First, a picture of me with my favorite present (Thanks, Mom and Tony!), then my favorite of the pictures I’ve taken with it so far:

What you see before you is the evidence left behind after Petra’s first (experience has taught me not even to hope it will be her last) self-administered haircut.  As luck would have it–or perhaps I’m just in denial–the damage isn’t terribly obvious if you’re not looking for it.  We’ll see what it looks like once… Read More What you don’t never wanna see

When they came home from their Stockholm trip last summer, Olof and Tage brought presents for those of us who had stayed home.  For Lydia, they’d chosen a little pair of butterfly earrings, and I winced inwardly when I saw them, thinking that they weren’t her style at all.  In the way of siblings the… Read More Recovery

I got a much-needed break from the little people today when Lydia and I went to town for our monthly lunch and shopping spree.  We left the house a little after noon, and because I was scheduled to drop her off for a sleepover at four-thirty, I was away until dinnertime, and I don’t mind… Read More Time off

We went to Petra’s Lucia program at her pre-school today, and the show was a big success.  You can see, however, that while she thought the singing was a-ok, there was something about her neighbor’s lantern that did not meet her approval, no way, no how.

You wouldn’t think from the looks of this packaging that it contained something so tame as long underwear, would you?  I tried them out this morning, and while they’re functional for sure, they’ve a ways to go in the pleasure department.  More’s the pity.

After much hemming and hawing at the baby-supply store, we bought Petra the Britax Multi-tech.  I think she approves.

One of the (admittedly few) drawbacks to Brynja’s having come along a little sooner than we would have planned–we usually set our sights on summer babies, don’tcha know–is that she’s outgrowing the infant carseat before Petra’s ready to move up from the rear-facing toddler seat.  For the past few weeks we haven’t gone anywhere in… Read More Gear