Category: Family

Half a year ago, before three became four, it was summer. A beautiful, mild-mannered, cooler-than-usual summer when Milo and I took daily trips in the early morning hours to the zoo and routine afternoon visits to the playground as my belly grew fuller and rounder with the promise of a brother. Every day was met … Continue reading “Throwing Caution… a Bone”

Reality is, the day-to-day stuff is beautiful. All it takes is opening your eyes to see it. Andrew and I recently had an extensive discussion about attitude. Bitterness in blogs, to be exact. I like to read other people’s blogs, their experiences about life and their children, their views on family and fashion and cities … Continue reading “Reality”

Good-bye 2009, year of babies and babies and more babies. Friends’ babies, family’s babies, my own baby. A year of growing up for Milo, of big-brotherhood and potty time and school and new friends. Of big falls at the playground… okay, Ava still takes the cake on big falls. But for me, 2009 was really … Continue reading “Out with a Bang”

Oh, the agony. Go ahead. Tell a two-year-old that he has to wait for Papa to come downstairs before tearing into Santa’s loot. Sigh. The magic of Christmas morning. The first Christmas where Milo actually had an inkling of what was going on. It was so much more magical and exciting than any Christmas Andrew … Continue reading “Christmas Shenanigans”

On this day, the never-ending day of snow, we were summoned to Milo’s room at 5am, soft white light flooding in through his windows like it was mid-morning rather than barely dawn. “Look! Mr. Sun is out! It’s morning-time!” I guess it was, technically. Now, one huge pot of chili, two loaves of bread, two … Continue reading “Snow Snow Snow”