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Today was the annual "Taste of the World" event at Elena's school.  Basically each classroom represents a continent, highlights a few of the countries, serves some food from that continent, yada yada.  Last year I went and walked around the classrooms with … [Read more...] about Day 26: Around The World in 2 1/2 Hours

Broccoli has been a bit hit lately.  It's just the right size for Eli to grab and gnaw on.  We're kind of moving away from pureeing food and spoon-feeding him.  Unless it's cereal, avocados, or sweet potatoes, he's just not interested.  Throw some food on his … [Read more...] about Day 25: Do I Have Something In My Teeth?

I hope everyone had a nice, joyful day with their families.  Ours has been a day, alright.  It feels like a bunch of different days wrapped into one, but here's how it went . . . By the time I got the house picked up and the baskets done, it was after midnight.  I … [Read more...] about Day 24: Happy Easter!

It's been a crazy couple of days here (crazier than usual, I guess), so the blog's been pretty far down on the totem pole.  We had new carpet put in upstairs on Thursday, so the first half of the week was spent moving everything out of the rooms, and the next 3 months will … [Read more...] about Day 23: Eggs

it must be violin day.  Every Tuesday at 3:30 we spend half an hour with Miss Mara, who never ceases to amaze me.  I still haven't been able to teach Elena how to tie her shoes.  How she manages to teach her to play an actual musical instrument is beyond me.  … [Read more...] about Day 22: If It’s Tuesday . . .