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Happy Sixth Birthday, Superstar! In my previous birthday letters, I talked about waiting for the “magic switch,” where things would just magically fall into place, and–for all the parents following along–I think Year Five...
GB, Geebs, Geebo– Happy Fourth Birthday, Champ. It’s been a transformational year for you in a lot of ways: moving to the three’s classroom at York Day Nursery while your sister moved on to...
I’ve pretty much given up on ever printing and mailing Christmas Cards ever again, so here’s what we’ve got. It’s my pleasure to present the (digital) 2017 ohbotherblog Christmas Card: Here are past years’...
You may recall, four years ago I attempted to make (Spearmint Baby’s) Rainbow Cupcakes for Holdy’s First Birthday. It did not go well. This year, because she is Holdy who loves rainbows and being...
Holdy, oh Holdy. You are five years old today. The most stylish, silliest, songful five year old I know. “Precocious” doesn’t even come close to describing you. You are graduating from Pre-K this week....
Someone we love very much was recently diagnosed with cancer. And as tough as it has been to grapple with the news and emotions myself, realizing that I had to tell the kids was...
GB, Geebs, Geebo– Well, kid, you’re three. A threenager, as they say nowadays, and boy does it show. I was rereading last year’s letter and it seems at two you were just practicing for the...
It was time. A post shared by ohbotherblog (@nomiddlenamemeg) on Mar 18, 2017 at 4:52am PDT Time to pottytrain GB. The kid will be three next week. We had waited long enough. One...
Since January 20, 2017, I have personally been trying to make small, positive efforts when I feel appalled about current events. On January 27, I started a monthly gift to Planned Parenthood because I believe...
Okay, so the printing and sending of Christmas cards is not happening this year, but we did manage a tripod-timer photo shoot, so give me some points for that. So it’s my pleasure to...
