Archive for the 'development' Category

Bikes and problem solving

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Spencer riding his strider bike

Spencer riding his strider bike

A couple days ago around 7:30 p.m. Spencer wanted to go to his friends Tao’s house. I figured they were getting ready for bed, so instead, I suggested that he ride his bike. After I suggested this, he started to get in the car. I figured he had decided that he wanted to pretend to [...]

Meg in the bumbo

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Meg in the bumbo chair

Meg in the bumbo chair

We started putting Meg in the bumbo chair a few weeks ago. She seems to be doing pretty well in it, and it is nice for dinner time. We can set her in the bumbo on the table, so that we can all eat dinner together.

Spencer the photographer

Friday, April 15th, 2011
Spencer the photographer

Spencer the photographer

Spencer has been showing quite an interest in taking pictures recently. He is pretty good with both the DSLR and the point and shoot. For now he mostly pretends to take pictures, but I am sure that pretty soon he will actually be snapping some photos.

Brother and sister

Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Spencer gives Meg a bottle

Spencer gives Meg a bottle

Although this week was a bit rough with Spencer fighting bedtime from anywhere between 15 minutes of whining and 2 hours of screaming, he is still a really awesome kid, and a great big brother. Yesterday morning Clare was nursing Meg, and Spencer decided he wanted to help, so he brought Meg a bottle from [...]

One week old

Monday, March 7th, 2011
Meg relaxing on the couch

Meg relaxing on the couch

Margaret turned one week old yesterday. To celebrate, we took her on her first car trip – to Woody’s pizza in Golden, where we met our friends from around the block – Rick, Alisa, and Tao.Meg wasn’t too wild about being in the car, but calmed down once it was moving. She is doing pretty [...]