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.
Memorial Day Weekend
We enjoyed our first Memorial Day weekend in Mayberry. Er, I mean, Falls Church. It definitely captured the feel of small-town Americana: BBQs with friends, family, and the neighbors, a parade through our neighborhood, kids playing in the backyard. On Memorial Day morning, the three of us dressed in patriotic blue and joined the crowd [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Audrey took time away from her sorting toy to give me this greeting. Between my birthday and Mother’s Day, I’ve been quite spoiled this week: two dinners out (including our first real evening date since Audrey was born!), extra sleep, flowers, and more. It’s been a beautiful weekend, so we had a [...]
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 [...]