Cupcakes and Commentary

April really flew by! Here’s a re-cap in pictures of some of the quieter moments of our month… Taking a cat nap…. Working on a little coloring…. Having a snack and drink outside…

I was super excited to read the next post from Erin Cobb’s blog series that I have been following. This series was entitled “Be Different” and was all about focusing on the different moments than the standard shots that you get at birthdays, holidays, etc. When I was thinking about the “different” shots I first [...]

Last year, I peered out at our garden with a mix of sympathy and dread for the poor little ailing plants. There is a short on Sesame Street that’s called Desperate Houseplants (yes a spin on the show Desperate Housewives). Every time I see it I laugh because that’s how I imagined our plants talking. [...]

Oh goodness. I had been told that the height of stranger anxiety/separation anxiety was around fifteen, then eighteen months. I am waiting for it to finally subside at least so my hair will stop going gray. I don’t think my little cupcake realizes I can only get it colored every six weeks. Why am I [...]

I have spent quite a bit of time trying to take better pictures of our little cupcake. My goal is to be able to take a few pictures and have them turn out well, rather than taking many pictures and have them not turn out all. I got inspired from some lessons on Erin Cobb’s [...]

Some gorgeous new basil…. So much easier when you buy the plant instead of trying to revive a plant! Tiny yellow flowers waiting to become pah-toe-toes (or tomatoes as you might call them.) And the cabbage might become a cabbage patch after all!

Although the eighteen month mark was a few days ago, I have not yet gotten this post together. I could list all of the important landmark stats, but as I was writing this I found myself think more of all of the things that are so markedly Super A right now. So here they are…. [...]

Outside + Hose + Water = Happy Boy

I never had ear infections. I had pretty much everything else, but I cannot remember being told I had any significant ear infections. Apparently every cold that A catches turns into an ear infection. Last November we headed out to Virginia for Thanksgiving. What began as a slight cold Sunday night was a raging ear [...]

Just doing a little housework… Taking a break….