Saturday, August 29, 2009
Guess who is emptying cupboards and dresser drawers and consuming the tiniest bits and pieces of who-knows-what off the floor?
And I thought I couldn’t get anything done before …heaven help me!
p.s. the grunt in there is because it’s hard work dragging a pudgy baby body across carpet, not because he’s filling his diaper.
View full post »
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Today I let him play in the sand and water … instead of keeping him under the cover of shade and protection of adult arms. He ate his first fistfull of sand and immediately went back for more. Dr. Dan says it’s good for kids to eat dirt. I say I hate changing sandy diapers. ...
View full post »
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I came home from our crazy road trip exhausted but refreshed – I had very much enjoyed living a completely different existence for a few weeks. After we returned, it was 9 short days before I was a stressed-out, overwhelmed nut job. And then it was time to leave again (thank goodness!). After 2 days...
View full post »
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The last bit of our crazy summer road trip (the part before the loooooooong drive home) was a trip up to the pacific northwest. First we met Lady D. in Portland for a looksee (we loved it) and then headed north to Seattle, first stopping at Mount St. Helens so our volcano expert could get...
View full post »
There is a long stretch of route 90 in Montana that runs parallel to a beautiful little river. I tried to suppress the urge to jump in it, but quickly gave up and confessed to Dr. Dan who was in full support of fulfilling my heart’s desire. The problem: access. Along the road there was...
View full post »
6 weeks, 9624.3 miles and 20 states* later we are home from our crazy summer adventure. We revised our route home (we decided to save Yellowstone and the Tetons for when we could spend a decent amount of time there, preferably not during peak tourist season) and the shortest route from Seattle took us through...
View full post »