Family Life

Micah is learning to walk. He’ll wander around as far as he can go, supported by furniture or the assorted parental leg. Sometimes he’ll stand unassisted for a second or two, and occasionally he’ll take a free step between one support and the next. He takes great delight in pushing the limits of his skills, [...]

Micah is growing up. A little while ago he got the hang of proper crawling, and now he’s a speedy baby, zooming off with great haste to where he’s not supposed to be. The more he’s forbidden the faster he’ll go. It’s a manifestation of his contrary nature coupled with the new-found skill of locomotion. [...]

We registered Daniel for kindergarten today. He’d been looking forward to going to “his” school all week, and as we were getting ready to go he asked, “How do we get there?” I said we’d walk. “No, I think we should get in the car and drive to school.” It’s 304 meters door-to-door. It’s really [...]

Success! Debbie did a masterful job at decorating Daniel’s birthday cake, as predicted. In the past she’d been plagued by icing that was too runny, so she made it extra-thick. It looked more like Play-Doh than icing, something that could be molded and shaped, laid down like wallpaper rather than paint. Decorating was easier that [...]

We were invited out to lunch today by Pat & Ruth, friends from church. It’s always a treat to relax and not have to prepare a meal and clean up afterwards, especially at a kid-friendly home such as theirs. Today’s visit was all the more memorable because they had some gifts for the children (and [...]