Embracing the Mohawk
Posted in Elizabeth on Oct 27th, 2009
Category Archive for 'Elizabeth'
While Grandpa was here, I fished out his favorite sleeper from my childhood for Elizabeth to wear. It was already too small for her, but we had a quick photo shoot anyway! Tommy and Grandpa spent many hours reading, and Elizabeth got into it, too!
Making Scones
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Oct 24th, 2009
While Tommy, Daddy, and Grandpa were out looking at choo-choo trains at the Museum of Science and Industry this morning, I gave Elizabeth her first lesson in scone-making!
(with our neighbor, Juliet)
Elizabeth is 5 months old!
Posted in Elizabeth on Oct 13th, 2009
“sitting up”–for just a couple seconds at a time!
Tommy has watched me do pilates a few times and tried to do it himself with Eddie the other day. Lizzie just laughed at them!
In what might become an annual tradition, the kids and I headed out to Wheaton this morning to visit Sonny Acres pumpkin patch with the Ritters. Last year it was cold and rainy. This year it was cold and rainy. But we had a lot of fun–the train was a hit for Tommy and Ian […]
a little change of pace
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Sep 29th, 2009
Sigh. So potty training is exhausting (so exhausting that I didn’t have the energy to post an update yesterday), and there’s nothing really big to report. He’s still having accidents, including on two of our couches yesterday, but he’s also holding it for good stretches, too. So instead of focusing on Tommy, here’s the low-down […]
Tommy is in bed, after 14 accidents and about 30 successful potty trips. He actually napped for two and a half hours and woke up with a dry diaper! He favors using the potty in the kitchen or back porch. He’s learned how to pull up and down his big boy underwear. He is still […]