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Good: Mowing the lawn before the thunderstorms hit. Bad: Choosing to do so in Sydney’s too-big sneakers while the grass on our steep hillsides is a bit wet and very slippery. The combination made for some sliding and smothered muttering … Continue reading →

Hot days are one thing.  Hot nights are another.  After a week of nights in the seventies and humidity that makes even the furniture sweat, we’re finding ourselves dragging.  Katherine has not been keen on this, either: she didn’t nap … Continue reading →

I dug out my clarinet this afternoon and thought I’d see if I still remembered anything I used to know.  Katherine watched with interest (a clarinet is shiny, after all), but when I started to make a few sounds she … Continue reading →

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In the midst of our hurried school preparations, we have a lot to celebrate: On Monday Katherine turned four months old.  And she’s now officially pretty cute.  Much waving of arms, smiling, giggling, and new shrieky sounds.  Plus some dangerous … Continue reading →

After a week of many hands and lots of attention, Katherine is going to be stuck with just two people to entertain and love on her when we head back home tomorrow.  I think she will be disappointed in the … Continue reading →

Yesterday it was 90 degrees and the air was full of water.  Blech.  But in the evening Adam and I took Katherine for a walk in the stroller.  Katherine immediately fell asleep in the warm air and left the two … Continue reading →

Katherine and I made it to Iowa safely and without too much fuss.  She slept on the plane rides and was pretty happy, despite having a stuffed nose and getting up at 3:30am for the airport.  She regressed in her … Continue reading →

Well, that bug turned into a full-blown cold that’s keeping me barely functional.  Yesterday it got Sydney, and by the wee hours of this morning I was hearing Katherine snuffling, too.  Three sickies and a 6am flight tomorrow.  Fantastic. Erin