Merry Christmas!

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...

Yes to carrots!

Hurray! There’s nothing like first food, I tell ya. Last night, after Zuzu grabbed at everything on Dave’s dinner plate, we finally decided that maybe we should just feed the poor girl some solid food. She downed an entire jar of carrots, mostly by feeding...

First snow of the season

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...

Girl Clothes Conundrums

Having a girl is – what? – at least fifty percent about the clothes. Boy clothes are awesome too, and I’ve had a good time dressing them (though why I keep buying tan cords for Henry I have no idea…he seriously has seven pairs; there must be...

The immutable capacity of my brain

Everyone told me that integrating the third kid would be the easiest, and I have to say it’s totally true. She sleeps when she’s supposed to, smiles most of the time, and is very easy to comfort. The boys love her and she loves them....