It's a Boy!

After many years of gender confusion, Pace emerges male!



On Monday, Jan. 25th over 6 inches of naturally streaked, slightly wavy hair fell to the floor, precipitated by a generation of pant-and truck-wearing preschool girls who have successfully blurred the gender lines enough to necessitate turning stunning long-haired boys into perfectly ordinary short-hairs.

Pace's comment? "I can play catch now! My hair doesn't get in my eyes when I run and jump. And mom doesn't make me practice flipping hair out of my face or tucking it behind my ears."

Mom and dad concede that it was perhaps a little long!

The Last Days of Summer

Temperatures dropped 45 degrees overnight and it has begun to rain. So whether we're ready or not, it seems summer is over and harvesting is here.
The green beans grew up corn stalks; we have huge pumpkins and winter squash; our apple tree is heavy with fruit; our cherry tomatoes spilled out all over the garden.




So in spite of our chickens helping themselves to many ears of corn before we could get a taste, it was a very successful and fun planting year.

Lucky for Pace, the mint, which is his and the chicken's favorite thing to feast on in the garden, will overwinter. Story time in the garden, however, may have to wait till Spring.


Hoping the hens will soon start laying eggs, Pace decided introducing them to Tillie in "Tillie Lays an Egg" would be the perfect way to prepare them.

And the biggest shock to our family....
ANDY IS 30!

Lots of PICTURES!!

Here is a recap of the entire last 5 months that we haven't posted images on our blog. There are several posts for all of the images, so that they can be briefly catagorized/captioned, so be sure to keep looking back in our posts.

The first post in the series is Feb - March 2009, so you can start there.

The whole "pictures in order" thing didn't really work out, so the order of the captions and the order of the pictures isn't quite the same, but I figure you'll all have fun with the guesswork :)

If you want to hear more about what we've actually been doing, please scroll down to the June 28th "Spring Recap" post.

Thanks friends and family for your patience!!

2009 Pics: July

In which: we get chickens(!!); Pace shows off his lion balloon from the Farmer's Market; Satya is ready for a bike ride (and cute); Grant, Pace, Satya, and Kira have a "farewell to Grant" trip to the park and ride on rides; the chicken coop is finished and the chickens celebrate by climbing on Andy's back; the chickens sabotage Andy's attempt to work outside.

2009 Pics: May - June

In which: Pace shows off the pear tree and eats mint and collard greens in the garden, Satya plays with Jan at the Children's Museum, Kira and the kids do their hair 80's style, Grant reads with the kids, and Andy and Kira go to a wedding in Boston.

2009 Pics: March

In which: Andy's parents come out and we all celebrate Easter!

Pics 2009: Feb - March

In which Ellen visits and reads to Pace about the moon, Kira and her dad have their birthdays, the kids help Andy take out the trash, Pace makes a salad, and the kids continue to look cute.