Monthly Archives: November 2010

Our Thanksgiving week passed rather swiftly.  I’ve gotten sleepier and sleepier as I’ve gotten more pregnant, and Sydney finds himself sympathetic to my plight, so we’re all having a hard time dragging ourselves out of bed at reasonable times of … Continue reading →

Erin

We currently have 63 wooden blocks littering our living-room floor.  Hey, I like blocks.  Katherine just dug through the pile and suddenly brought me one.  She turned it around in my hand to show me the picture on the side … Continue reading →

As I’m slipping my key into the lock, preparing to duck into the house, I hear announced from across the street: “Here is a typical Oxfordshire house.  Stone walls, here, you see, stone walls, original work, quite old . . … Continue reading →

When I walked into the midwife’s office on Tuesday, armed with my sheaf of medical records, I thought I was fully prepared for the appointment.  But I was greeted with, “And your blood pressure, height, and weight?”  I repeated “My … Continue reading →

The hand-holding isn’t because Katherine needs any help walking.  She just needs herding, since she doesn’t always respect paths and garden beds. Erin

She has really gotten into “collecting,” spending a good deal of her day trying to gather all of her favorite things into her arms at once.  We’re hoping it’s a sign of a careful steward–rather than a greedy kid in … Continue reading →

If you want to put leftover dough in the fridge, you might want to use an “unnecessarily” large container: Sydney

Lest it seem like we’ve forgotten about the baby we’re expecting in February, let me reassure you that it is making its presence known with increasing frequency and verve.  This week I begin the third trimester (28 weeks), and have … Continue reading →

If we were on the ball we’d round up some of those Americans and Canadians that seem to form a sizable chunk of Oxford and start celebrating.  We’ll see if we can rouse ourselves to be so social. Erin