Category: Happenings

Emrick’s First Professional Haircut, aka Long Time No Post

Emrick was born with a full head of hair: I know they say that babies who are born with lots of hair usually have it all fall out within a couple of months, but Emrick’s never did. Well, not most of it anyway. It thinned out on the sides quite a bit when he was …

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Alllllllrighty Then!

Ok! I better get a post up here before the ladies rally together and show up at my door with pitchforks! It has been a dreary few weeks. After a long stretch of single-digit temperatures and snowy weather, we are now in a long stretch of “Unhealthy” air quality warnings. A thick blanket of fog, …

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Happy New Year. I guess.

Hello, everyone. I apologize for the lack of any kind of Holiday posts this season (or any posts at all!). I had planned to do a bunch of posts in the days before Christmas, and through the end of the year, but we’re all pretty much getting our butts kicked with illnesses of one variety …

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Backtracking 2

As you may recall from the Halloween post, Emrick didn’t get to eat any of the special orange cupcakes I made on Halloween night. So the next evening, after dinner, he was in for a real treat! Yes. He ate it all up! In other news… Emrick has known the word “outlet” for a long …

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Tricker Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeat!

So, where were we? Oh yes. We had settled on a greaser costume for Emrick. It was easy, comfortable, cheap (only the price of the Hanes shirts was spent!), and as it turned out, totally adorable. And here is where I should explain Marcus’ costume, which is partly visible in this photo. He is dressed …

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Silly Monkey: A Halloween Post

The Halloween celebration began for us on Sunday. That’s when Marcus carved one of the pumpkins we’d bought the weekend before while Emrick observed. We waited until it was dark, and then we put a couple of tealights inside of it and placed Marcus’ Jack-O-Lantern on the porch. Emrick has been fascinated with candles — …

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