Survived: 7 hours in the car and a new camera

We’re visiting the inlaws in New Jersey, and made our way by starlight this morning down along open highways to get here around noon. Seven hours, give or take, and Bean survived. So much to post about–perhaps tomorrow when we have leisure time and Bean’s grandparents are doting on him. Noteworthy: we purchased a new [...]

Yummy

See his tongue?? He tries to stand now, all of the time. Munching on the edges of the coffee table, chairs, our knees. His little wobbly legs push him up frantically, his feet tipy-toed. He sways about like a drunk with a hula hoop. Time to move everything another level up. The surface of the [...]

Studio Friday: Paytime

I put watercolor paints on a plate and let Bean play. This is what he made. Click on the picture for more photos of us in action. Tweet

Self Portrait Tuesday: September Body Part Challenge

My feet, bare, in flip flops all summer. Since I got pregnant last year, they’ve been unadorned—I couldn’t reach my toes, for my belly. Now, I never have the time to fuss with nail lacquer and little brushes. My feet are strong and tan. My toes, nimble. I can pick things up with them, or [...]

The effect that crawling has had on my brain

The boy, he gets into mischief ALL THE TIME. Because our house is small, single storied, and mostly free of hazards, we give Bean more or less free reign of the place, as we go about daily activities. And he loves this. Going from room to room, investigating. He crawls FAST now. FASTER when he [...]