Once we landed in Connecticut Andrew immediately got to work finishing his dissertation. He had a few days before it had to be submitted to his committee so they would have two weeks to look at it before his scheduled defense. The kids and I started unpacking and realized we needed more places to put things. I…
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Moving to Conneticut
Our move to Connecticut felt a bit like a long, drawn out saga that ended as a quick surprise. As I was reviewing the year 2018 I wrote every few months, including January, that we had decided that Andrew would do a post-doc at Yale. The position had been mentioned sometime early 2017 when I…
Nathan’s Third Birthday
On Nathan’s birthday he woke up determined to have a blue cake at Happy Hollow Park with friends. We decided to do our family celebration of pancakes and presents in the morning, and save the friend portion for Saturday. We gave him a truck and he got books from Grandma Jackson. He and Emily helped me…
Moments
The first snowfall of the year! We all ran outside to catch snowflakes on our tongue. Laura has started adventuring outside of the house by herself, but with crawling as the only option she gets a bit stuck (thank goodness). Love these two together! Sisters, getting ready to head off to “school”. “Bye mom!” A…
October Creations
Nathan turned the house into a desk and spent a lot of time there. The kids decided to make a well to get water out of. This was a multi-day project and they had so many big ideas about how to make it work. Laura watched from the inside. The Madsen Bike box took up…
11 Months Old
Dear Laura, At eleven months you are learning so many new things quickly and it is a joy to watch you. You discovered how to climb up the stairs and play in the toilet in the same day! After weeks and weeks of playing at the bottom of the first step, it is a very…
Jackson Family Clean Week
When everyone’s thoughts were turning toward the new school year, I realized we needed to spend some time getting our house in order before I could think about learning. Mid-August after the summer festivities slowed down, the kids and I had a rousing visionary discussion about the first ever (but absolutely not last) Jackson Clean…
Grandma and Grandpa Moose’s Birthday Visit
My parents came and visited the weekend of my birthday for our annual family birthday celebration. They arrived early afternoon and we opened presents together. It is fun that three of us have October birthdays and we can do it as a family party. We face-timed with Aunt Christine who had to stay behind for…