Peanut

Peanut – 15 months

April 23, 2012

I was thinking the other day that if adults made the learning and discovery progress that babies and toddlers do, we would all be infinitely ahead of where we are.  That’s not to say that we’ve not made progress as adults, but the rate at which we learn and discover the world around us has slowed down [...]

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Easter, family, and our toddler

April 9, 2012

The memory that floods my mind as I recall last Easter is driving home from spending the day with family and seeing my baby in the rearview mirror.  As her reflection smiled back at me, I noticed that our infant became a baby overnight. This Easter, our little baby is a toddler.  I have no [...]

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Peanut’s outdoor adventures, continued

April 8, 2012

Happy Sunday!  This is going to be mostly pictures and my (totally unnecessary but (hopefully) slightly funny) commentary. “I’m the leader of this pack!” “Dad, you really need to do something about this thing you call ‘grass’.” “This dirt is so much fun, I have no idea why mom thinks it’s gross.” “Watcha got there, dad?” “Ah! [...]

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Kids, dirt and the great outdoors

April 7, 2012

As a kid growing up in Moscow, Russia I spent a lot of my time playing outside.  Although I lived in the city, I was allowed to play in the two playground that were outside of our big apartment building (24 floors).  I honestly cannot think of an afternoon, regardless of weather, that I wasn’t outside. I [...]

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