Author Archives: Erin

Last week we finally (if a bit reluctantly) surrendered the spoon to Katherine while we all eat breakfast.  She has since done a very good job of feeding herself, with a minimum of mess–helped by the fact that our muesli … Continue reading →

Life has been fairly boring recently.  We’re working on job applications, so every few days we stop to think about what kinds of jobs we’re going for this year, which sends us into a bit of a tailspin (which country … Continue reading →

From a NYTimes article on the recent American Academy of Pediatrics’ warnings against giving small children screen time: “[R]ecent research makes it clear that young children learn a lot more efficiently from real interactions — with people and things — … Continue reading →

This week Sydney and I have had a number of opportunities to marvel at how different our kids are, at least thus far in their lives.  She has always had a rather suspicious, dark-eyed stare; he looks out at the … Continue reading →

Nathaniel is continuing the craziness that started up a few weeks ago and hasn’t let up since: frequent crying spells, particularly in the middle of the night, waking sometimes just 15 minutes after being put down for a nap (or … Continue reading →

“Take as long as you want on your revisions–until June, if you want to!”  So say my advisors during my final exam. As I heard that I thought, “I bet that that will cost me.”  Sure enough, if I took … Continue reading →

As you might have guessed, the kids and I made it home just fine on Friday.  We’ve been having some quiet family time over the weekend, and then we plan to get back into our normal routines tomorrow. Both kids … Continue reading →

I’m trying not to have a sense of doom about our flight back to England this evening.  Nathaniel has some tummy trouble that has had him up and yelling and fussing for long stretches over the last few days–particularly in … Continue reading →

Many thanks for the good wishes and congratulations.  I had a great day yesterday.  My advisors were warm and encouraging throughout the defense, I really benefited from hearing them articulate my arguments and lay out how they saw the pieces … Continue reading →

This morning Christi made me breakfast (yes, she’s really that nice) and then we headed out for an early hike at Treman.  It was great to be hiking familiar territory, and my legs appreciated the stretch.  I had lunch with … Continue reading →