A couple of weeks ago, I handed Piper our little handheld digital video camera, just to see what would happen. Here’s the resulting video – shows promise, methinks. (Should I consult with Crittercam about how to attach the camera to her head, next time?) It’s clear that she’s really enamored of the start-stop button, so [...]
Yesterday, while Kate was sleeping after an all-night shift, Piper and I took the car out of the way of the street cleaners and went up at Fort Tryon Park for a bit. It was just about 70 degrees, partly cloudy, and the park smelled absolutely and stereotypically Autumnal – dry leaves, fallen acorns, hobo [...]
Phone Originally uploaded by kate hirsch For weeks now, Piper’s been holding things up to her ear and saying “Hello!”: combs, forks, brushes, shoes, and in one memorable incident, a handful of soggy “Heritage Grain Flakes.”
I have my own (minor) issues around food, and I watch myself with some (minor) dread and fascination as, in the early morning breakfast hours, I find myself clenching my jaw and wanting to insist, dammit, that Piper have Just One Bite of the cheesy-eggs I spent 5 whole minutes making for her. Piper, meanwhile, [...]
Kate recently came to me to ask about an entry in her online calendar that she hadn’t put in. I had utterly forgotten about it, but when I looked at it, I remembered that about a year ago, I had, in fact, written it into her calendar and not told her about it. It read: [...]