Gideon has a vacuum; Mara has a pencil; Kateri has a tree branch; Bernadette has a needle and thread and fabric; Isaiah has a book; Daddy has a saw; Grandma has a broom and clean laundry; Grandpa has a hammer and a piece of wood. Nailed it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Monday, November 08, 2021
Birthday Season 2021 is complete!
Left to Right: Isaiah is 13, Mara is 7, Gideon is 3, Bernadette is 11, Kateri is 9, and Pia is 5
Our baby shark (not such a baby anymore)!
Saturday, November 06, 2021
The last diapers
It was a risky venture, to decide to potty train Gideon without warning, while beginning a new school year and adding a new student (welcome to kindergarten, Pia!). There were bribes (M&Ms: official potty training candy of the Friedrichs family), power struggles, many many clothing changes, endless books read to the protesting potty sitter, and school lessons done or checked in the bathroom while Mama sat with him. When the dust settled, Gideon was happily wearing underpants, and our very last two packages of diapers were dropped off at Habitat, to be brought home by a new family. Onward!
First professional haircut
He swears he'll never let Mama cut his hair again, and we weren't sure he'd let Pam do it, either, but he did, and she was great!
Like Mama
All his life Gideon has watched me read before bed. On this night, I returned from the bathroom to find him immersed in the poems of Phillis Wheatley.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Saturday, January 30, 2021
In Pia's Words
(After being helped by her mother to blow her nose): "Thanks! Now I can snort like a warthog!"
"Behind the clouds, the sun looks like another cloud that caught on fire."
Mom (Trying to shoo Pia out of the bedroom): "I'm going to get ready for bed now."
Pia: "OK. I'll go. I don't want to see your butt."
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