Birthday girl

Today is Eva’s birthday. We’d like to introduce you to our two-year-old:

Can you guess what her favorite book is right now?

Today is also the last day in our Alexandria house, and I spent a great deal of time trying to decide what do today. Which special activity would make Eva happiest?

It [...]

Fine art

Last February I bought Eva a sketch pad and a box of crayons. Our new activity (she calls it “Kay-ons!”) was an immediate hit, especially when we added stickers to the mix.

While we played, Eva did not do much actual drawing, but we managed to fill up the sketch pad with drawings from family [...]

Timeless Seuss

Eva’s latest favorite book is The Cat in the Hat. Or as she likes to call it, “Meeeeoooow. Hat-tah.” Apparently love of The Cat is contagious – here I am reading it to Eva, three of her second cousins, and my mother:

According to my quick Wikipedia research (forgive me, I’m tired), The Cat [...]

Laughter

You would think there would be a story behind this much laughing, but it was just a giggly kind of day. Please enjoy three minutes of Eva losing her mind.

A mom’s-eye view

Have you ever wondered what life looks like from a mother’s perspective?

As I put up a picture from storytime captioned “Mom’s-eye view,” I thought, “I think I have a few pictures now with this very caption.” I ran a search in our photo gallery, and found five pictures. So here you go – this [...]

The regulars

At storytime last week, the children’s librarian had a cold and had a hard time deciding what songs to sing.

Ever helpful, I said, “How about ‘Firetruck?’”

The librarian said (mostly to herself), “Some weeks I need help from the regulars.”

What does a storytime regular look like? I give you Eva, lying on the [...]

Two days in the dark

Eva and I entertained a few more contractors in our house early this week. (Why all the contractors? That’s another blog entry for the relatively near future.) These contractors had to shut down the main power supply to our house for most of Monday and Tuesday.

Eva has been cutting her two-year molars for a [...]

We love walks

I have learned that when kids are cooped up inside for a week, they undergo major personality developments.

Last January following our month of extreme snow, Eva discovered her extroverted tendencies and started garnering the attention of every stranger from her stroller.

This January we’ve been trapped indoors for a number of reasons – one [...]

Merry!

Eva has a holiday message for you:

That’s as far as we got. “Can you say Christmas?” overloads her brain.

For fun, here’s a video of one of our present opening highlights. Be sure to line up your opponent properly before you whack him in the head!

Merry Christmas!

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Eva meets Santa

A few weeks ago Matt, Eva and I attended Matt’s company holiday party. It was an amazing event – on-site babysitting, catered with a full bar, stockings and wrapped gifts for the kids, and a real live Santa.

Now this wasn’t just any Santa – he was an enthusiastic Santa with loud, aggressive bells [...]