From the monthly archives: September 2008
It looks like he was going to sneeze (to me) but, really, he was just singing a song.
We primed one big wall of the garage in preparation to add chalkboard paint to the lower 5 feet of it so the boys could draw on the [...]
Don’t expect much from us in the way of pictures of the boys dressed up as anything in a month. James is very against putting on anything other than a tee shirt and his “soft shorts” that he gets to pick out. Lowell will probably fit into the little ninja costume that we have leftover [...]
James is a whiz kid with letters and words and spelling and sounding out what he reads, and we owe it all to They Might Be Giants. Seriously. James goes to bed (and every-other-day nap) with the Here Come the ABC’s CD playing and has the entire thing memorized. He’s constantly singing the songs.
But [...]
We got our very first original “Why?” question from James today. He was sitting at the kitchen table for lunch and looked quizzically at me and asked out of nowhere, “Why is Daddy a teacher, mommy?” I was thoroughly impressed. I expected the “Why?” questions to start simply with “Why?” when told to do something… [...]
Every once in awhile something (like finding a machacado con huevo taco here in Austin or remembering the $450/mo rent for 1100 sq. feet) reminds me of when we lived in Rio Grande City that *almost* makes me wish we still lived there.
I headed to our small group last night minus the [...]
I started knitting a purse, not for anyone in particular, just because I had the yarn and this pattern struck my fancy. I’d bought this stuff called Peace Fleece which has almost a cult-like following in the diapering world due to its toughness. I made a soaker for Lowell out of it and [...]
My friend Becky and I used to notice that our husbands both played video games with their mouths hanging open. Maybe it has nothing to do with actually playing the video game and more to do with watching the video game? Case in point. Lowell does not play video games but he has the mouth [...]
This story is just heartbreaking. I am surprised that nothing has been mentioned by the Chinese government – encouraging breastfeeding for those who are about to have babies in the midst of this discovery.
Wang Lifang said she went to the hospital after medics at her local hospital 45 kilometers [28 miles] away in [...]
They weren’t content at the playground with our playgroup this morning until they discovered that strollers hold mulch (and gravel).
So James has been addicted to strollers since most of our playgroups happen at houses whose 3-year-old is a girl and they all have strollers. I bought him the $50 Chicco CT 5 [...]
We were at the LISD Festival of Bands tonight and I happened to have my brother’s wide-angle on the 300D so I snapped a quick picture of us. I’m so glad it was actually in focus, even though David does appear to have a tiny little man growing [...]
Lotsa hiccups and kicks these days. The baby (yes, we actually refer to this little one as “the baby” despite having both a girl name and a boy name decided… which I know makes us sound strange but I promise that I have already begun to bond with this child) is head down and I [...]
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