From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Today I went back to the elementary school where I taught last year (before Jackson was born) to gather some of the things I left.  Walking down the hall and seeing everyone getting their classrooms ready for the school year made me miss the excitement of teaching a new class. Fresh pencils, erasers, cute welcome [...]

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August 18, 2009 | Filed under Baby,Stay at home mom

Jackson is getting just big enough that we needed to upgrade his carrier.  Since I love baby wearing, I decided to invest in a backpack carrier so I could still wear him as he grew. Yesterday, my husband talked (or maybe, conned:) me into trying this Kelty TC 2.1 carrier baby backpack, which we got [...]

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August 17, 2009 | Filed under Baby,Products,family

So Click Clack Mom (ahem, me!) is participating in Kelly Korner’s “Show us your life” series. I’ll show you the pictures and see if you can guess. Ready? Set? Go! One of my favorite places in the WHOLE WORLD is–you guessed it–Rhode Island!   The beach, sailboats, foggy mornings and outstanding food!  Rhode Island is also [...]

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August 14, 2009 | Filed under Show Us Your Life,Vacation spot

During my happy nap this afternoon, I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing.  “John, mobile” appeared on my phone, so I picked up. “Hey, hon, who do you want the Army to call to help you if something happens to me?” Pause. More pausing. (Remember, I’m sleeping.)  This is not the kind [...]

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August 13, 2009 | Filed under Army Wives,Military Life,family

The whole “buying vs. making” baby food really had me bogged down, but it was getting ridiculous that he was six months old and hadn’t had a drop of real food. Just as I was getting overwhelmed, I talked with a Crossfitting buddy on Monday about her choice to make her own food.  Turns out–she [...]

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August 12, 2009 | Filed under Baby,Baby food,Food