“All of these are for me? Well, I’ll give it a shot.” My darling, crazy, wild and affectionate Nora Jane, Today is your third birthday. Your Dad and I continue to be astonished by how cool we can find one little person. You’re rapidly reaching that age where we can easily see how good of friends we’ll be down the road. (If you’ll still return our calls. You’re that cool. But also painfully empathetic, so it looks like this could play {Read More}
When Did Monday Become "Photo Essay" Day?
October 1, 2012 By 5 Comments
It’s now officially Fall, so this weekend was mandatory Drive Your Kids Across State Lines For Apple Pickin’ Day (Observed). We went to a super sweet orchard in Hobart, Indiana, and had a great time- even though there weren’t any actual “apples” on the “trees.” Due to the awful growing season, they had to think outside the box. Er, branch. So they rigged- I kid you not- gutters between the trees and filled them with apples from all over the {Read More}
Nora Went To School And Keely Had A Thing.
September 13, 2012 By 7 Comments
Here’s what’s amazing about this pic: Nora, upon exiting the school, hugged me so hard that my sunglasses flew off and I nearly dropped the camera. Everyone: Is she still talking about her kid going off to school? Me: …Yeah. (Sorry.) Here’s the thing. It continues to be a Big All-We-Can-Talk-About Deal around these parts for a few reasons, among them the fact that it is a life-changing event for at least one family member…and it causes copious moments whereupon another family {Read More}
Free Day At The Adler Planetarium!
August 29, 2012 By 4 Comments
…Well, at least it was for us. We got the elusive CPL Adler free pass (’cause seriously, that thing is never there. The only available passes are usually the ones with free admission anyhow…or the museum of surgical science, which I’m gonna take a pass on for my Under-3 set, yeah?) Ain’t it always the way? You trek across town and allyour kids wanna do is play with the Planetarium’s
Paintin’ With Puddin’, a.k.a. She’s Really Lost It, Now.
August 22, 2012 By 6 Comments
I feel like I’ve fully lost the right to post under the Wordless Wednesday heading. Wacky, perhaps? Weirdo? [Needs] Wine? Regardless, here’s what we did for fun: made a [super small- really] amount of pudding, and let them have at it with plates and high chair trays. ***Important To Note*** I had the bath all filled and ready to go. And, unless you count Susannah’s diaper explosion mere
Big Kid Bed! (NOW Can I Nap?)
August 20, 2012 By 4 Comments
Yesterday, it happened. No more crib, no more toddler bed with a rail, no more shoving her feet up the wall and attempting to get comfy until 10pm. (Because when a kid in the 5th percentile complains of feeling cramped, you know it’s time for a Big Kid bed.) We recently inherited a bed from P.J.’s fam that had been P.J.’s Mom’s childhood bed- and her Dad’s before that. That was exciting because a) I love family heirlooms, and b) we {Read More}
Someone Found The Lipstick. At 6am.
August 15, 2012 By 7 Comments
I think she looks contrite, don’t you?
Travel Tips.
August 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
Our [sandy] nomadic days have come to an end. We’ve eaten and road-tripped our way up the Eastern seaboard and here is a smattering of the things I’ve learned: -Outdoor showers (while totally amazing-feeling) never quite get one fully clean. -For that matter, no matter how many loads of laundry one does while staying at the beach, one will find a veritable desert of sand in her washing machine
