Monthly Archives: October 2012

Our recent trip to Devon had Sydney firmly resolved never to take a full-family vacation again while the kids are small, but we are, ahem, going to give it another go.  Sydney thought of taking Katherine to the London Zoo … Continue reading →

As Katherine sings in a tone that’s closer to fog horn than to music, laughing all the while, I ask, “Are you being obnoxious?” “Yeaaaaaaaaaaah.” “Noxious,” contributes Nathaniel. So, “noxious” goes around our house like wildfire, lasting a good two … Continue reading →

Katherine is technically on a school schedule at nursery, so this week she is off for fall break, along with the rest of the school kids in the area.  After a bit of thought, I decided to take her to … Continue reading →

When Katherine stays upstairs for a long nap, Nathaniel takes advantage of the quiet to enjoy having the toys to himself. Erin

Every other Monday we get a big box of vegetables delivered to our door, and each time it feels like Christmas to both the kids and the adults in our family.  After five years of basing our weekly cooking on … Continue reading →

We are finally settling into a bit of a rhythm around here.  Both kids seem quite keen on their nursery days.  Nathaniel is moving up from the baby room to the rowdier one Katherine is in, and I’m quite happy … Continue reading →

We have to record it for posterity, even if we face the usual problem of dim interior lighting. Erin  

On our walk through the parks today, I met the guard at the gate with “I am watching the clock!”  He warned me that they will be moving up the gate-locking time again tomorrow.  It’s now dark at 6pm, and … Continue reading →

I’ve been working my way through Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk for a project proposal.  Du Bois articulates so many problems of current American culture that I have a hard time remembering that it was written in 1903!

The kids love jumping on our air mattress, but today they used it for a different kind of play.  Katherine ordered Nathaniel: “Sleep, sleep, ‘thaniel.”  He obediently lay down on his stomach, and she tucked his blanket around him, handed … Continue reading →