Charlotte's twosies; 24-36 months
Jul 20, 2012
“How do you want to celebrate your birthday tomorrow?” I asked her. “Maybe swinging,” she said. Donald built and hung a tree swing in our backyard a few months ago. Nearly everything about toddlers is perfectly lovely – the phrases they →MORE...


Jul 18, 2012
“Look! Charlotte, look! Do you see the coyote?” I said excitedly as I scooped her into my arms and took her to the living room window. The coyotes are having a rough year here. In the autumn through early spring, we →MORE...


Jul 16, 2012
Charlotte’s birthday is on Friday. “How do we have a birthday?” she asked me late last week when I told her that she would be turning three. We considered a variety of different ways to institute birthday traditions this year. Should →MORE...


Jul 10, 2012
I cannot believe this child of mine is less than two weeks away from her third birthday. Amazing. I also cannot believe that she actually grinned at the camera without me making ridiculous noises or pretending that I was going to →MORE...


- I just like to spend so much time with you, Momma. It will be better to cuddle when the baby is out. - Yeah, my belly does get in the way sometimes, huh? But we can still →MORE...

