Posts by: phillygil

Recent Play Dates with the Birthday Twin (one of them, anyway!)

Sylvie has already met several babies who share her birthday, but none have quite as much in common with her as Emmeline. Sylvie and Emmie were both born on May 29th, both have double cowlicks and crazy baby hair, both hate naps, and both love playing with pet toys and random found objects much more [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Third One in a Row Means Mama’s Slacking Edition

Wordless Wednesday: Baby in the Box Edition

Wordless Wednesday: Stairmaster Edition

Sunny Saturday fun

Jon and Sylvie had some special Saturday morning time together while I hit a couple of yard sales. Hooray for yard sale season! It was pretty much a bust except for an awesome pair of OshKosh overalls. There are pictures somewhere out there of me wearing the same exact ones in 1980 or so. They [...]

A rockin’ Earth Day

We celebrated Earth Day’s 40th anniversary in Boston at a free They Might Be Giants concert on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. It was pretty much an all-day affair, and we headed down there with Kathy, Phoebe, Julia, Kate, and Sadie. The place was packed with people and the weather was doing all sorts of crazy [...]

Tumble Monday

Daddy had an extra weekend day this past Monday, thanks to one of the two pseudo-holidays we have here in Massachusetts (“Patriots Day” just happens to fall on Marathon Monday, as “Evacuation Day” just happens to fall on St. Patrick’s Day – such coincidences!) We used this extra family time to check out a local [...]

Wordless Wednesday: My Buddy Beanie Edition

Dear Sylvie (at 10 months)

Dear Big Girl, Boy am I late with this one! You’re closer to 11 months old at this point, and here I am, just finally jotting down your latest antics. I just can’t seem to find the energy in the evenings lately because you are one busy little beaver during the day. And no, I [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Baby Gap Edition