August 8, 2009: The Living Room is Wired

I accidentally slept in way too late this morning.  There is a ton of work to be done and I had only meant to sleep for a little while.  When I woke up even Oreo had decided that it was time to have gotten up and have left the bedroom to go down to the …

August 7, 2009: Liesl’s Big Fall

I awake this morning to the distant sound of a giant gasp and Dominica’s “oh my gosh” screams that had that ring of a mother’s panic.  I was out of bed and downstairs in a wink – no glasses on even.  When I got down Dominica had just reached the top of the basement stairs …

August 6, 2009: Liesl’s First Word

Today was a very important day in the life of Liesl.  Today was her first word.  While Dominica was feeding Liesl some ice cream this afternoon Liesl said “more” to get Dominica to give her some more ice cream!  Very exciting. Today was another day without rain in the Hudson Valley as well as another …