Revelry Reverie

We took a trip to Marbles, and Eleanor played a little hockey and climbed some ladders to nowhere. 

We are actually a little past 8 weeks – it was Thursday. Grant is stronger, he is working on strengthening the muscles that keep him from tipping left and right. He is sleeping better (sometimes), having done two long stretches of nearly 8 hours (not consecutively, unfortunately). He is a good eater, and able to…

I saw this gif today and it makes me laugh every time I see it. Please post a gif that makes you laugh! Oh god it keeps getting funnier. 

The first time I was pregnant, with the twins, I wanted to know the unknowable. I wanted to know exactly what it would be like to give birth. I’m not sure why we say “giving birth” – we don’t say “giving poop” although we do say “give a shit” but that is something altogether different. Birth is really not something…

We all know at least one perfect parent. They have cute kids who they love on unreservedly with unlimited patience, they are always put together and their house is spotless. Or they are so effortlessly laid back, and their kids dress themselves in adorably un-self-conscious outfits, and nothing ruffles them. Or they make it to…

Kind of amazing. Henry was upset they didn’t have boy wings, and he didn’t want pink. 

Eleanor asked me to play with her this morning. I asked what she wanted to play, and she said animals. So I asked, what animals are we? And she said that we are dragons, and I need to pick my color. I said, “hmm, I want to be green, with a little pink.” And she…

He’ll only be this little for so long.

We were cleaning out the garage today, and the kids wanted to hang out, so Bob took several of the larger boxes we were going to break down and built the kids a fort. They loved it. Eleanor in particular also loved the cut-out from a round window Bob cut in one wall for her. …