Author Archives: Erin

For a mini-Father’s Day trip, we headed to Cincinnati on Saturday.  We combined kid and adult interests, visiting the Cincinnati Zoo and also Jungle Jim’s, a huge and quirky grocery store that has four aisles of hot sauce, lots of … Continue reading →

While we were in Iowa, Sydney and I had the chance to take an overnight trip by ourselves, so we headed north.  It was great on many fronts: we revisited Stillwater, MN, a town full of used book stores and … Continue reading →

While we were visiting my parents in Iowa, we got to take Sydney and the kids to some of my favorite parks and nature preserves in the area.  One of them, Hickory Hills, I remember as the place where some … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got a bit excited for Katherine to start school in the fall and decided to go ahead and order the kids backpacks.  Yes, I know that the current school year is not actually out in many school districts, … Continue reading →

We left Kentucky a week ago for a visit to my parents in Iowa.  This was our first attempt at a long-distance car trip with the kids, so we decided to break it up into two days, with a number … Continue reading →

Since I’m new to academic robes and I knew I’d only have a few minutes to don mine before the honors ceremony the other day, I tried them on at home.  Katherine and Nathaniel were pretty intrigued when they saw … Continue reading →

It hit 80 degrees today, so I think summer is officially here.  We’ve also had several big thunderstorms in recent weeks–just enough to remind us that we’re no longer in England, where it rains frequently but almost never breaks out … Continue reading →

Sydney made two trips to Nova Scotia this spring (I joined him for one), he has spent half of each week in Ohio, and this week he’s in England for a conference (having left the car in Columbus).  So, how … Continue reading →

We were reading Owl Moon (thanks, Heidi!) this evening, and Katherine seemed game to try sounding out a few words.  With a bit of help, she got “song,” and then she remembered that that is part of her name: “Birdsong … Continue reading →

While Sydney and I were in the kitchen this afternoon, we suddenly heard Katherine break out in song: “Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad.  Take a sad sooooooooong and make it better.  Remember to let her into your heart . … Continue reading →