Revelry Reverie

I have three different kinds of children, as embodied by this photo. Grant is mid-air. Henry is worried about Eleanor. Eleanor is succumbing dramatically to the wild ocean waves.

We went to Universal last week, and it was our first time going together as a family. We typically go to Disney (fun fact: my grandfather helped build Tomorrowland at Disneyland), but now that the twins are old enough, we decided to try something new. A few years ago at one of the Automattic Grand…

I had a check-up today, and all is as it should be. I know I’m getting old when I think that the doctors get younger every year.

He’s never met a washer he didn’t like.

On our last evening at the resort, Grant learned to jump in the pool, and then he further decided to take his floaty off. My baby is growing up!

All the other kids knew when to run. No one told Grant.

We took a walk on Treasure Island yesterday evening after dinner. It was pretty windy, and everyone was a little crabby after a long day. We all sort of noticed that a flock of sea birds was hovering overhead. Right overhead. About 4 feet over our heads. We were all looking up and admiring how…

This is what parenting feels like.

The beach!

We left for vacation yesterday, leaving the house around 3:30pm. I spend the entire day doing laundry, cleaning, and packing us all up, and we all know how I feel about cleaning and laundry (bad). But! Vacation! It took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to get to the airport, which is just about…