Hello! And how are you all doing? How was your February? As I started writing this post we were on day 4 of self-isolation in a type of 'Schrodinger's covid' situation – we knew people who had it, we all had very mild symptoms, and we think we were almost certainly exposed – yet we … Continue reading Five things in February
Our house today. Clean and full of rules. Apropos of nothing, I recently got to thinking about when I moved out of home, shortly after my 18th birthday, and moved in with a bunch of friends. There was absolutely no need for me to move out, and my parents were sad that I was, but … Continue reading A story from long ago
Look at this face! This is a photo of an eight month old Amelie proudly pointing at what would be the first tooth she would ever lose, a mere 4.5 years later. I guess I knew on some theoretical level that her baby teeth wouldn't stick around but to not even hang in there for … Continue reading Toothfully devastated
Ah January! A month of holiday, sort of. We've been back at work since the 10th but Amelie was off school for the entire month – a new one for us; this is the first time we've had school holidays to contend with! We made it through but I can already tell that for next summer … Continue reading Five things in January
I haven't had reason to think of the concept of participation trophies in a long time, not since we millennials grew so commonplace in the workplace and adult life that older generations found it necessary to stop mocking us and our millennial ways (remember? We ruined everything? We ate too much avocado toast? We were … Continue reading In defence of the participation trophy
The Judd Crew 