I just had one of the sweetest moments I’ve had so far as a parent. I was cleaning some things up in the kitchen and bumped my hand and said “ow!” Brad asked me what had happened and I said I hurt my hand. Eva, who was playing by herself and didn’t appear to be …
Yearly Archives: 2010
Eva the Handywoman
One of the necessities of living in a very small house with a child is that we don’t allow ourselves to acquire too much needless gear for her. Eva’s room is too small for anything other than her crib, dresser, rocking chair and one little bookshelf. So we only have a few big toys at …
NoNoNoNo
This video is pretty representative of what Eva’s like these days. She was playing with the screwdriver trying to disassemble this toy but as soon as I tried to get a video of it, she had other ideas. Because whatever I’m doing is ten times more interesting than whatever she’s doing.
Insomnia
One of the first things that happened when I got home today was one of my kitchen cabinet doors broke off as I was opening it (gently and normally, I swear). The wood just broke right away from the top hinge and the door stuck out at a crazy angle, held on by only the …
