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 [...]
Merry Christmas (and happy twenty-three months)
Merry Christmas! And happy twenty-three months to Audrey, too. We started the morning bright and early, as usual — but this time we got to begin the day with gifts! After rooting through our stockings, Audrey happily tore into the big present Santa left while she was sleeping… her new toy kitchen! She immediately got [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! We’ve celebrated a very traditional Thanksgiving here: we watched the Macy’s parade (during which Audrey learned how to do “jazz hands”), hosted the Bohlin/Bowman clan for dinner, went for a post-meal walk, and watched lots of football. We have so much to be grateful for. It’s been a great year.
Audrey’s activities: impromptu jam sessions
One of my favorite things to do with Audrey is turn on music, pull out her box of instruments, and get jamming. For months now we’ve been taking a weekly Music Together class at the community center. Though most of the music is new each “semester,” we always sing the same hello and goodbye songs. [...]
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Audrey (thankfully) recovered from her illness in time to enjoy a fun-filled day. Kenji “hid” some eggs in our backyard for her first-ever Easter egg hunt. She was very excited about shaking the eggs. The Cheerios and puffs hidden inside made great rattling sounds and were tasty treats. You can see her in [...]
Visit with the Bowman cousins
Because of sickness and busy schedules, it had been several weeks since we last saw Audrey’s Bowman cousins, Claire and Henry. On Friday we finally made it over for a lunchtime visit with them and Nana. When Misako came home from work we joked that we don’t make average-sized babies: Henry (seven months) and Audrey [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Today and every day I’m thankful for Kenji’s love and support, our families, great friends, and our wonderful baby girl. We celebrated the holiday today with Kenji’s family, at his sister’s house. Audrey had fun with her cousins Claire and Henry, and she seemed to enjoy her first Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, mashed [...]
First ride in the playground swing
We had some time to kill before Audrey’s six-month checkup yesterday, so we stopped by Rose Park in Georgetown. Thankfully the rain held off until we got to the doctor’s office. Since Audrey can now sit up on her own, I sat her in the baby swing to see how she’d like it. She was [...]