Pink Tornado Conversations

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Curiosity

Was driving the Pink Tornado to school today early, as I had a meeting to see if she qualified for the AIG (which is academic giftedness, not an insurance firm) program. I was listening to TRIBES by Seth Godin and he was talking about curiosity and how school hammers it out of you. So I [...]

6Feb2009 | Mur Lafferty | 8 comments | Continued
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Dear Pink Tornado-

Having a baby changes you.
Yes, that’s the understatement of the world. But it needs to be said. There are physical changes, sure. But there are things that go on within your brain chemisty too. Every mother-to-be will tell you about the fuzzy-headed pregnancy brain that distracts and confuses and has nothing to do with sleep [...]

19Jan2009 | Mur Lafferty | 10 comments | Continued
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The Pink Tornado is 1 louder

Yeah, her 6th birthday was last week (October 14). I haven’t blogged about it much because, well, I’m not a mommy blogger and I like to keep stuff about her private. But I’ve been watching her the past couple of weeks and marveling.
She’s smart – super interested in science, princesses, octopi, Dr. Floyd, Fairly OddParents, [...]

24Oct2008 | Mur Lafferty | 14 comments | Continued
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Why Flies are Important – PT Conversations, 1

Every once in a while, I have a conversation with my 5 year old daughter, the Pink Tornado, that simply must be documented. I’ll be blogging them here.
The PT is on spring break this week, so today we went to spend a Build A Bear gift card. After making Sara, the pink bear with the [...]

2Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 10 comments | Continued