This Halloween, we took costume inspiration from some of our favorite kids' books. A. surprised me by insisting that she did NOT want to be Elsa (the first time in three years! Yay!) Instead, she wanted to be a flamingo. Flora and the Flamingo is one of her favorite books -- she loves to sit and "read" it by herself when she's in...
This is one of my favorite fall activities ever and probably a new tradition in our family. It's also Anouk's brilliant idea and her first project contribution to the blog! "Mom, can we make a fairy house out of one of our pumpkins and take pictures of it for the internet?" That's kind of the name of my game, kid! A. used...
I'm a little behind on grateful lists thanks to Gus being born -- I just realized when I went to put up September that I had scheduled the day after his birthday to post August's grateful list and then never did it. So here are both August and September's lists! Be forewarned, they are a little long, because we have a lot to be...
"But I thought you liked dinosaurs." "I do. Just not these ones." "Why not?" "They're a little too REAL for me, Mom." When it comes to an exhibit about dinosaurs, I think "too real" might be a compliment? This wasn't for Nou, but some little dinosaur lover out there will be very happy, I think, with what the Virginia Aquarium's got going on...
It's kind of embarrassing to admit that I overpacked for the hospital when Gus was born, but I did. When Anouk was born early, I ended up at the hospital with nothing but the clothes on my back and I think that experience made me want to make sure I would have every single thing I could possibly need the second time around....
Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford. Publisher summary: A Bonfire of the Vanities for the 21st century mixed with Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep and Amor Towles's Rules of Civility. I wanted to throw up while reading this book, but in a good way? It was just so hideously awkward and nerve-wracking to watch the heroine, ordinary Evelyn, try to pass herself off as a member of...
Anouk's one request for this past rainy, windy, extremely waterlogged weekend (in which nearly everything was closed due to flooding) was to go and get "a lot of pumpkins, mom. A LOT." And grocery store pumpkins simply would not do because: of course. Luckily, the Cullipher Farm Market was open, and they're a little famous for their pumpkins, which come in almost every...
