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Halloween trick or tart
Gabriel Bee I lack the time or tools to be crafting/sewing costumes. Fortunately, as I discovered last year, it’s easy to find nice, affordable used costumes — wear once and send back into the costume...
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Psst, psst: EC at 16 months
Well, it’s been almost ten months since I wrote an official Elimination Communication (EC) update, though I wrote a summary in April and mentioned it briefly in August. So, after more or less giving it...
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Wanderings
Gabriel loves the outdoors, and while we have a great park within easy biking distance, and another smaller park and playground just over a block away, there’s nothing quite as simple as heading...
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Stuffing the turkey
We found a nice 30-pound bird for our Thanksgiving meal. “Wait a minute,” you say, “I thought you guys were vegetarians. What are you doing eating turkey?” We’ve always said if we WERE to return to...
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Terrible twos?
Don’t let that sweet smile fool you . . . . . . this little guy’s been putting me through the wringer for the last five weeks. We’re still some months away from the two year mark, but why be terrible...
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Savvy [Tri]cyclist
I spent most of Saturday afternoon on my bike with a fellow CyclingSavvy instructor, ground-truthing the route for the Tour of St. Louis that I will be co-leading as part of our May workshop (details...
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Gogogo, Mamama!
One of my favorite parts of biking with Gabriel in the IBert front seat is having him right there in between my arms, making for easy, constant interaction as we travel, both pointing out interesting...
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Bike to Work Day
The last Bike to Work Day when I actually biked to work was probably May 2009, which predates this blog. The past three years, I worked a Monday through Thursday job, and the official “day” is always...
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Are we there yet?
Sir chilling in the back seat with a fig tree they picked up on the the way to Florida. Because a fig tree is a completely normal souvenir. According to my sources, he was a great traveler, despite a...
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Meanwhile, at the beach . . .
While I had a great time visiting my friends in DC, I couldn’t help but miss my boys. Fortunately, they were having fun of their own down in Florida. Exploring the aviation museum in dinosaur pajamas....
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Bike messenger ring bearer
Gabriel visited Lafayette Park for the first time on Sunday morning. We brought his bike along, and he cruised around as we showed him the pond, which was one of our favorite areas when we were first...
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Two
From a cuteness standpoint, two is a pretty great age. If we’re lucky, perhaps the year will be heavy on the cute and fun and light on the infamous “terrible.” Though perhaps as a sign of things to...
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Child labor
One of Matthew’s new crops this year was a bean that you grow for the dried bean. Theoretically, you can grow almost any kind of green bean until the seeds/beans fully ripen and the pods dry, but...
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2013 in photo review
In lieu of Christmas cards, I created a picture video to share with friends and family this year. I had a lot of fun making it, though next time around, I’ll create a shorter version — this is a bit...
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Polar vortex
Saturday afternoon, temperatures soared into the low 40s. There was still some slush and ice on our street, but most roads were completely clear, so I headed out for what may have been my last bike...
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Sir speaks
In the last four months, Gabriel has made huge progress in the speech and language department. The changes started in mid-December (just shy of 2 1/2 years old), when his vocabulary really took off —...
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Sir goes to school
Sir’s normal caregiver is on vacation for two weeks, so he is a guest student at “Baba’s school,” i.e., the Montessori preschool where my MIL teaches, this week and next. He will be an official...
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Blueberry boy
So, I did it. I sucked it up and went blueberry picking with my toddler. The night before, I posted this to Facebook: Torn about taking G blueberry picking tomorrow. It would be easier w/o him, and I...
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G at Three
My days of being able to write a post titled “G at Three” are numbered! I first started drafting this post almost a year ago, with a collection of cute words and phrases from my little guy: “I not...
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The best birthday in the whole world
We spent a good chunk of the weekend celebrating Gabriel’s fourth birthday with family and friends. Four is indeed a fun age, as evidenced by his excitement and enthusiasm for [almost] everything. The...
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