Yesterday, we picked an orange off of our front yard tree on the way up the stairs into the house. We’ve rarely had any oranges off this tree since we’ve moved here for a variety of we’re-not-very-good-at-growing-stuff reasons. But it’s…
Category: baby pics
best. halloween. ever.
Scott and I are generally not big holiday people. Halloween, especially, is not our holiday. We don’t much care for dressing up or spending money on costumes. One year, early in our couplehood, we did make an effort, like the…
toast dinosaur
Take one slice of bread. Place one square slice of cheese* on bread. Place toast and cheese in toaster. Heat until cheese melts. Pat toast and cheese with paper towel as this removes the grease. The grease is what stays…
traveling with toddler kauai day 4 – 8: it’s over already?
Whooosh! And then we flew home. Live blogging the vay-kay stalled mid-trip due to my trying to upgrade the platform of this blog and thereby breaking it. The lovely hosts at blue host had a backup they could revert to…
i know i am a good mom when
I know I am a good mom when I pack a small bpa-free plastic container (festive, purple bottom/green top) with homemade meatballs and peas and rice and I remember the spoon too for our late afternoon trip to the park.…
jonah’s excellent morning in pictures
First, there were the hats. He’d spotted the hat boxes in the closet yesterday and demanded access. This morning, access granted: He liked the Russian military hat the best. I daresay it was fetching. Later this morning he climbed up…
ceci n’est pas un blog post
This is several blog posts, and none. A summary. A smorgasbord. I love Magritte. So I reference him. C’est tout. Where have I been? Why the blog silence? Even I don’t have a coherent answer and I’m the only one…
by any means necessary (a.k.a. navel gazing)
Why am I suddenly caught up in military metaphors? Alternate title for this post: Don’t ask, don’t tell. During our sleep struggles over the last two weeks, it came up in conversation that perhaps blogging and facebooking (yes it’s a…