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We spent the weekend in Yosemite on the yearly family trip. This is a long standing tradition which has been enlivened as the baby boomers of 20 years ago have come of age and started their own boom. This weekend, there were 8 little ones under 8 stirring up a dust storm. I started the […]
We’re going to Yosemite tomorrow. Had to sew up some quickies. Every girl needs a few camping dresses. Here’s one in field of flowers camo: up close: And another in flock of lady bugs camo: up close:
I’m not going to Austin anytime soon, but inevitably someone asks me for a list of things to do and places to see in Austin, and I find myself re-creating this list. So, here, I’m posting it in a more formal location so that I can’t lose it in my email archives. Places to Stay: […]
Simple smock: Another smock inspired by a japanese pattern:
Last Friday, on our walk home from school, we collected a few sticks and some pine needles to fashion witch brooms. We made our witch brooms, and then I sent the kids into the backyard with clear instructions that they were to paint the broom handles. Clearly, they misunderstood.
The golden rule of parenting is that it will happen when it is time. And it did happen when it was time with potty training, and interest in reading, and walking, and kicking the pacifier… It just seemed so improbable that my highly active, though incredibly coordinated son would ever sit down and write. But […]
I was supposed to get the old iphone when the new ones came out, but after 2 days of carrying the new phone, Doug’s head is suffering and I’m getting the new one. Say hello to 3G.
3 and 4 year olds are hilarious. When we read books, Will asks, “You think we can [something in the book], sometime?” The requests have ranged from, “You think we could do that? Ride a unicorn, sometime?” to “You think we could do that? Eat green eggs and ham, sometime?” So we ate green egg […]
My son is a smart kid. I know this because the day he could stand without holding on to something, he unlocked all of our baby locks. (10 mos). He’s never shown much interest in baby puzzles because he’s yet to meet one he can’t assemble in seconds. And as soon as he could walk, […]