October 10, 2011 – 1:58 am
helen is visiting us this week in chapel hill! after church we went to “weathervane restaurant” for an authentic southern brunch, complete with biscuits and grits. i think the waiter thought we were a bit dim for asking “what are grits?”, a southern staple. but now we know, it’s kind of like a porridge made read more »
October 8, 2011 – 9:00 am
happy 13 months! and to celebrate, here’s another meal time video.
October 7, 2011 – 9:00 am
i’m not wearing my pants… but you can’t catch me! learning to climb. eek! reading our vintage richard scarry book. it was a gift to me from my cousin marjorie, dated june 1980. still good! that face.
October 5, 2011 – 9:10 am
grocery shopping at whole foods. green beans, yeah! i like the colour blocking.
October 3, 2011 – 9:00 am
we checked out “Festifall”, an annual arts festival right in downtown chapel hill. initially we thought we might take the free local bus and avoid parking. we waited for 30 minutes until a kind passer-by stopped and told us there are no buses on sundays. riiiight. luckily it was a beautiful day so no harm read more »
October 2, 2011 – 10:57 pm
as we continue getting to know the area, we recenty discovered a baby store: buy buy baby. everything we might need and more. sippy cup, anyone?
September 28, 2011 – 10:43 am
eating breakfast can be hard work sometimes. this is what happens when instead of the usual 7:00AM, you wake up at 5:30AM and then play for two hours (with a sleepy mommy) before breakfast.
September 26, 2011 – 8:00 am
there was an annual music festival in carrboro this weekend. carrboro is the town right next to chapel hill. we spent a couple of hours exploring the area and taking in the sights and sounds of the day. some wall art: people watching: we enjoyed our first ‘locopops’! locally made frozen popsicles, perfect for the read more »
September 25, 2011 – 8:00 am
what’s more fun than playing inside a playpen? throwing every toy outside the playpen of course. i want out.
September 24, 2011 – 12:12 am
tonight we were kindly invited to join one of joe’s UNC colleagues for a friday shabbat dinner. we have never experienced one before so it was very enlightening to be part of the ritual and meal. challah bread shabbat candles making friends