Revelry Reverie

El Duderino got a haircut!

Since the babies could walk, I’ve had this overwhelming fear that they will fall down the stairs or off a high place (like the top of the slide) and something very bad will happen. It’s gotten increasingly worse, to where I’m almost out of my mind when they are standing near the stairs at all.…

This weekend we cleaned out the spare room/Bob’s office and moved my office into there, and Bob put his desk in our bedroom (basically we flipflopped our work configuration). I was feeling like I spent 20 hours a day in one room, which was great and really awful at the same time. While we did…

Yesterday we woke up in Barcelona. Current view:

I never ever thought I’d go to a European football game, but Barcelona FC’s b team (which is apparently really good) had a game on Thursday night, so a few of us went. They won! There was a guy with a megaphone in the cheap seats (on the ground behind the goal) who was extremely…

Among the many things I didn’t anticipate today was seeing an x-ray of Eleanor’s chest. I can tell you this. She has bones that look like they are the correct number and size, in what seems like the right configuration. Her heart looks excessive in her tiny chest, her lungs half forgotten, ephemeral. Her back is straight, her ribs…

I just woke Ele up from her nap. Me: Eleanor, do you want something to eat? Ele: Vigorous, sleepy nod Me: Do you want a bagel? E: Head shake Me: A breakfast bar? E: Head shake Me: A banana? E: No mama! Me: Ok lovey, what do you want? E: gazes into space for a…

My little girl is home sick today. She battled a fever all night, and it still hadn’t broken this morning. It is high, so we’re managing it with children’s Motrin (if it is low, we let it work). The end result is that she has low energy, a very gloopy nose, and high spirits. Since…