World of Julie

Posted on June 30th, 2010 under Ramona. Tags: bathtime, bottle, cheeks, diaper change, Eli, Henry, ramona, Zuzu. Comments: 7

Thank you, Sutswana, for the Best Birthday Gift Ever. See, Eli’s already well on his way to having that full beard by kindergarten. This also makes me think that anything from I Made You a Beard would be an excellent birthday present (especially if my children continue with the gnome obsession). Though I will say [...]

Posted on February 11th, 2010 under toys. Tags: birthday, Eli, Henry, moustache, mustache, self adhesive, Zuzu. Comments: 6

Today Eli is finally 4. Three seemed to last forever, I tell you. I can’t believe there’s still another year-and-a-half until he goes to kindergarten. I feel like he’s going to have a full beard by then. He’s been on a bit of a tear lately, pulling the same outrageous behavior he pulled before Christmas. [...]

Posted on February 9th, 2010 under Eli. Tags: birthday, cd, Eli, music, old macdonald, old man tucker, railroad, songs, vwa-pah. Comments: 10

Gnomes by Wil Huygen, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet When I was 7 years old or so, family friends of ours somehow acquired a copy of Gnomes. I honestly think I spent a good year looking at that book, ignoring everything around me, whenever we visited them. Recently it suddenly occurred to that Henry would love [...]

Posted on February 8th, 2010 under Children's Book of the Week. Tags: Children's Book of the Week, Eli, gnomes, Henry, rien poortvliet, song, song of the troll, wil huygen. Comments: 5

I’m sure you’ve all been wondering what Zuzu is doing, and, of course, more specifically, how her hair is doing. Well, I’m happy to report that it’s now long enough for pigtails. Although it’s funny how pigtails somehow instantly make her into Generic American Girl Child. She thinks they’re fun, though. More avant garde and [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2010 under Zuzu. Tags: barrettes, Eli, hair, pigtails, ponytails, Zuzu. Comments: 6

Ah, how I long for the days when you could just run in circles and it would pass for dancing.

Posted on December 24th, 2009 under Eli, Zuzu. Tags: circles, dance, Eli, pete seeger, video, Zuzu. Comments: None

Zuzu in a rare moment of taking after Eli (note his elbows leaning on the arm of the chair, as he’s saying, “That’s right, sister, the proper way to take a nap is to just randomly throw yourself on the furniture).

Posted on October 2nd, 2009 under Julie. Tags: Eli, nap, Zuzu. Comments: 3

Zuzu is so close to walking. In the meantime, she likes having people help her. Those of you with only one or two kids: this is why you have three. So that the older two can help the baby walk around the house, and you can spend your time doing important things, like hiding in [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2009 under Zuzu. Tags: Eli, happy, Henry, walk, Zuzu. Comments: 1

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 under Henry. Tags: Eli, Henry, pledge of allegiance, richard stans, video. Comments: 10