Archive for the ‘Milestones’ Category

32 because I reject the notion that white furniture is specifically feminine

(Which is a really verbose way to say: Big Boy Bed, part 1) Have you heard? We’re doing the Big Boy Bed Transition. Apparently one or two or 70 of you are familiar it (or it’s well-known sibling, Big Girl Bed Transition) and weighed in with your experiences last week. It was informative. It was [...]

20 and forward marches time

Well, we’re home from Pennsylvania, and as if it should come as a shock to anyone, we hit the ground running with house projects, house cleaning, and that one holiday where we give away free candy to anyone who comes to our door. (Can we take a moment to talk about the high schoolers who [...]

13 a letter to my thirteen month old

August 16, 2010 Dear OBaby, I am absolutely baffled how this has happened, but you are 13 months old today. Thirteen. More than 12 and 12 makes a year. You are more than one year o ld. I think this is hitting me harder than your first birthday did because somewhere in the back of [...]

17 O My Organization: being straight with you

Hi. I didn’t post yesterday. I wanted to. Instead I pulled weeds in the back yard and got fantastically large piles of stuff ready for a garage sale this weekend. Those were the things I needed to do to keep our house organized and, well, I also had to do it to keep our house [...]