The last time I posted, it was wet, freezing and we were making snowballs.
Today it was sunny and clear with a high of 82.
We celebrated the arrival of Spring in Austin by attending the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival this morning. We only lasted a little over an hour, but it was a great one.
Our [...]
Madeleine No-nappin’ Rose. I feel that happy, too, when I’m completely surrounded by books.
While Ben was at pre-school co-op this morning, Maddie and I went to the bank and opened her first savings account. Something we’d meant to do for a while now with her accumulated holiday moneys but only just now got around to. [...]
Watching The Very Hungry Caterpillar on a rainy Thursday sick day:
We’ve read books, worked puzzles, cooked, sang, stacked blocks, cut paper, watched videos, thrown stuffed animals down the stairs, and now we’re running out of things to do. Can’t wait for the cold rainy weather to pass so we can take our little people outside.
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Where does the time go?
Just a moment ago she was a babe in arms. Now she’s a big toddler girl, taking steps, speaking her words, and charming us daily. Amazing. We do our best to keep up.
These photos are a few weeks old now, but too sweet not to share:
at Balcones District Park:
playing in Walnut Creek
Maddie snoozing in the backpack carrier on Nathan’s back
enjoying a small fall in Walnut Creek
We followed our short hike with a picnic lunch next to the Balcones District playground. PB & J, pretzels, apple, blueberries. Lots of other kids and dogs. One bee very interested in our apple, which [...]
than never. Because that’s how we roll in this house these days. Santa photos from BW Christmas in the Park:
Mamaku #32
on the rug
in front of our hearth
Maddie’s first steps
Maddie took her first steps yesterday. From the foot of the couch she took a couple of shaky steps across the rug towards me and then fell into my arms, beaming. The first steps are no less amazing with the second child. They mark a moment [...]