we’ve had a great couple of weeks. went to a fantastic wedding last weekend where we celebrated, with great family, a great couple. we all stayed at a dude ranch, so henry got to pet goats and pigs and miniature horses and tiny alpaca’s that were shaved badly and resembled star wars misfits. i didn’t …

now, we chase the ants. no longer afraid, now they must be our friends. (speaking of ‘aunts’…my own sister, henry’s dear auntie E, went through her own ‘summer of the slug’ when she was small. but it didn’t really go from fear to friendship, it was more like at the beginning of the year she …

henry usually makes it pretty easy to feel super awesome about my parenting skills. most of the time he sort of just does what he should and i’m like, ‘oh, thank God. i can just sit here.’ but once in a while, we have a moment like tonight when he didn’t eat much dinner and …

i tried to make it ten. i failed. i could easily make it 100, but that seemed excessive. 1. there is always someone around who is stranger than me and smells worse than i do 2. i never feel unimportant, because there’s always someone who needs me RIGHT NOW to do THIS 3. it has …

well, tiny dictator is a scream lately. he knows exactly what he wants and spends much of his day demanding it. we get a lot of “THAT” and, more often, “NOT THAT.” and lately he’s labeling everything ‘henry’s _____.’ it’s usually fine when it’s ‘henry’s toy’ or ‘henry’s apple.’ but sometimes it will be ‘henry’s …

what does a pirate say, henry? “arrrrrr, matey! yo ho ho….” he also will walk up to you now and bonk his forehead against yours like ‘crush’ and ‘squirt’ do in ‘finding nemo.’ DUUUUUUUDE. and if you ask him how his lucky fin is, he’ll flop to his side and say “LUCKY!” so, yeah. he …

geez. i know it’ s been ages since i’ve written anything. i shall make up for lost time. life has been a good sort of nuts lately. both of us started new jobs in mid-april and LUV them. so that’s good. but, you know, a bit chaotic. and then we went to disney world for …