Dear Sophie, Because you love to cook, this year I let you help me make your double-layer chocolate cake with homemade chocolate icing. You loved licking the icing spoon—a couple times. For awhile we thought you’d be celebrating your birthday in a T-shirt—and no pants. But Gramma somehow convinced you to wear your very pretty […]
March 30, 2008 March 30, 2009 March 30, 2010 “The years teach much which the days never knew.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
A few weekends ago Gramma introduced Sophie to ice cream in a cone. She loved it (and the visit with Gramma). This week has been a tough one for Sophie and me. Sophie will be 2 on Tuesday. I’ve never liked the phrase “terrible twos.” I don’t want an entire year of my child’s life […]
Andy and I recently made the trip to Athens, OH to help surprise Bill for his 30th birthday—Sophie spent the night at my parents’ house (and visited her great grandma!). Lauren and Nick Jack Greg and Jenna Cristi Jason and Megan Bill with Mandy, who knows how to throw an amazing surprise party, complete with […]
Sometimes, craft projects require a monster costume. “Inside all of us is a Wild Thing.” —Maurice Sendak
Sophie spent several days insisting on wearing her cherry red patent-leather shoes—without socks—from Gramma and Paw Paw. This, of course, resulted in several days of mismatched outfits (but one exclamation of “Oh, I LOVE your shoes!” from another little girl at the grocery store). As you can see in the last picture, Sophie also is […]
We couldn’t find a pair of Sophie’s shoes for a good week. Turns out Sophie had hidden them. In the kitchen. In a pot. “Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.” —Frances Rodman
“Friends can be said to ‘fall in like’ with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.” —Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.” —Dale Carnegie
Baby A: 1 pound, 6 oz. Baby A’s heart rate: 141 bpm Baby B: 1 pound, 3 oz. Baby B’s heart rate: 152 bpm Baby Bump: March 1, 23 weeks 2 days My appointment couldn’t have gone better. My OB was very pleased with how much the babies weighed (and OK with how much I […]
![The kiddos at First Unitarian Church are collecting books for students at South Avondale School to help fill the free bookstore our church sets up at the school regularly. If you have gently used or new books you'd like to donate, please let me know and I’ll come by and pick them up! We mostly need Pre-K/K (board books, concept books [ABCs, shapes], not lots of large hardcover picture books), early readers, early chapter books and blank journals. Because of the importance of children seeing mirrors of themselves in these books, diversity is key. Thanks!!](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/1b0de463b3b6651ce328e04c69eefb61/5DAF8772/t51.2885-15/e35/p320x320/65600510_490323258372040_2015424398939439067_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com "The kiddos at First Unitarian Church are collecting books for students at South Avondale School to help fill the free bookstore our church sets up at the school regularly. If you have gently used or new books you'd like to donate, please let me know and I’ll come by and pick them up! We mostly need Pre-K/K (board books, concept books [ABCs, shapes], not lots of large hardcover picture books), early readers, early chapter books and blank journals. Because of the importance of children seeing mirrors of themselves in these books, diversity is key. Thanks!!")
