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Molly and Murphy are thrilled that it’s the year of the dog! I’m not so sure they were thrilled that Carrie was petting them, but she was certainly happy about it. And in the background are the results of our weekend project. You see that nice cushiony plaid thing where a hearth should be? We [...]
My youngest brother turned 21 today. I remember the night he was born, it was really late – he was born at 11:03 PM (is it scary that I remember that detail?) so it must have been well after midnight – and I was still awake in my room when my dad came home from [...]
I really just have to brag: I just scored one of these Winnie the Pooh Toddler Ready-Beds for $8.74 at Target! I think Carrie will be old enough to use it when we go to Disney this July, but even if she’s not it was too good a deal to pass up!
Vital stats: 15 months, 2 days old 21 lbs. 9 oz. 31.75″ tall One of my wishes for Carrie is that she won’t have to shorten every single pair of pants she buys – and since she’s currently in the 80th percentile for height, it might come true! Four shots today, this time in her [...]
Want to know what happens when you leave a pile of knitting in front of a west-facing window for 18 months? Those are four of the six squares I’ve made so far for my Aran afghan. Luckily, just the one square (of course it would be my favorite) got bleached by the sun. I’m trying [...]
OK. I’m insane. Can we just start there? Yesterday I signed up for sockapaloooza, where I’m going to knit a pair of socks for someone I don’t know, and some other person I don’t know is going to knit a pair of socks for me. Crazy, huh? And then today I’ve been swatching for FLAK. [...]
Dear Carolyn, What an amazing month it’s been! You’re definitely turning into quite the little toddler. You have 5.5 teeth (that 6th tooth has been about to pop for three weeks now!) and are solidly into 18 month clothes, although there are a few 12 month things that still fit you. I’m very happy we [...]
This is why people have children in the first place, right? To do the household chores? Just kidding! No one needs to be calling CPS on me. Carrie loves the Swiffer – she cried when we took it away so she could eat dinner. Now if I could just get her to vacuum, dust and [...]
…and I’m a stuff-a-holic! I just cleaned up the clothes monster in my bedroom today – all clean clothes, just not put away – and discovered yet again that I have too many clothes for my storage space. I cleaned out my dresser a few months back and that’s still good, but my closet is [...]
Today is Denis’ birthday! Unfortunately I had a rehearsal until 6:30 this evening, and Carrie goes to bed around 8, so we couldn’t go out. Instead we got pizza from this great new place near us, Slice of Napa. Not only do they have marvelous pizzas (we’ve only tried four so far, but each was [...]