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Madelyn’s latest silly habit.

A trip through rural Illinois, with quite a few photos.

Odds and ends on a warm weekend: storm windows, a visit from Erin’s friend Cindy, etc.

To date, Madelyn’s XO use has been limited. She’s just too little; she wants to whale on it and play with the antennas. So she can’t use it alone. Not to say she doesn’t get it; she’ll “type” and say, “I’m checking my email.” And she can move and follow the pointer using the trackpad. [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. Madelyn celebrated with PINK GRITS!

Jenny writes of sleep. It was my turn with Madelyn tonight. We are on night two of the Big Girl plan: “Neither Mama nor Daddy will rock you to sleep, or lay down in your bed with you.”
After books, I put her in bed, and Madelyn patted the pillow next to hers. “Daddy’s pillow,” she [...]

Our assimilation into the Midwest is now complete.

Here’s a summary of our recent trip to Cheshire, CT to see my grandfather, who is recovering from a broken hip. This was the second try; the first was canceled because of bad weather. We planned a side trip to see my aunt and uncle as well–but that didn’t work out….
Sat Dec 15: Our 2:30pm [...]

A week ago we got a Christmas tree. Our first in about six years. Madelyn was thrilled. Today we finally got her to pose for our Christmas card picture.

Not a lot of decorations; we were planning to add more, but Madelyn insists on pulling them off to play, so we’re kinda bare-bones for now. One [...]

Madelyn’s XO arrived tonight. On the one hand, awful timing; I have grading to do, and I wanna play with this new laptop! On the other hand, we’ll get to take it on our upcoming trip, which rocks.
I’ve only used it an hour or two, but I have to say I’m very impressed. If this [...]