World of Julie

Mostly they run in circles. Though sometimes they bop back and forth. Sorry for Dance Style #2 being so far away, but I was afraid if I got closer they would know what I was doing and would stop. I felt a little like I was hiding in the brush taking video of wildebeests in [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2010 under Eli, Henry, Zuzu. Tags: belle stars, dance, dancing, ford econoline, iko iko, nanci griffith. Comments: 1

We’ve been compiling Eli’s birthday CD. While Henry’s birthday CDs always tend toward the alt-folk-country genre, Eli has requested that all the songs on his CD be “loud” and also danceable. We’ve been testing the second factor as best we can. Ok, so this first one isn’t so much for the dancing as to show [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2010 under Eli, Henry, Zuzu. Tags: birthday, dancing, happy hour, housemartins, j geils band, the jam, town called malice, whammer jammer. Comments: 1

I haven’t yet explained to Henry that this sign really just invites in his enemies.

Posted on December 29th, 2009 under Henry. Tags: Henry, no buddy come in, sign. Comments: 2

I love this so much I can hardly stand it.

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 under Henry. Tags: drawing, Henry, muppet show, muppets. Comments: 8

Posted on November 26th, 2009 under Eli, Henry, Zuzu. Tags: apples, clementines, holidays, magic cabin, pajamas, squash, sweet potatoes, thanksgiving. Comments: 2

Ok, what is it with my kids asking Santa for impossible items? Is it because they don’t watch television? If they watched TV they’d just ask for some Matchbox raceway they saw on a commercial. But no. Here’s what it says: “Dear Santa Claus, Please give us a pet bush baby and a pickax with [...]

Posted on November 18th, 2009 under Eli, Henry. Tags: bush baby, letter, pickax, santa. Comments: 14

Why do I let myself get all worked up about stupid Halloween costumes? This year Eli wanted to be a crossing guard, and I scoured the internet until I found just the thing (which is, in fact, a real crossing guard outfit, since it turns out no other child in the history of Halloween has [...]

Posted on November 12th, 2009 under Eli, Henry, Zuzu. Tags: alien penguin, candy, crossing guard, eeyore, halloween, holidays, spider, turtle. Comments: 1

So while Henry has his own rituals for the morning of the first day of school, the afternoon of the first day of school had him peeling off his clothes and climbing into Dave and my bed. Which led Eli and Zuzu to join in, which led to this, one of my favorite photos of [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 under Eli, Henry, Zuzu. Tags: bed, first day, love, siblings, snuggle. Comments: 4

The Tooth Fairy has visited us twice in the last few weeks. (Ok, well, the first time she kind of forgot about it and had to sneak back in the morning, very sneakily, while Henry was awake but Eli still asleep on the bottom bunk. Frankly we’re impressed she pulled this off.) Losing teeth makes [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2009 under Henry. Tags: missing, teeth, tooth fairy. Comments: 2