The giving and the taking of 2009
Well, the kids are in bed, I’ve got some red wine love going on, and there’s just over two hours left in this year. Seems like a good a time as any to get retrospective. When I think back on this past year, family is the big thing that stands out. I know this seems [...]
The homeschooly life
Today our family met with Mark, our new homeschool facilitator. We reviewed my education plan for the coming school year, completed a parent evaluation, and snacked on banana bread and tea (which Lily was happy to serve out of her little tea party set). Writing up Nicholas’ education plan and discussing it with Mark today [...]
Burn baby burn
So in my efforts to return to my pre-pregnancy weight, I’ve been learning more about calorie consumption and expenditure. There are lots of fancy calculators online where you enter in your weight and how long you did an activity and then it tells you how many calories you burned. Some of the activities are ridiculously [...]
While the oatmeal pot soaks
I remember this crazy, hormonally-induced mini panic attack I had during my pregnancy with Lily when I tried to figure out how I was going to take care of my big kid (Nick) while dealing with the constant and intense demands of my newborn (Lily!). I remembered how all-encompassing meeting Nick’s needs during the first [...]
The many faces of the Lil
What happens when you let an almost-4-year-old play with your camera? First, you get lots of pictures. Lots of blurry close-ups, many of which are hard to identify. Secondly, you get self-portraits. Many, many self-portraits. And if that kid happens to be Lily-Lou, you get some that look like this: 59 minutes til your birthday, [...]
Snapshots
Kelly and Lorry came by today for a visit and to drop off a camera. Lorry saw my Facebook status about my still-missing camera and generously offered us an extra one they had at home. As a scrapbooker and a sappy mom, not being able to take pictures for around 3 weeks of Olivia’s 6 [...]
Evolutionary Parenting
This post was originally going to be all about babywearing, its benefits, and my history with slings, wraps, and my Ergo, but somehow between the business of life and the giant gaping hole where my brain used to be, the writing in my head is not materializing into writing on the screen. Here, instead, is [...]
Priorities
Life these days seems like an endless series of bodily functions. Someone needs to eat. Someone needs to sleep. Someone needs to pee or poo. Part of it has to do with adding another person into our family and part of it has to do with how much that small person’s bodily functions require my [...]
Fear
I’ve been pondering today. I started out by reflecting on Olivia’s birth and people’s reactions to the fact that we chose to birth unassisted. I was struck by how much people fear childbirth, from the pain to possible complications and beyond. And the more I pondered, the more I saw that the fear surrounding childbirth [...]
Relief
I’d like to preface this entry by saying I hope I’m not jinxing myself. I’m knocking on wood as I type. As some of you probably remember, when Lily was a newborn she spent some time at the hospital due to having seizures. The shortish version of the story is that on her fifth day [...]
