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Cow’s Milk And Our Family
When I was growing up, dinner always came accompanied with (what seemed like) a huge glass of white milk. In my elementary school cafeteria, we had to drink our entire carton of milk (skim, 2%, or whole, no flavoring there) before being allowed to go to recess. One of the commonly discussed milestones in the baby-toddler…
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Family Resemblence
My mom sent me this picture of herself at 16 months and I just had to share it along side a picture of Nora at the same age.I wish I had a smiley-er (smilier?) profile of Nora, but alas it seems that most of my photos from a year ago are head on and/or very…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Even without much interest in the holiday itself, our Christmas trip to Texas had much to be excited about. Seeing family.Lots and lots of family.Texas nostalgiaGiving giftsand getting some cool ones too.Taking baths in enviable, swimming pool-like bathtubs. And, of course, eating piles and piles of food. But most of all, it was exciting to see…
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A Simple Solstice
It’s nearly Christmas, and I wanted to share the photos from our wonderful winter solstice celebration day before I need to report on Christmas. We work up earlier than usual, on Nora time, and came downstairs in our pajamas to discover our stockings and gifts. Yes, we were excited. We decided this year that we…
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‘Tis the Season for Craftiness
One of the reasons I am much more in the holiday spirit this year is because it is an extra excuse for making crafts, and because of how much Nora enjoys those crafts. We’ve made a few of the traditional art projects (tissue paper wreath bring back any holiday memories?) and we’ve been making things…
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All I Want to Do
There are a million things going on this week, and all I want to do is find a comfy place to plop down… Sorry Saturday Surfing didn’t happen, or Sunday…or even today. Things might be a little quiet around here this week as I try to finish up some websites by the end of the…
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A Little Friday Catch-up
This week has been lovely. We’ve had a clean house, and several days of cancelled plans which meant plenty of time to laze about and just enjoy one another’s company. We baked cookies(a nice change from my normally decadent baked goods — healthier (sort of, maybe?)) jam thumb printsmade with cherry and pineapple preserves my…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Giant Chocolate-Toffee Cookies, Janae Monir — Oh my goodness. It’s official! Pizza is a vegetable!, Food Politics — The word is out. Congress caved in under pressure from lobbyists on the school nutrition standards and pizza now counts as a vegetable. Just ridiculous. (And yet another reason for homeschooling — keep Nora…
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30 Days of Thanks: LZ
Two things happened today that reminded me of how thankful I am for my friend Laura: we opened a ridiculously delicious jar of cherry preserves, loving carried all the way to Nantucket from Adam’s, and I finally got a chance to go through the pictures on my computer, where I found this adorable oneof Nora…
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Homeschooling?
Nora’s barely two and, all of a sudden, all I can think about is school. It seems a little crazy and a lot ridiculous; five is just so far away, isn’t it? Or maybe it isn’t. Because before we even start thinking kindergarten, we have to think preschool, registration for which happens the February…
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Discovering Family
One of my favorites thing about being an adult are the new relationships I’m discovering with my family. People that I once knew only from a child’s perspective or as a face in the group are now great discoveries as individuals and friends. This past weekend, my great-uncle and great-aunt came to visit us from…
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Feeling the Joy
I am loving life right now. Loving how my little girl likes to take her animals and babies for walks all the way to town. Loving how she stops, poses, and says, “Mama, take Nora’s picture, ‘kay?” Then tells her monkey to smile.Loving how I still find her incredibly beautiful when she sleeps. And how…
