No Tricks, Just Treats

Dining in on Halloween, not so scary. Tomorrow, we try peas.

Carolyne joined me in the office this afternoon for a meeting, although she spent the time with my co-workers instead. Left with (to her) people she barely knows, she did fine, of course. After lunch we embarked on a tour of the newsroom, where she [...]

Spitting Image

A month or so ago, I was fond of repeating a phrase I read in an article in the New Yorker about research on infants. It described the research subjects as having the “grave dignity of the pre-verbal” when working on their tasks. Carolyne would display it when “working” in her aquarium toy.
Well, I think [...]

Milestones

Today I did something I’ve never done as a parent: I bought diapers. Now, before you start thinking that Carolyne has spent the past five months without diapers, let me explain. We have very, very generous relatives, including a great-aunt who built and sent us a genuine diaper cake. And it’s not like we’re out [...]

Carolyne on the Hill

Today seemed like a good day for an indoor activity, so we drove down to Capitol Hill and visited the Library of Congress. Both Leslye and I consider it one of our favorite places to go in D.C. Turns out that in addition to great collections and exhibits, the LoC also has fabulous bathrooms (a [...]

Shrieking

So, the solid food introduction is coming along pretty well, I think: we’ve established that the rice cereal only works if it has a thicker consistency, like oatmeal. And if it’s mixed in with the sweet potatoes, so much the better. For some reason, Carolyne also has found our various sound effects that accompany the [...]