Spring brings

Rainbow pants, playground swings, and a troupe of invisible Muppets.

I wish I could see the Muppets.

Easter dichotomy

PEEEEEEPS!

Portrait.

The evolution of Dr. Eva

Back in November, for no particular reason, Matt ordered a set of Muppet Babies books off of Ebay, and we gave Eva the books for Christmas. They were the first gift she opened, and as soon as she saw “Piggy Visits the Doctor,” Christmas was essentially over. Why did we think she would want any [...]

Beware of the truthful toddler

Are you worried your ego might be overly inflated? Do you feel you need to be taken down a notch? I have the solution – spend some time with a two-year-old.

In January, my kind friend visited us at the beginning of her third trimester. About the second day into her trip, Eva made the [...]

Toddler street style

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Sometimes: when you haven’t updated your pictures in a month… and your holiday cards went out in January… and you spend all your time working on other people’s WordPress websites… it’s just too much to get caught up.

So forget the holidays and look at these pictures I took yesterday!

It cracks me up that [...]

Family of Muppets

Two weeks ago we purchased the new Muppets movie soundtrack. I already have most of it committed to memory. One week ago we took Eva to see her very first movie. Guess what that was? This week we are having dance parties to “Me Party” and we have a new topic of conversation:

ALLEGRA: Eva, [...]

Halloween in Wonderland

If you asked Eva any time in the last month, “What do you want to be for Halloween?” Her answer was, “A queen.” Said with grave solemnity.

Now, Eva did not understand this question at all. She probably still doesn’t know what happened last night, except that our street was filled with kids in costume, [...]

Leaf dance

I am having a hard time keeping up with my errands this month. Who wants to go to the grocery store when there are leaves on the ground?

(See also: the self portrait leaf dance video, where Eva can see herself in the camera while I take the video.)

Why go to Home Depot [...]

Fall

Fall is my favorite season. When I hear the first real cold front is coming through and temperatures are going to drop, my heart speeds up. I love pulling out sweaters and socks, and teaching Eva to say, “It’s jacket weather. Yay!”

And I have to say, fall in the suburbs is pretty great. [...]

Ballet!

And I thought succumbing to pink was the end of the girly invasion. I give you the cutest thing ever: a leotard, tights, and tiny ballet shoes. Upside-down, of course.

It wasn’t enough that the girly world suck me in. The equally jaded Uncle Austin was in town, and is now also under [...]