Our anniversary was earlier this month. It just so happened to be the wedding weekend of my best friend from college, in the same town we where Rob and I met and had our own wedding. So we left the kids and flew across the country. This was our first trip alone since Violet was […]
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I really think I’ve had seasonal affective disorder this year. The sun, though, is what is making me depressed. I usually don’t mind high temperatures, but this summer was the hottest since the Dust Bowl. Nearly 50 days of over 100 degree heat. I don’t care how controlled the indoor environment is, that kind of […]
Posted in Austin, family |
Here are some comments from Violet about her brother over the past year or so. Clearly she has some mixed feelings: (Graham) is going to grow up, get married and have lots of children. I was really patient when you were feeding Graham. I don’t like your singing, but Graham does. I’m proud when Graham […]
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(Today’s post is brought to you by my amazing husband and mother-in-law who have taken the kids out to let me get some things done.) We’ve been trying to teach Graham sign language, really we have. But it’s a much more difficult task when your hands are busy doing something for the first born child. […]
Posted in Graham, language, sign language |
This summer was not kind to any living thing in Texas. Despite my best efforts, I lost just about every plant in my raised bed. Even the tomatoes. We would dutifully check the color change each day (Graham insisting they were balls, not tomatoes) until I declared, “In the morning, it’s going to be ready […]
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