I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Tommy on Feb 16th, 2010
I will tell you a story about Tommy and Reagan going to the beach. Once upon a time there was Tommy and Reagan. Tommy said to Reagan, “Let’s go to the beach.” So they did go to the beach, and they did pack up chips, carrots, bananas, clementines, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and […]
Tommy loves hats. Most days he sports 3 or 4 at different points in the day. Today he found out that Lizzie has 5 or 6 hats, too! He insisted on trying them all on her. “like a fireman!” “Mommy, why is Izzie sad?” “She is happy now!” “She did spit up all over.” “She […]
When the weather’s particularly yucky, like today, it’s fun to have play dates planned with friends. Dana and I didn’t know about the snow storm when we planned to go to the Field Museum together today, but it ended up being great! I was the only fool braving foot-high drifts to get downtown, and we […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Tommy on Feb 8th, 2010
Derek’s out in Phoenix for work, and this is what I woke up to: And this is what I took 3 hours putting up by myself last night (with lots of phone help from my dad!): And this is what happens when you leave the box of Cheerios out: And this is Tommy at the […]
Tommy really loves his music, and he’s figured out how to change CDs and work his CD player. After a couple of tumbles off his stepstool, we moved the CD player off the dresser onto the floor and moved the CDs out of his dresser into the compartment in the step stool. Now he has […]
Posted in Tommy on Feb 4th, 2010
I’m so grateful for Tommy right now. I’ve been feeling quite discouraged in the past few days over how imperfectly I’m parenting him and how far he has to go, but I do want to praise him when he does something well! The battles over making him pick up his own toys have paid off, and […]
When Elizabeth’s banana got everywhere, we decided it was bath time!
Posted in Tommy on Feb 1st, 2010
Tommy (at the dinner table): Put. Mommy, what is that noise? I did hear a noise by my bottom, and it went “Put”. I’m looking forward to 20 more years of this…
Yesterday was lots of fun–Elizabeth attempted to crawl several times… …Tommy actually fell asleep during Quiet Rest Time (on his Bible, no less!)… …and today both kids have been cheerful and helpful as we ran a zillion errands before heading to the Simpsons’ this afternoon, made two batches of muffins (Whole Food’s 365 gluten-free muffin […]