The evening isn’t always a quiet time, but in between making funny faces and hopping on one foot and demanding one more story, we _do_ start to calm down. Lucy with Mama on March 8, 2010. Continue reading “In quiet time”
In quiet time
Piglet
I’m not entirely sure how legal this is in the city of Chicago, but I have to confess: we have a piglet in our house. Continue reading “Piglet”
Early Lucy slideshow
We’re considering showing animated slideshows from Flickr sets of photos here at Boyds’ Nest News. As you can probably guess, just click the play button to start it rolling. What do y’all think: should we do more of this kind of thing? Continue reading “Early Lucy slideshow”
Even little sister is getting big
Lucy and Rosie on New Year’s Day 2010. Rosie is still definitely the little girl in this house, but she’s starting to hold her own. Continue reading “Even little sister is getting big”
On board the Santa train
Lucy loves trains, Christmas, and Kris Kringle — so the CTA’s “Santa Train” is just about as special as it can get. We rode it December 12, 2009. Continue reading “On board the Santa train”
From airplane to yummy
Rosie experienced a language explosion during December and January, and wow! It is really fun to talk to her now! Continue reading “From airplane to yummy”
Squat
Rosie keeps her center of gravity low for efficient sidewalk chalking on November 11, 2009. Continue reading “Squat”
The best possible motive
Several months ago I wrote about “moms I want to know”:/news/2009/moms-i-want-to-know/ — intriguing mothers from a variety of children’s literature. I knew there must be more out there, and I just found another. Continue reading “The best possible motive”
A “touch” of pneumonia
We’ve all been a little sick with colds this week, but poor Lucy has had it the worst with a persistent cough, which turned out to be something to take more seriously — and with her first-ever round of antibiotics. Continue reading “A “touch” of pneumonia”
Days gone by
We’re feeling a little nostalgic, what with a fresh post up about “Lucy’s old nap routine”:/news/2010/lucys-old-nap-routine/ and being stuck in a Midwestern midwinter here — so coming across this summertime shot of Lucy struck a chord. It was taken June 18, 2009 (seven months ago today), in the warmth of summer inside the “North Park University”:http://www.northpark.edu/ Gazebo (itself a thing of the past as of this fall). Continue reading “Days gone by”