“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.” —Plutarch
Tag Archives: James
One Year
January 14, 2012 – 10:25 pm
Watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” last year. Watching “The Grinch” this year. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” —Rabindranath Tagore
Owen & James’s Hospital Pictures
January 3, 2012 – 2:37 pm
Over the holiday I did something I’ve been meaning to do for 19 months—I finally ordered the boys’ hospital pictures. When I called to place the order, the woman on the other line asked me their birthday twice. Then she said she had to make sure the pictures were still in their system. (Apparently, most [...]
Wearing Wings
December 23, 2011 – 1:23 am
Sophie wanted everyone to be bugs. Or fairies. Or butterflies. Whatever it was, that particular day (it always differs), James wasn’t too pleased. “If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.” —Coco Chanel
Winter Hat Season
December 23, 2011 – 12:05 am
taken November 16, 2011 “Under my hood I have a hat. And under that My hair is flat.” —Karla Kuskin
This Is What Our Children Do When We Vacuum
December 12, 2011 – 10:36 pm
Every. Single. Time. “A child is a curly dimpled lunatic.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Temper Tantrums
December 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm
The boys now respond to no by running into the next room and throwing themselves on the floor. There they twist and squirm and scream and roll and cry, and when that doesn’t work, they stand up and just yell louder, as Owen is doing here (James is still in the squirming on the floor [...]
Silhouettes
November 29, 2011 – 11:18 pm
My children spend some time each day perched on top of the couch, in front of the large front window in our living room. When I took the first picture in this series, I was dismayed with how dark it was. And then, on second thought, I thought how cool it was. So I just [...]
James’s First Haircut
November 29, 2011 – 1:52 pm
Poor James. His first haircut was so different than Sophie’s. Andy and I drove separately as I was getting my hair cut and colored by the wonderful Nicholena (at Mitchell’s in Northgate if you’re looking for someone) after James had his haircut. But Andy had to get gas and then got stuck in traffic so [...]
Finally …
November 21, 2011 – 11:00 pm
the boys sit on my lap, content, happy, calm, and I can read to them. These moments are some of my favorite moments of the day. And it is next to impossible to say “no” when one of them comes to me, eager, book in hand, saying “book,” “book,” “book” over and over and over. [...]
