Lucy is now big enough to spend some time in the exersaucer. She’s not totally on board with it yet, but Sadie’s kind enough to show her the ropes (and the trains).

Lucy’s trying to play with the toys attached to the exersaucer. This little spinny thing is especially fascinating.

Mostly though, she likes to gum the plastic and flirt with the camera.

Sadie’s school had a special Family Fun Day at Lookout Farm in Natick on Saturday. Sadie enjoyed seeing the animals and the magician, but she really liked riding on the caterpillar train with her friend.

New York Times writer Mark Bittman gave an excellent talk at the TED conference talking about our food chain and its implications.

Bittman’s cookbooks — How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian — are in heavy rotation here at the Butler household. They are the best cookbooks we have. The Cook’s Illustrated ones are good, but everything in there takes forever to set up and cook. The Bittman books are far more forgiving.

My server fell off the web this morning due to a switch problem over at Dreamhost. I didn’t realize how much I required that server to be up until I have no email and no source control for the better part of a day. Grr.

Should be all better now. Please let me know if you’re seeing any remnant wonkiness.

Lucy was not amused when I described how she looked in this outfit.

Sadie got a higher hoop in the backyard this weekend, and she’s been doing her Garnett impression ever since. She needs to work a little on her arc, though.

Lucy likes playing outside with Sadie. It’s important that she wear her big floppy hat, though.

Lucy started school this week and A. is back to work. So, I’m back to doing dinners all by myself again, now with a 2-year-old and a baby. Fun! Lucy often ends up with a little time in the bassinet, staring at herself in the mirror and chatting with Elmo.

This weekend has been rainy, but a couple of weeks ago, we were all playing outside. Sadie really enjoys rolling on the big ball, even it ends up with her going head over teakettle.

Dear Internet,

We have a ton of baby stuff that it’s in really good shape. I don’t know what to do with it now that Lucy is outgrowing it.

Anyone have any suggestions for good ways to redistribute all the baby toys, clothes, monitors, swings, etc.?

Thanks!
Jason