I had a bit of a blog vacation this week. We’ve been busy with several things, but the main event most of you already know about. For those who don’t:
When Sam was still pretty young, our pediatrician noticed that his head was large and was growing on a pretty sharp curve. They checked into it [...]
Here’s a peek at the geek behind the camera. A couple of weeks ago, Austin’s mother took the photo below while I was taking the photo above. You can laugh. I won’t hear you.
Now that the kids are sharing a room, we put a tent over Maggie’s crib, lest she find herself rudely awakened in the morning by a basketball or toy piano landing on her head. The net, however, does not extend down the sides of the crib, and Sam has discovered that his foam letter tiles [...]
I’ve been taking a lot of bug pictures lately. Their structure and coloring can be beautiful, and they’re hard to catch in a photo, which makes for a fun challenge. This cicada was pretty easy though. He was… um… resting.
Harvest time? Or maybe a scene from the Olympic Opening Ceremony?
I’m not going to go into lengthy potty-training discussions here, but I’ll mention that we’ve been using tiny jelly beans as a reward for effort. They’re small enough not to get Sam too “sugar-wired” but are tasty enough to be a good motivator.
The other day, though, as Sam started chewing his treat, he suddenly got [...]
