Archive for March, 2008
31 Mar
Ava fix
30 Mar
Oatmeal the easy (hard?) way
While I thought the transition from one to two children was relatively easy, it became a logistical nightmare once I threw in a full-time job. It seems that no matter how early we get up, mornings are still rushed and hectic. Breakfast is no exception–Ava wants mac and cheese, Bryan won’t use the milk because [...]
30 Mar
The evolution of play
In the past few months, Ava’s idea of “play” has really changed. Instead of just dressing and diapering and undressing and rediapering babies, there’s a purpose behind everything. Now, the babies have to get dressed to go somewhere: the store, the doctor’s office, daycare, the park. Rather than just rearranging the contents of her little [...]
29 Mar
This is for the birds
Despite the best efforts of a gang of grackles, we’ve had a flurry of backyard bird activity this morning. There’s a tufted titmouse, which I don’t think I’ve seen at our feeders before, along with robins, house sparrows, chipping sparrows, a song sparrow, cardinals, finches of both the house and gold varieties, dark-eyed juncos, black-capped [...]
26 Mar
Ouch!
Ava wanted to take Elmo to preschool earlier this week. When we finally located him, he was covered in–what else–Elmo Band-Aids. Ava spends most of her time pretending to be a doctor. When you visit her clinic conveniently located on the stairs, she says, “Thank you for waiting.” Then, she immediately gives you a shot [...]
25 Mar
Doug’s gallery
Doug set up a photo gallery through .Mac. Gorgeous photos, of course, but you’ll also find very cool viewing features. He’s adding to it regularly. Check it out!
25 Mar
Rice is nice
After a few more near sleepless nights, I did decide to start Olivia on rice cereal. She took her first bites in front 14 family members Saturday night–Ava even helped feed her. (As an aside, I’ll say that it’s nice to share such a moment with grandparents, aunts and uncles. We’ve been fortunate in this [...]
