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At least the trying is fun. September 08, 2010
Donald and I want another baby. It’s a fierce desire, this longing for another child.  We look at our family of three at the dinner table and feel that someone is missing.  We see our daughter totter about independently and want →MORE...

Filed as Emotion Sarah Donald Marriage Pregnancy Parenthood Fatherhood Motherhood Boobs Breastfeeding Weaning Parenting choices Attachment parenting Family life Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months Nutrition Nursing 


Bathroom mural. September 08, 2010
A couple weeks ago, I met up with a friend at the El Dorado Nature Center.  We walked, we talked, we did the normal set of things that two mothers with young children do when they get together.  Like stop every →MORE...

Filed as California Friends Photography Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months 


Children’s Book Giveaway: Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. September 07, 2010
I was happy there all by myself, alone at the End of the World. M.T. Anderson’s Me, All Alone, at the End of the World is a fascinating book about the joys of solitude.  It has an underlying environmental message as →MORE...

Filed as Odin the Owl: Just Read! Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months Reading Kid lit Children's literature Children's book reviews Children's book giveaways Picture books 


Carried close. September 07, 2010

Filed as Daily photograph Sarah Photographs of Sarah Parenting choices Attachment parenting Babywearing Family life Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months 


As we really are. September 02, 2010
About two months ago, Charlotte came to me with a book in her hand.  She handed it to me, then held open her arms for me to pluck her up on my lap.  And then she began to flip the pages →MORE...

Filed as Emotion Love Odin the Owl: Just Read! Sarah Photographs of Sarah Parenthood Motherhood Family life Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months Reading Kid lit Libraries and story times Literacy tips 


January 2nd. September 01, 2010
When I was deleting images last night, I came across this one and was stunned by how much has changed in the past eight months.  WHO IS THAT BALD BABY?

Filed as Daily photograph Sarah Photographs of Sarah Parenthood Motherhood Parenting choices Attachment parenting Babywearing Family life Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months 


Reason number 4,732,189 that children should come with instruction manuals. September 01, 2010
My daughter is beginning to throw temper tantrums.  And, wow, between signing NO every time she sees the car-seat and wailing at the top of her lungs whenever life is minutely frustrating, the entire dynamic of parenting seems to have changed.  →MORE...

Filed as Emotion Sarah Parenthood Motherhood Parenting choices Family life Charlotte Toddlerhood; 12-24 months