Civic Doody

On this election day, Carolyne went to the polls twice - she’s learning the Chicago style of politics, we like to say. First I took her to our polling location around 11:30 a.m., where we had about a 3-4 minute wait to vote. I had hoped to get a picture, but Mr. Johnny On the [...]

Sundays

We’re not sure why, or even how she knows, but Carolyne seems to treat Sundays very differently from other days. For starters, she usually sleeps in, which is mystifying to us. One morning we hauled her out of the crib at 10 a.m. because we were going to be late for church if she continued [...]

Round Two: Peas

I sure like sweet potatoes, but if we keep feeding them to Carolyne she’ll start to turn orange, so it’s onto another vegetable. Peas. For me, this is sort of like the scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” when Indiana Jones goes into the pit with all of the snakes: “Peas. Why’d it have [...]

Rolling Over, Officially

With Lill Kitty looking on and providing encouragement, Carolyne figured out the rolling over onto her back trick and displayed her new talent several times this afternoon. She’s still working on perfecting it, but she’s very happy with the results so far (as are her parents). Now she knows that something good can come from [...]

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 [...]