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Erin

On Saturday evening a bunch of friends from church hosted a barbecue for those of us who are leaving.  Good food, good friends–and a lot of babies.  I don’t usually like to post pictures of other people’s kids (cute as … Continue reading →

Heidi (a frequent commenter here and my best friend since fifth grade) drove up from DC to spend the weekend with us.  It’s been oppressively humid and rather warm, but we managed to make two visits to the Farmer’s Market, … Continue reading →

I think we reached a major milestone today: Katherine’s wooden blocks were scattered all over the room, but, as you can see below, they no longer are. All but two of them are in the trailer in which they belong. … Continue reading →

Sydney’s had a very busy week, with a slew of grading and conferences with students, followed by a weekend conference at Cornell in which he’s making a presentation.  As Katherine and I have been making our own fun without him, … Continue reading →

After what seemed like a long winter of keeping Katherine inside, we’re now showing her a bit more of the world outside.  Since the chickens have taken over the lawn outside our door, we roam a bit farther for our … Continue reading →

A Bar-tailed Godwit with an implanted satellite transmitter was tracked flying nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand. It flew 7,250 miles over eight days with no food, water, or sleep. How something this size can store enough energy for such … Continue reading →

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 →