Archive for July, 2008

Lucy’s Exersaucer

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

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).

Sadie and Lucy play with the Exersaucer

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

Lucy in the exersaucer

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

Lucy in the exersaucer

Sadie on the caterpillar train

Monday, July 28th, 2008

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.

Sadie riding on the Caterpillar train

Mark Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

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.

Server downtime is not fun

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

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 the creamsicle

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

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

Lucy sleeping in her creamsicle outfit

Sadie plays basketball

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

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.

Sadie playing basketball

Lucy in her sun hat

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

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

Lucy in her sun hat

Lucy and Elmo

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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.

Lucy and Elmo

Sadie rolling on the ball

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

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.

Sadie rolling on the ball

Sadie rolling on the ball

Sadie rolling on the ball

Sadie rolling on the ball

Where to donate baby stuff in Boston?

Friday, July 4th, 2008

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