Monthly Archives: October 2011

Touching!

Recently the kids seem to be able to reach all sorts of things that used to be (and, in my mind, still should be) out of reach.  Katherine now has to duck when I open the upper bathroom cupboard; when … Continue reading

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our charming son

There is a two-hour period of the day during which Nathaniel is consistently the most charming, vivacious, inquisitive, happy baby one could imagine. He contentedly crawls around the room, exploring everything. He looks up every few seconds to beam at … Continue reading

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Bird(song) food

Last week we finally (if a bit reluctantly) surrendered the spoon to Katherine while we all eat breakfast.  She has since done a very good job of feeding herself, with a minimum of mess–helped by the fact that our muesli … Continue reading

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more Nathaniel

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Little ones

Life has been fairly boring recently.  We’re working on job applications, so every few days we stop to think about what kinds of jobs we’re going for this year, which sends us into a bit of a tailspin (which country … Continue reading

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Learning from babes

From a NYTimes article on the recent American Academy of Pediatrics’ warnings against giving small children screen time: “[R]ecent research makes it clear that young children learn a lot more efficiently from real interactions — with people and things — … Continue reading

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fantastic lizard

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Nathaniel

One trick is to manage to get usable photos/videos. A second trick is to get around to uploading them. Here are a few recent videos of Nathaniel. The first is of him with a piece of apple. We’ve recently started … Continue reading

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chances of dying

In which scenario would you be more likely to die next year? (A) You move to the inner city of a large urban area such as Chicago. (B) You move to a suburb. Explain your answer.

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Siblings, but . . .

This week Sydney and I have had a number of opportunities to marvel at how different our kids are, at least thus far in their lives.  She has always had a rather suspicious, dark-eyed stare; he looks out at the … Continue reading

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