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 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 [...]
Happy second birthday, Audrey!
Two years ago today we cradled our tiny newborn in our arms, navigating the profound love, relief, and exhaustion that washed over us after her birth. This morning, she cradled her own brand-new little baby in her arms. Happy second birthday, Audrey! So we can remember how much she has grown and changed over the [...]
Happy twenty-two months
Whoops, this time the 25th really slipped past me. Maybe it’s because our week was a mess of broken sleep, high fevers, crying, and an endless runny nose. (Poor Audrey’s been suffering from a bad cold.) Or maybe I’m just in denial that she’ll turn two so soon. In any case, Audrey is twenty-two months [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Air & Space and Natural History Museums
We’re fortunate to have so many (mostly free!) museums here in the D.C. area. As someone who used to work at one, I’m especially keen to expose Audrey to the range available to us — art, history, textile, you name it. Audrey and I are regulars at the National Building Museum (to play in the [...]