Kate: 20 Months   I’ve been having fun introducing Kate to arts & crafts.  First it was crayons, then came play dough–and now fingerpainting!  Kate is very cautious by nature so I wasn’t quite sure how she’d like fingerpainting, but she loves smearing spilled milk all over the table so I had a feeling this

Kate: 18 Months I know eventually we’re going to rue the day she learned to form words—but that certainly isn’t happening anytime soon!  We continue to be amazed, amazed, amazed by the things that come out of Kate’s mouth.  I’ve stopped writing her words down because I don’t think there’s anything she can’t say at

A recent exchange between Kate and her Grandma Pam: Grandma: You are the cutest little girl in the whole wide world!Kate: Amen.

Earlier this summer–after weeks of peeling Kate’s sweaty hair off the back of her neck, and a lunch featuring tequila–I decided to give Kate her first haircut. My friend Allison was in town and helped document this little milestone. We sat Kate in her booster seat, but she wasn’t sure why she was suddenly facing

I introduced Kate to sidewalk chalk a few weeks ago on one of our Momdays, and even though she was much more interested in carrying the chalk around and getting more on her shirt than our driveway, it was still a huge hit.  After a few minutes of wandering around with her new colorful treasures,