Family Life

Micah has a tooth! He’s a one-toothed wonder, soon to become a two-toothed terror. If you peer at the photo closely enough, you can see his tooth. Click the picture to get a larger size. There’s another tooth right beside it, under the surface, but I don’t think you can tell in this photo. Micah [...]

Monday nights are swimming classes. Dinner eaten in a hurry, bag packed, boys changed into swimming gear. Daniel and Joel had both had a nap this afternoon and were ready for the evening. When we arrived home after swimming, Daniel announced that he had done everything his instructor asked. He was proud of himself, to [...]

There’s not a lot I can recommend about the responsibilities of adult life, particularly the responsibilities of a parent. The to-do list never ends. First there are the general essentials: grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, laundry, ironing, vacuuming, going to work every day. Then there are the parent-specific essentials: dressing kids, feeding kids, taking them [...]

Today Micah started on solids. Mind you, the word “solids” is relative. These are the runniest solids I’ve ever seen. If you or I had this diet, they’d say we were on liquids. But it’s a memorable occasion for a small baby, as he graduates from being exclusively breast-fed to venture into the wonderful world [...]

Micah is teething. This is not a pleasant experience for him. It is not brief. It is not quiet. When his teeth trouble him, he screams and screams and screams. For an hour at a time. It makes no difference if he’s being carried and comforted, or if he’s left to fend for himself on [...]