I often write about what Will does for Ellie, but I forget to write how much joy she brings to HIS life. She is his captive audience—as impressed by his physical feats as he is. As he twirled in the kitchen today she stood watching, beaming, clutching her cup of milk and shouting “WOAH! WOAH! […]
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Category Archives: UncategorizedWill is sitting in a box on the kitchen floor and eating a bag of ‘pop tart bites’ as Nic and I unpack the Costco run. Ellie is harrassing Will, shrieking for more of his pop tart bites, which Will is handing to her. Nic (sternly, walking over to intervene): Ellie, NO. That isn’t the […] Ellie walks everywhere now. I don’t think she crawled at all yesterday, and if she did it was just for the tiniest distance. That period between first steps and truly walking is so interesting to me—I can’t remember how long it lasted for Will, so I wanted to note it for Ellie. It’s hard to […] Will’s last day of preschool. I really didn’t see this coming, but the whole Kindergarten milestone is getting to me! I got misty as we left today knowing that when he goes back, it’s as a Big Boy. I’m going to cry all over the place on the first day of school. Thank God I […] Ellie literally just finished her breakfast of half of a PBJ sandwich and a whole banana and I found her in the pantry eating raw oatmeal from the carton. She has been an eating pooping MACHINE this week. Snow. On May 11th. This is why I’m no longer bothering with a garden. |
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