Author Archives: Erin

I was typing away on the top floor when Sydney came up, a hand over his eye.  Katherine just poked her finger into his eye and she managed to get him before he closed his eyelid.  He now looks like … Continue reading →

Katherine has only mastered a few words and we’re already having to work hard to talk over her head.  She picks up on certain words that she overhears–and then doesn’t let go of them.  The word “bread” has been stricken … Continue reading →

Sydney and I had hoped to attend some of the magnificent Easter concerts coming up in Oxford, since this is nothing if not a place for good music.  But, good a baby as Nathaniel is, I shied away from handing … Continue reading →

On my teabag: “No one can put you into a prison other than yourself.” I guess that’s what I get for drinking something called “Yogi tea.” Erin

All of the pictures from yesterday are of Katherine because 1) She was mobile 2) we didn’t spend all day shielding her from getting too much sun and 3) she wasn’t sleeping (see Point 1).  But Nathaniel also had a … Continue reading →

My favorite part of the day is when I hear Katherine haul out with a new word.  She does it so slyly that it always catches me off-guard.  It happens a lot, too, particularly since Sydney and I often take … Continue reading →

Nathaniel is happiest when he’s managed to pull a blanket over his head, or when he’s turned his face into the pillow or my sweater.  He apparently thinks normal air has too much oxygen for his comfort. Erin

Upon waking up today I realized it is Mother’s Day.  Much unhappy confusion in my brain as I tried to figure out how I overlooked such a thing, why I thought it was later in the year, and what I … Continue reading →

I took Nathaniel for his six-week checkup this morning, at which the doctor confirmed what I’d been suspecting all along: I’ve got a stellar kid on my hands.  Our doctor is generally a fairly enthusiastic person, but she was really … Continue reading →

This morning I took the kids to a playground that’s about 1.5 miles from our house, much of which I can walk along a lovely canal path.  It’s a great playground for kids Katherine’s size, and it promised to be … Continue reading →