OLC is busy classifying everything in her world, by the following testable properties:
Grasp-able/Yank-able
Crumple-able
Munch-able
Edible
Bash-able
Drop-able/Throw-able
Climb-able
Bonk-able
Her third through sixth teeth are coming in, all at once.
We went away last weekend, up north. I came down with a cold, just before we left, and was sick the whole time. We stayed in a random motel, unfortunately in a smoking room, and even more unfortunately, one that the housekeeper preferred not to vacuum. We found the first agate of […]
Yesterday was a busy day for OLC. She and I were up at 5 am with her first fever. Later in the morning, she greeted the cat with “Hey kitty!”, her first words as far as I know. She also made her first solo ascent of Mt. Staircase. She learned how […]
(Thinking of Guilt-Free Homeschooling’s “If this is HOMEschooling, why are we always in the CAR?”)
I suppose I should get this birth story done and out of the way. I think I left off where we had decided to go to the hospital to get OLC checked over, by ambulance because I was a little […]
Of course MFH reserved a copy ahead of time at a small local bookstore. We did think at the last minute of going to the big party at Barnes and Noble, but didn’t have time to put together a good Hagrid costume for MFH (though he just about has the hair and beard for […]
I had some fake-wood molding (formerly part of a TV cabinet) sitting around; shaped like a small picture frame, but with two openings. I had planned to use it to frame some of my collage art. A while back, I tried painting it. I think I did a layer of white, and […]
OLC’s working on cutting her second tooth. She wakes more often during the night, and is much less likely to sleep in when I get up in the morning. (She goes to bed when I do, but usually I get up and have a hour or two free before she wakes up.) […]
We are in the thick of raspberry season around here. In the spring, MFH spent some time putting compost around the raspberry bushes, and they are doing very well this year. OLC has been helping me pick them. We picked a quart’s worth on Saturday alone.
Last year, I made a lot of […]