Tuesday we were up and out early because Amanda had to go their NYC office, so Charlie and I ate breakfast outside and watched the trains, walked by the waterfront, and played at the playground before daycare. That was nice. Saturday morning we did the same thing as a family, and that was great too.…

I haven’t posted in a couple weeks. We were getting ready for a trip and then on said trip. We are home now and I’m back to my regularly scheduled blogging. We spent a week in California. This was Charlie’s first plane ride and he was a champ. No crying, took a decent nap on…

Within the span of a week, the trees went from having no leaves to the majority having leaves! Things are looking pretty green. We’ve been spending a lot of time outside this week. Walks in the woods, swinging, climbing, lunches and dinners on the deck, watching the excavator and dump truck working across the street,…

On Friday I built Charlie a climbing wall on one side of his swing set. He took to it immediately and surprised us with how well he climbs. I made the holds a little far apart for his feet, so we help him with his foot placement right now, but he does most of the…

Out in the garden, radishes and spinach seeds have sprouted. 🌱 Inside, tomatillos and tomatoes are doing great, and red lipstick peppers just sprouted. Did you know most peppers and tomatoes are perennials? They can’t survive the winter in the north, but they’ll live for many years in the tropics. We’ve been quizzing Charlie regularly…

Spring is here! Nice to hear the frogs again in the wet areas of the woods. No wildflowers appearing just yet, but Charlie and I are keeping our eyes peeled on our walks. I like the woods in early Spring. Warm enough to not need a coat, no bugs yet, and you can see a…

Amanda and I both got strep throat this week, Amanda early in the week and me at the end of the week. I’m writing this Sunday night in bed with a fever. I was supposed to be on jury duty tomorrow, but I’ll have to call and ask for a deferral tomorrow. The nor’easter that…

This week was kind of a blur. I had to go back through photos and text messages to piece it together. This week I also spent quite a bit of time planning out some house projects. We want to renovate the attic and turn it into a third floor living space, so I was on…

Monday was my birthday! We celebrated the day before with a day trip to Kingston and Woodstock, where we visited a bunch of indie bookstores and two restaurants I’ve wanted to try. It was a really nice day! The find of the day was the full Sandman series, each book signed by Gaiman, at regular…

Busy week! My parents were in town last weekend, so I published my weekly post early and was offline for most of the weekend. They helped us put in new bookshelves in my office and moved the chalk board. I love it! This opens up the space and gives it more of a study feel…

Sleep training toddlers is not for the faint of heart. Unfortunately, while sleep training a toddler this week, I learned that I am faint of heart. It did get easier by the fifth night. I don’t have a lot to say this week. Work was pretty stressful, which coupled with the lack of sleep was…

Charlie has been engaging this week. It is fun watching him make the leaps where he wakes up one day and has new skills. He seems to understand more of our language and is trying to string it together himself, doing some solo imaginative play, and noticing even the smallest things. He is saying Momma…

After I posted last week’s update, we went to Beacon, NY, and had a nice family day exploring parts of Main St that we haven’t gone to yet. Charlie walked almost a mile on his own and overall we had a really good time. We had burgers and fries at Meyer’s Olde Dutch, which we…

Birria tacos, rowing, toddler joys and woes, residual sickness, website updates, and house projects.

Remember how last week we thought Charlie had RSV? It turns out we were wrong and he had the flu. I know because I got it on Sunday and had to see a doctor on Thursday due to dehydration. It hit me like a truck on Sunday and I spent 90% of my time Sun-Thurs…

New year! 2023! The prime factors of 2023 are 7 and 17. Charlie walking more has opened up additional entertainment possibilities. One of my favorite activities is walking by the Peekskill waterfront, and now he enjoys it, too! We walked a lot before he could walk, too, but carrying him the whole way got tiring…

We spent Christmas in Ohio. We left a day early to avoid the major snowstorm and single digit temps, but the weather during the drive was still pretty rough. It snowed for the first four hours, then rained for the second four hours. With very little traction, we narrowly avoided hitting a car that had…

I had my Mastodon username in my Twitter bio before the rule changes went up. I wonder how long it will be before I get suspended? 🤷‍♂️ Edit: The rule change link now goes to a 404. Constant rule changes are a great indication of a healthy platform. It was very cool to see art…

Charlie in his “that” phase. He points to things constantly throughout the day asks what they are by saying “that?”. Sometimes it takes a tired daddy a few seconds to remember what a kettle is called first thing in the morning. We got invited to a play date with some kids who were a year…