(six) January 2011. This wall is always changing. The girls write poetry here, they draw elaborate floor plans and populate the rooms with magnetic people. They make welcome signs for visiting grandparents or playdates, and mark the countdown to vacations and holidays with chalk strokes. It spans the distance between both of their rooms, and…

(five) February 2008. Our front yard is so tiny – not much bigger than a postage stamp. We don’t get a lot of snow here. I’ve lived here for almost twenty years, and I can count on one hand the number of significant snowfalls I’ve seen with 8″-10″ (or more) of accumulation. In 2008 we had a…

(four) April 2008. The best room in the house in the late afternoon is the back bedroom on the third floor. It’s now F’s room, but before we knew she would join our family, it was a studio space. It was a fun room to complete – it allowed us to move our desks and computer…