We have moved into the category of habitual, Bastien and I. If you’ve ever seen Fight Club, you know what I mean when I say we’re like Edward Norton and his group therapy addiction. Today we checked out Mother Goose Cafe at the Brighton Public Library. Being in a more cosmopolitan city and all, this [...]

Bastien is really getting into the swing of Toddler Time at the library. What I don’t understand is how he was able to NOT MOVE A MUSCLE throughout the reading of FOUR straight books today. Perhaps it was the riveting subject matter (scary, scary dinos)? Regardless, until this morning, I was unaware that such rapt [...]

Here’s what he picked for the car ride to Grandma B’s this morning. He hurled it from his car seat onto the floor about 23 minutes in. Either he finished, or he couldn’t take another page about the World State. Not sure.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet, we proudly welcome you to the Grand Opening of Bastien’s New Room. The good news? He LOVES it. And we should hope so after two grueling* trips to IKEA. *trust me, I am sparing you from a litany of pregnant-woman-shopping-with-child-and-driving-through-arctic-snowstorm-grumblings with this word choice. Several times a day, at [...]

Whoa, this has to go down on my list of best days ever. Just look at what showed up in our mailbox! Here is where I interject with a back-story about how we live next door to a small army of a family. I believe they are at 8 children and counting. Periodically, a handful [...]

To celebrate this big milestone, we dutifully attended our well-baby visit. Bastien’s not a big fan of doctors or nurses these days as it turns out. But we managed to suffer through. Pacifier, how we do love you. The nurse tried to convince me that his head doesn’t look that weird and anyway it’s the [...]