toddler-hiking! [236.365]

We joined a Meetup group of folks who want to go hiking locally with their toddlers, and today was the first meetup. We went to Mendon Ponds and did a 2.2 mile hike and met some new friends and it was nice, though after M bit it (HARD) a few times by running like a…

scenes from a ridiculously long walk. [230.365]

We went on a ridiculously long walk this morning, on this first day of the two weeks where M doesn't have morning camp (her school starts back the Wednesday after Labor Day for her - mine of course starts on that Tuesday, so that's super fun!). We walked to the post-office to mail the package…

busy day. [188.365]

Me and my girl, taking a break on our 4.16 mile walk to sit on one of the benches in Highland Park. Today's accomplishments: finishing a (way too long) draft of my defense talk and sending it to my advisor (we meet tomorrow), doing a load of laundry, taking care of a missing blood test…

little runner. [186.365]

Took a break from defense prep to do a 2 playground walk with both A and M on Saturday. At the second playground, she announced that she was going to run away from me, and I caught this amazing grin as she took off. Kiddo, I may not be able to run regularly anymore, but…

walking home from campus. [99.365]

It was finally nice enough that I could walk all of the way home from campus after work, instead of taking the bus partway. It's just under 2.25 miles to walk from my office in the library to our house, and I booked it today - under 30 minutes! I've really missed getting that little…

big baby. [90.365]

M loves when I hold her like a "big baby" (that's how she asks for it, too - she says "hold me like big baby, mama?"). She is SO big. She's over 37" tall and 33-ish pounds. I'm 63" tall and 100 pounds. It's...kind of comical when I carry her around like this. I'm going…