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January Park
It was 60 degrees yesterday, so we went to the park. There are a lot of shade trees at this park, so the snow crust hadn’t melted. It gave us the opportunity to track animals (mostly dogs, ourselves, and pteranadons).
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Treasure
He has a lot of treasure to track down.
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Poor R2
They figured out how to make him self destruct.
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Movie seating
Unconventional, perhaps, but she knows what she wants.
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Lego Star Wars
True love is being as patient as humanly possible while teaching your 4-year-olds how to play Lego Star Wars on the Wii. I was much less patient yesterday.
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Snow day
Fun with dad on our day off, building a tiny snowman!
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Into Thin Air

Henry has been obsessed with my old copy of Into Thin Air since I was at my company Grand Meetup in October. He found it on my bookcase next to my bed, and showed it to me over Skype, super excited to point out the maps in the middle. He showed me on this very map…
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Replacing Slipcovers: A Tutorial
Earlier today, in a fit of misplaced optimism, I stripped the slipcovers off our PotteryBarn chair, accompanying cushions, and ottoman. In the time we’ve had these pieces, I’ve only washed one cushion slipcover, and that was maybe a month ago. And we’ve had the chair nearly 5 years. I don’t think this is particularly gross (I’ve never vacuumed the…
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The creation

This weekend the children eagerly came to where I was reading and said they had made a creation as a surprise for me and wanted to show it to me. I followed them into my office, where they showed me my desk – very proudly, awaiting my enthusiastic response. I have to admit, it looks…



