August 2011

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  HiDan

  08.31.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Kids love my brother Dan. So I was excited when he came over to my parents’ place while we were visiting. “Hi Dan!” I said in greeting. And Sean repeated me: “HiDan! HiDan! HiDan!” And later, when I mentioned that Uncle Dan was coming over again, Sean said, “HiDan!” And since then, it’s stuck. Dan […]

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  Maine: 18 months!

  08.30.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Sean turned 18 months at the end of July. In keeping with tradition, we ate cupcakes. In fact, we MADE cupcakes. (Some people are oven-gifted and have baked celebratory confections from the very early days of mom-hood, but this was a first for us.) Sean wasn’t exactly sure what we were doing, but he seemed […]

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  Maine: Grandma’s Gardens

  08.28.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ah, Maine. We spent a lovely two weeks Down East, the first with my parents and the second with Ben’s family. Here we are the first week, when Sean enjoyed helping Grandma in the garden and exploring the paths of these gardens (often at high speed). Running through the vegetable garden “What’s Grandma doing?” (Answer: […]

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  What does a rooster say?

  08.15.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Sean can do the sound for just about any animal you ask him about. Our favorite, though, is the rooster.

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  Dance!

  08.10.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Sean loves music. And he loves to dance. He has learned to recognize sound systems and always goes over to them to press the biggest button he can find (which is frequently “on” or “play”) to get the music going. A couple months ago, while Sean was busy opening every door he could find, he […]