Year 5, Day 142

With pillows and cushions once again strewn about the living room today, I was forced to issue a mandate before bedtime: clean this room up...or else. To my surprise, Miles called upstairs just a few minutes later declaring he had restored the couch to its former state. I came downstairs to find that...eh, well, he … Continue reading Year 5, Day 142 →

Year 3, Day 252

Miles asked for me as soon as he woke up this morning, wanting to "trick daddy" (as is so very often the case). He was saddened to find that I wasn't at home, because I was currently standing outside of one of Charlotte's voting precincts. I've been pretty politically inclined since the mid-00s, but I … Continue reading Year 3, Day 252 →

Year 3, Day 35

When our friends from Europe visited last November, they brought Miles a farm animal matching game that allows kids to string together a series of animals and props to mirror sequences on a card. While he doesn't quite understand how to match these sequences, he loves playing with the figures, cards, and (weirdly) the instruction … Continue reading Year 3, Day 35 →

Day 88

Today, the nanny let Jaclyn know that Miles burped so loudly this morning that it actually made him jump. This baby finds new ways to impress me all the time, in ways that I was unprepared for. I just hope I bear witness to these achievements as often as possible.