From the monthly archives:

January 2005

The Diva Drop

January 28, 2005

Rio is ‘eating’ solid food these days. This means that she sits in a high chair at the table with us and happily throws everything handed to her off the edge of the little tray attached to her high chair. In our house, this maneuver is called the Diva Drop. The babe, unfortunately, appears to [...]

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when will she walk?

January 25, 2005

Me: You think Rio will walk soon? M: I don’t know. She seems to have plateaued. It’s like she’s happy doing what she’s doing, standing and crawling. Me: You’re right. She’s really good at those things. She crawls super fast. Rio, while we are talking, drops what she’s doing and casually walks the three or [...]

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growth spurt

January 20, 2005

Rio: Took her first step! We were sitting around the farmhouse up in Vermont and she clearly wanted to go to Martin, but she had a toy in her hand, so she put one foot and the other forward, reaching for him. She did not fall on her butt, but stood there garnering applause. Right [...]

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Full Moon Work Crew

January 7, 2005

I just read this great idea in a Mothering article, where a group of families gets together at each other’s houses once a month and does home improvement projects; stuff that requires more personpower than they might otherwise have available. They rotate, so everyone gets one work party a year at their house. The host [...]