Family Briefs

As I’m preparing any meal these days, my almost 1-year-old adds to the challenge by providing me with an obstacle course to work through across the kitchen floor. She works her way from one cabinet to another, removing all the goodies she cares to explore - of course, she doesn’t put them back .Usually I glide gracefully from refrigerator to stove to sink and back without my rear end hitting the floor. But often times I step on or kick objects and send them sailing into imaginary goalposts, or sometimes they hit the unsuspecting child passing through the playing field. Read the rest of this entry »