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I love having the government look at our taxes.  They audited us our first year here, when we had H&R Block do our taxes, and they dug up some job we’d forgotten we had and then proceeded to give us … Continue reading →

Katherine was on the whiny side for most of the day. Until I spat out some popcorn kernels that hadn’t popped. This was clearly the funniest thing she has seen yet in her year of life. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_z3QQCmr8&rel=0] I would, incidentally, … Continue reading →

As Katherine gets stronger and (if possible) more reckless, I’ve come to dread hearing Sydney say, “Katherine has a new trick . . .”  I’ve learned that Katherine has been hounding the cat, eating cat food/books/plastic, trying to jump off … Continue reading →

Sydney watched Katherine last night as she tried to climb over the storage-bin tower we’d constructed in front of the cat food.  “By the end of the week she’ll be climbing onto the bins, and then we’re really going to … Continue reading →

I took Katherine in for her one-year checkup today.  Healthy as a horse, as if we didn’t know.  I love that our doctor has four kids; although, technically, the parents’ not sleeping because baby’s teething is not a medical issue, … Continue reading →

Today we had a great day.  Sydney and Milton went out for brunch at Thai Cuisine and tasted delicious and unusual dishes, one after another.  I stayed home with Katherine while she napped, enjoying some quiet time in which to … Continue reading →

Everything about Katherine these days is about a strong-willed little personality on the move.  Which means that pictures rarely capture the girl we know.  So, though these are not the traditional portrait pose, they’re true to life. Erin

I’m sitting in my carrel on the third floor of the library, hunting footnote after footnote.  Miss Katherine’s increasing mobility has made it harder to work in the house, so we’ve taken to going to campus for much of our … Continue reading →

I had a number of students in my class using ‘however’ and ‘therefore’ as conjunctions and this was starting to grate on me, so yesterday I gave them a mini-lecture on the matter. I started out by putting ‘but’ and … Continue reading →