category archive: family

an inevitable parenting story

When you’ve got kids, it’s a given they’ll get sick once in a while. Violet has had quite a few ear infections, and though they make her kind of grumpy and we get a little concerned about the doctors’ willingness to just prescribe antibiotics again and again, they haven’t been all that bad. We feel [...]

so much news, so little time to blog it

Life is busy; life is good. Here are a few recent/current things I just have to document:

Cheris is about 17 weeks now with the next kiddo, and is feeling much better. She looks fantastic too; must post pics soon.
We had a really great recent visit from my mom. Cheris blogged about that, plus the beginnings [...]

songs for which Violet can at least partially sing the melody

Old MacDonald Had A Farm
This Old Man
Frère Jacques
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (which adds the Alphabet Song as well)
theme song to NPR’s “All Things Considered”