Audrey’s activities: helping out around the house
In my experience, one of the more successful ways of guaranteeing something housework-related actually gets done is if Audrey is involved, rather than left to hang onto my legs (literally). It doesn’t make for the most efficient of tasks, but she loves to be mama’s helper — and I love to teach her how she [...]
Audrey’s adventures: cousin Beth’s wedding
In her short life, Audrey has flown numerous times, been to the west coast twice, and now, attended three weddings. The most recent one was at the beginning of the month, when we traveled down to my parents’ childhood home of Portsmouth, Virginia for my cousin Beth’s wedding. Or, as Audrey knows her, bride. All three [...]
Audrey’s activities: tending the garden
With Earth Day today, it seemed like a good time to mention one of Audrey’s favorite new activities: gardening! A few weeks ago, Kenji made two raised beds for an herb and vegetable garden. Audrey was happy to help Kenji build the frame and fill in the soil. She especially liked breaking up the “bumblebees” [...]
Audrey’s activities: beating the heat by breaking out the hose
Remember how it snowed here a few weeks ago? Last week it was above 85 degrees two days in a row. Silly mid-Atlantic weather. To beat the heat, we unearthed Audrey’s water table, baby pool, and the sprinkler. She liked the hose best, though. With the long, hot summer ahead of us, they’ll be much [...]
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! We started celebrating the holiday earlier in the week, when Audrey decorated paper eggs with sequins and glitter. Her favorite part, by far, was using Elmer’s Glue for the first time. Pouring sequins (“sparkles”) all over the table came in at a close second. Yesterday, the day of the annual Cherry Hill [...]
Audrey’s first #1 on the potty
For months now we’ve read potty-related books to Audrey, taken her with us to the bathroom with us, and had her sit (dressed) on the little Baby Bjorn potty chair next to the toilet. I’ve also gotten into the habit of changing Audrey’s (wet) diapers while she stands up — partially out of necessity since [...]
Audrey’s activities: puddle stomping
As she does every spring, Mother Nature is teasing us with warm, rainy days followed by cold, clear ones. Tuesday’s warm weather and torrential downpours made for perfect puddle stomping in the afternoon. After Audrey’s nap, we put on our rain boots and headed to the park. Audrey was absolutely delighted to stick her feet in [...]
Audrey’s adventures: ‘Nordic Cool’ at the Kennedy Center
After last week’s snowstorm, Audrey and I met friends at the Kennedy Center to see the exhibits presented as part of their ‘Nordic Cool‘ festival. (The photo above was taken only one day after the federal government was closed. And not a flake of snow is in sight!) We spent most of our time in the [...]
Audrey’s activities: snow day
Wednesday’s highly anticipated ‘Snowquester’ didn’t amount to much, but it did mean a day at home for Kenji and exciting playtime for Audrey. At first sight of the snow she said “Audrey, snow! Outside!” but since it was only 6:00 a.m. and we hadn’t yet had breakfast (or coffee–eek!) we held off on venturing outside [...]
Audrey-isms
(It’s been so long since I’ve posted regularly that I feel like I have writer’s block, but here we go…) I think Audrey’s always been entertaining (how could I be a stay-at-home mom otherwise?), but with her rapidly developing speech, this is truer by the day. I’ve spoken to her ever since she was a [...]