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Merry Christmas!

I took the kids out for our usual three-mile loop around the parks, over the (steep!) bridge, around the farm (this walk is known as “where the cows and horsies are” and requested under such a title), and back home … Continue reading →

Yesterday Katherine discovered a small donkey figure inside her Advent cone, after which I took the kids out for a walk downtown.  One of the area churches had advertised they would be bringing in a real donkey, so we were … Continue reading →

My fishing line finally arrived in the mail, so we decorated Katherine’s room with snowflakes.  She giggles when they turn due to a draft (or strenuous huffing and puffing on our parts), and I like the patterned shadows they make … Continue reading →

This might be the first trip in a long time for which we didn’t send Sydney off sick or get him back sick, so we’re very grateful.  We have him for about a week-and-a-half before we send him off again, … Continue reading →

Feeding one little bird inevitably incites hunger in the other, so I’ve started lining the kids up in chairs and spooning food into one mouth, and then the other.  This has some good consequences: if I can get one to … Continue reading →

Less than a day after submitting my finished dissertation, I got an email letting me know that it passed format review, and that three of my four advisors had already signed off on it.  So . . . I think … Continue reading →

Today has been muuuuuch better than yesterday, with sleep for all, non-picky eaters, and a nice morning walk in the park.  Given that the local groceries are filling their freezers with turkeys, rather than fruit, I took the opportunity to … Continue reading →

. . . and then there are days like this one.  Katherine made ominous thumping sounds and shrieks all through Nathaniel’s naptime, and he started awake with a howl just after she finally got to sleep.  So much for napping. … Continue reading →

Sydney has been a bit worried about leaving for his conferences, since I have been really struggling with fatigue recently, but thus far things are going smoothly. Nathaniel has been sleeping really lightly when he naps, so Sydney’s been working … Continue reading →