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Sewing: Works In Progress for July

Well! I have been sewing. A very teensy little bit, every day while the kids nap (or play in their room during “quiet time,” or squeak and grunt in their swing).
I began with a totally improvised quilt, which should be doll-sized or a crib quilt on the small side — maybe 25x40”, when I get […]

7 weeks

Betcha forgot I had a newborn in the house, eh? Well, I didn’t. Kind of hard to when you’re living with the buggers.
So, Cormac is seven weeks old now. He’s so cute. His baby acne is almost gone and some of that long dark newborn hair is falling out. He coos and gurgles and smiles. […]

We made it five years

I love this guy.

This was us five years ago in Grand Rapids, Ohio.

And today.

But with a few additions

I’d say things are going well.
Love you, hon.

Snakes on a motherf-ckin’ toddler

The sound track to my life these days:
OH NO! There’s a snake on me! It’s scaryscary.
I’m a lion. I’ma RAWR you.
Where my hammer? I’ma BAM you.
This is a SHARPTOOTH. It’s scaryscary.
Oh no! Waah. I’m scared.
There’s a SNAKE on me, Mom! Aaah!
I have a stick! It’s a hose. I’ma spray you. You’re all wet! Uh oh!
This […]

le kitchen, c’est fini*

Iain did all those cabinets himself.
*Pardon me, I don’t know French.

Fallout boy (the night the binkies died)

Okay! Cold-turkey binkie removal is a BITCH. Do not attempt at home. He cried for a straight two hours at bedtime Wednesday and naptime Thursday and bedtime Thursday and just plain skipped the nap today. Just plain falling out. But this evening he finally accepted the sad, dreary truth.
Stupid idea: To tell a two year […]

Will the gifter please step forward?

We received this totally awesome onesie in the mail: either we have very generous yet anonymous frends, or there was a happy accident at the post office. Thank you, whoever you are.1
Update: Mystery solved! Thank you, Kim and Ella!

It’s his party and I’m guessing he’ll cry if he wants to

YOU’RE INVITED PLEASE JOIN US FOR CUPCAKES AND TRAGEDY
WHAT: BYE BYE BINKIE PARTY
WHEN: WEDNESDAY 7 P.M.
WHO: OWEN
WHERE: THE LIVING ROOM, I’M GUESSING
WHY: BECAUSE 2 AND A HALF IS TOO OLD TO STILL HAVE A BINKIE AND IF I DON’T DO IT NOW, FRANKLY I’M NOT SURE IT’S EVER GOING TO GET DONE.
Note to guests: […]

Kitchen: new floor. New backsplash.

Progress continues apace. My father-in-law and Iain make a dangerously competent combination — things get fixed just by being in their presence.

kitchen looks better already

Iain has the mad skeelz.

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