by Julie | Jan 13, 2009
We’ve had some wonderful blissful snowfalls lately. The one yesterday morning literally looked like tufts of cotton everywhere, and was just as easy to brush off the cars. Dave took the snow this weekend and used the snowblower to make a mound in the side yard,...
by Julie | Jan 11, 2009
In the bathtub: Henry: Do you want to grow up, Eli? Eli: No. Henry: But you have to grow up. Everyone has to grow up. You can’t stop it from happening. Eli: I don’t wanna. Henry: But Eli! When you grow up, you get birthdays! And birthday parties!...
by Julie | Jan 2, 2009
So sometimes your kid comes up to you with a ridiculous request, like, “I want oatmeal in the biggest bowl we have!” And sometimes you are feeling snippy and you sigh and sort of pretend you didn’t hear and give him oatmeal in a regular bowl. But...
by Julie | Jan 1, 2009
Last week there was so much latke talk that I just couldn’t stand it any more and had to make some. Of course we had no potatoes, but I had this bee in my bonnet, and was very happy to find a recipe that could use the sweet potatoes we did have on hand. Yum!...
by Julie | Dec 25, 2008
Happy holidays all, Christmas or whatever you celebrate. World of Julie will take a few days off to sleep off an eggnog coma. There will be a new Children’s Book of the Week on Monday, and then posting will likely be spotty next week while all children are at...
by Julie | Dec 9, 2008
We got our first snow on Sunday. Henry continued his habit of speaking like a British kid from 1906 by looking out the window in the morning and shouting, “Hooray! Oh, hooray! Eli! Eli! Oh, it has snowed!” (Eli, later, continued his habit of speaking like...
