Here, for your enjoyment, are three videos from the past month or so. 1) For about three days in early August, Eleanor was obsessed with the new chair in our bedroom (and who wouldn’t be with that fabulous fabric?!). First, she just wanted to climb onto and sit in the chair. Hence this series of [...]
Entries from August 29th, 2010
Above Average Anniversary
August 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Minnesota, Moving, Northfield
Fair warning, folks: I’m going to get all “Sunrise, Sunset” in this post so if you’re not in the mood, move on. We’ve been in Northfield for just over a year now. I remember when we were making final plans to choose Northfield over New York City, I warned Dan that I would likely cry [...]
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And we’re back…
August 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · The cottage
…after a fabulous week of swimming, tubing, bbqing, sunning, hug-a-boarding, reading, complicated german board game playing, drinking, socializing and relaxing at the cottage. Eleanor was a champ: she didn’t skip a beat in her sleep routine. That, combined with my mom’s willingness to take Eleanor every morning when she woke up, meant two very well-rested, happy [...]
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How to play with a 1-year-old
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · EDG, Visitors
We are off to my family’s cottage in Ontario for a week tomorrow. It has been a little over a year since we were there last. We’re looking forward to a more relaxing time this time around and we’ll also be seeing lots of good friends. Speaking of good friends, we had a 24 hour [...]
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Fetch
August 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Belly, EDG
Dan and I had a conversation last week about Eleanor’s intelligence vis a vis a dog’s. He claimed she was approaching the intelligence of a Border Collie. I pointed out that Eleanor couldn’t herd sheep or sort colored objects or do anything so sophisticated. Dan scaled back his claim and stated that maybe Eleanor’s intelligence [...]
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