Archive for October, 2011

Halloween 2011

We may or may not have stayed up until after midnight every night last week putting these costumes together. Micah [...]

Monday, October 31st, 2011
Posted in artistic endeavors, Brooklyn, celebration, contests, craftiness, kid stuff, Oliver, Simon, the boys | 7 Comments »

thoughts on the ‘hood

We have lived in sketchy-ish parts of Brooklyn for over 4 years now. There have been gunshots, rapists, murders close [...]

Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Posted in Brooklyn, reflections | 4 Comments »

piquing his interest

I told Simon about Harry Potter. I don’t remember exactly how it started. Something about how the funniest thing in [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Posted in books, Simon | 4 Comments »

party party!

Oliver is either really lucky or really unlucky to have a birthday the day after his dad’s. Or maybe Micah [...]

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Posted in celebration, Oliver | 1 Comment »

squish is two . . .

. . . but sometimes it feels like he is nine. Happy Birthday, Oliver. We’re glad you’re you. We’re glad [...]

Friday, October 21st, 2011
Posted in celebration, Oliver | 1 Comment »

happy birthday to micah

If you squint really hard, you can see thin, dark-haired Micah in this light(er)-haired little chunk of a boy that [...]

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Posted in back in the day | 5 Comments »

race weekend

Some things that are good to know from our trip up to Hartford this weekend: Our boys seem to be [...]

Monday, October 17th, 2011
Posted in running, the boys, vacation | 2 Comments »

helping each other out: a cross-post

We’re leaving for Hartford in about an hour. We’re all packed and ready to go. I’m looking forward to finally [...]

Friday, October 14th, 2011
Posted in motherhood, running | 2 Comments »

we may have outdone ourselves on this one

Lasagna. And cake, not chocolate. Those were Abby’s requests when I asked her what I should make for her birthday [...]

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Posted in celebration, deliciousness, people we know | 1 Comment »

it’s been nice knowing you, Sallie Mae

But I think it’s time we parted ways. Let it be known that on October 3, 2011 at approximately 11:00 [...]

Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Posted in celebration | 7 Comments »