Fun at the Farm
The weather has been gorgeous and icky off and on recently. Example: yesterday it was 65 and this morning it snowed! Anyway, last Wednesday was lovely so we spent the afternoon at the farm…the Kids’ Farm at the National Zoo to be exact. Hey, we live right outside D.C. — farms are hard to come [...]
Happy thirteen months
Audrey keeps getting older (faster and faster, it seems). Today our baby girl is thirteen months old! She celebrated her monthly milestone with blueberry pancakes, assisted walking around the house, and — most exciting of all — fun in our new bicycle trailer. Not actually outside on this cool, blustery day, but rather inside sans wheels. [...]
Audrey’s Favorite Page
Every night before bed, Kenji and I read Goodnight, Moon to Audrey. As with her other books, she really pays attention to it now — studying the pictures, turning the pages, making little reactive sounds. She loves to touch the red balloon on the colorful spreads and usually skips by the black-and-white pages quickly. Except [...]
Loveys
For several months now, Audrey’s had a “lovey.” It’s a tiny pink blanket, silky on one side and soft on the other, that she always sleeps with. She plays with the blanket as she drifts off — draping it over her head, holding it up in the air, and chewing on it. When we walk [...]
Audrey’s First Birthday Party
I finally got around to uploading the photos from Audrey’s birthday party, so now I can share the best ones! The morning of her party, we picked up a few balloons from the party store. Needless to say, Audrey was entranced with them. (In fact, we still have some of the balloons in a box [...]