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A day in the life of a Happiness Engineer (who is me)
I’ve written a bit about my life with Automattic before, so you can catch up here, here, here, and here. Today I’m going to write about a really specific day that I had (yesterday). I got up at 7:14 am, which is a little bit late. Summer is the busy season for Bob, so he’s…
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Inconclusive
Henry had his follow-up ENT appointment following his tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and his ear tubes put in, today. It went well, he was happy and followed along well. When the doctor looked in his ears (look good!) And nose (look good!) He popped his little mouth open like a baby bird before the man could change…
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Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Today was a total grilled cheese and tomato soup kind of day. In the past, the kids haven’t been that into eating either of these. Today was different! Even our picky eater ate happily!
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Nap time
It’s ostensibly nap time. Overheard: Henry: do you got a poop, Eleanor? Eleanor: no. Just a tiny poop. A TINY POOP! They are not napping. But who has time for naps when you can have scintillating, poop-based conversation? “Hi mama, we made a big mess!” So you have. So you have.
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Dress up
Their Halloween costumes came today.
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Cocoon
During the night, both kids ended up in our bed. They’re both little but wiggly so after awhile we are used to their contortions and mostly sleep through it. Sometimes we wake up to a kid facing the foot of the bed, or both laying sideways. This morning was a little different, however. We discovered…
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And on friday
And on Friday the very hungry Gilly put a tiny bite in a bell pepper, organic cauliflower, and mama at the grocery store.


