Janet that he was reading and walking at the same time.

Perry looked up. "I'm training myself to multitask. That's a skill that will be valuable later."

So there we have it.

Menus for the week.

I still have to write up my shopping list. After some rather gruesome dental work, I'm on antibiotics and they appear to make my stomach hurt, and OMG, the nausea. It's not going to be a fun 10 days. End result is a very uninspired set of menus. We're having yellow curry on Saturday because AC hates it, and she'll be off on her backpacking/climbing trip.


Monday: Mole chicken, onions, rice, green beans


Tuesday: Leftovers


Wednesday: Orange chicken, rice, broccoli


Thursday: Rotisserie chicken, roasted potatoes, green beans


Friday: LO chicken spring rolls, sprouts, lettuce, rice noodles and paper


Saturday: Yellow curry with turkey meatballs, rice, roasted cauliflower


Sunday: Chicken stew with the last of the rotisserie chicken, carrots, mashed potatoes


I just noticed that it's a very chicken-y week too!