As well as carrying them about in her basket, Bella’s been draping her new fabrics about herself as dresses and scarves. Then Dom captured this precious innovation this morning. That’s a stuffed rabbit (Peter Rabbit) she’s got...
Yesterday I did a crazy thing. I ventured out with three kids in the pouring rain to the fabric store. At lunch time. And it was a success. Well, perhaps it wasn’t SO crazy. I did give each of the girls a peanut butter wrap before we...
Sophie’s new favorite word is “cuddle”. It took me a while to figure out what she was saying, though. She stood by my chair as I was eating my lunch and said it over and over again. I picked up one object after another and to each...
When I learned (I can no longer remember where) that there was a memoir by Christopher Milne—yes, the son of A. A. Milne, formerly known a Christopher Robin—then I had to find it. Hooray for interlibrary loan! Christopher Milne says...
This morning we went to Target. Dom, having the holiday off, came with us and drove. I usually park in the parking garage (yes, our Target has a garage) but Dom pulled into the lot instead. Bella, however, was having none of it. She started crying...
Dom’s brother and his family were featured in this episode of CatholicTV�s House+Home show. This is the house Dom grew up in. What�s now the girls� bedroom used to be the room he shared with his brother when they were kids. Dom says it looked...
Usually I would not be thrilled to find a child awake at 5:30; but in this case I’ll make an exception. Recently I bought a package of Target brand pull-ups for Bella (she wears them for naps and at bedtime). I’m generally a huge fan of...
We went for a drive this morning. To Big Apple farm. It was too late in the season to pick our own apples. But we got to watch the apple sorter at work. And we ate some apples, of course. Well, Ben didn’t have any; but he didn’t seem to...
Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, So early in the morning. I got this beautifully illustrated book of nursery rhymes, Little Songs of Long Ago by Henriette Willebeek Le...
I was going to write about Ben today. Since today’s his three-month mark. But I can’t think of what to say and I forgot to take pictures. Instead I feel like writing about Sophie. I’ll catch you up on Ben tomorrow. And I just...
