Tag: Holidays

Happy St. Martin’s Day! One of the benefits of living close to a university is that the population tends to be slightly more diverse than the rest of, oh, say, Missouri. Such diversity even includes a few European transfers. And, thanks to our German neighbor and his American wife and bilingual child who actually wears … Continue reading “St. Martin’s Day”

Creeps So, neither Andrew nor I made any sort of effort on our costumes this year. I threw together what I could find in our kids’ dress-up box and came up with the customary witch costume… one I assume every mother will embody at some point in her Halloweening life. … But Andrew. Oh, Andrew. … Continue reading “Creeps”

Not too much to say today… three things. Then I’m going to bed. Thing number one: my baby has a mohawk. Like a serious, honest-to-goodness mohawk that stands straight up unless we are constantly petting it. Thing number two: We can no longer threaten that the Easter bunny will not visit Milo if he gets … Continue reading “Not Too Nasty”

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”