we have been blessed with a baby who sleeps. sometimes in the afternoon she insists on sleeping on a perpetually moving person, but that’s okay, cuz at night she now goes to bed in her crib with some indignant calling before she gives up and falls asleep… for 5 hours in a row! that is read more
after a few weeks of online sermons, we finally made it to church as a family for the first time a few sundays ago. rebecca was able to sit in the sanctuary with us and listen too.
instead of candy, we got dinner! fig, prosciutto and mint crostini: pasta carbonara (both appetizer and pasta were from jamie oliver): pumpkin spice donuts from granville island: thank you auntie helen!
after church on sunday, we went to granville island so helen could buy groceries for dinner. it was the perfect opportunity to take baby out in the stroller. beautiful fruit stand she was still in her lion costume and had a lot of admirers… someone even asked to take a photo of her! stay tuned read more
i initially didn’t think i would get rebecca a hallowe’en costume, but at the last minute i decided i couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make her wear cute animal ears. inspired by a pair of adorable lion booties (thank you walter and gertrud!), i managed to sew her a little lion hoodie and vest, read more
more friends have dropped by to say hello… thanks everybody! uncle joe, auntie cecilia and company auntie yvonne, uncle avery and evangeline uncle kimu and auntie angie auntie julie and liz auntie janet
yes, big brother is always watching. we love our video monitor which provides endless hours of entertainment. thanks elizabeth and aunt agnes! getting some tummy time:
well that’s what her shirt says, and we tend to agree. getting more and more fun expressions… hein? phbbt.
we brought rebecca to meet her great-grandma (and only great-grandparent) last week. it was a very special visit and amazing to see my grandma respond and smile at her, despite her dementia. four generations!
The Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago has a new special exhibit on the invention(s) of writing. The reason I mention this is because I contributed an article (on the beginnings of alphabetic writing) to the museum catalogue, which is available for free download (click on the image below to follow the link): read more