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Arts and crafts are big around here recently.  We don’t bother eating at the table very often because it’s usually covered with crayons and paper until minutes before supper.  We’re also enjoying our first Christmas tree.  Sydney reminded me that … Continue reading →

“Mama, can you cut the number 1 out?  . . . Can you cut the number 1 out?  . . . Hey, Erin, can you cut the number 1 out?” I guess he’s keen to figure out what will best … Continue reading →

Today the kids told me their roles for the church Christmas play, and they couldn’t understand why I kept dissolving into giggles.  My fiercely independent, occasionally bossy girl as a sheep?  And the boy who came home from school this … Continue reading →

Erin

The excitement at Cornell these days surrounds a big flower we have on campus. A very big flower. And a stinky one. Hence the name “Wee Stinky.” The flower has its own blog, Facebook page, Twitter feed, live webcam, etc. … Continue reading →

“Where do robbers live?  Why don’t we ever see robbers?” Nathaniel launches this one at me while I’m getting ready for school.  He seems a bit dismayed that he knows about something that he’s never had a chance to see … Continue reading →

Sydney comes home tonight so that our whole family can be reunited for the first time in a month.  Both he and I had conferences (Berlin for him, Pittsburgh for me), and we’re looking forward to some quiet time as … Continue reading →

I went to a panel this morning on literature of the First World War (specifically, visual representations of broken, absent, and reconstructed bodies), and as the panel started we suddenly heard a drum corps warm up.  A major Veteran’s Day … Continue reading →

This morning Sydney humored me by agreeing to walk from his apartment to his office in Ithaca.  On the map this looks simple, since they’re only a mile to a mile-and-a-half apart.  But there is an altitude change of a … Continue reading →

Now, I’ll grant you, this book is a bit short on literary merit (lots of repetition, no variety in syntax, and limited character development), but I was thrilled.  Kindergarten is awesome. Erin