Farewell to the Television

Today we say goodbye to our cable contract. Yippee! Since I noticed Kazuo being attracted to the vivid and constantly changing images on the television, I have made a point of keeping it off whenever he is awake. And to be honest, I don’t turn it on during his nap times anyway. So really, the […]

Weekend of Wonderfulness

So this past weekend we went on a holiday to the Ozarks with some of our lovely St Louis friends. We stayed at a Camphill Community home in the countryside – an oasis of calm with baby chicks, hens that roost in trees, lots of perfectly mown pathways through the fields and a spacious and […]

Eating Solidly

So yesterday Kazuo passed the five months mark and he is daily adding new skills or we are discovering entertaining little facets of his personality. The most recent development, initiated by his parents, has been the introduction of solids. Well… mush really… real solid food is sometime off. So we started on Sunday evening, but […]

I am Back… I Hope…

Well, a few intense months have passed. And I think I may now be able to get into some kind of routine that means I can post here more often. We moved house… with a four month old baby, that felt like quite a feat, and I am in awe of the friends who have […]

Getting There

Where have the days gone? Our little guy has been with us for nearly 8 weeks now and it all seems to have passed in a blur. I look around me and see jobs piling up and wonder when I will ever have the energy or the time to get on with doing things that […]

He Made It!

One week on and I can report that our new wee man is doing well. He made his entrance last Friday and has been making himself at home since. Since his arrival, it seemed that nothing about me was working anymore… though now I can see that things are starting to heal, and I am […]

The Waiting is almost Over

So change is afoot. The main thing I have been doing while not working, is working on getting ready for the emergence of our new family member. I have created toys, sewed and knitted clothing and covered/sewed new bedding for the crib. I have also covered many cushions and items of cheap furniture that we […]