robots are scary

Papa: “Let’s put on our new robot jammies buddy!”
Gus: “OK!”
Pause.
Gus: “I’m afraid of robots”
Papa: “Well, they will probably take over the world one day”
Gus: “Yeah”

first day of [play]school

from Heidi
All summer we have been working on getting a co-op of seven parents and children for a playgroup/pre-school for Gus.  Stewart’s family generously donated their basement space and with one last push this weekend, we finally finished all the logistics of schedules, decorating and furniture, etc. Today was the first official day of “school” [...]

s’mores and spelling

We went camping with the Guster for the first time (ex-utero, that is) and he LOVED it. His favorite activity, he informed us after returning, was throwing rocks in the river. As the person who accompanied him on frequent trips to the river, kneeling in mud for 30 minutes at a stretch, I can vouch [...]

bad bloggers

It turns out that Heidi and I are terrible bloggers. Or at least infrequent bloggers.
We started this whole bloggin’ business while Gus was in the NICU to give updates to our friends and family in an efficient manner. As the story of Gus’s entrance to the world played out, we realized that Gus may want [...]