Short Stranger

Tracking the quirky (and sometimes not so quirky) adventures of parenting our (not so) new "short stranger." Why "short stranger"? We received a Chinese fortune cookie predicting that "A short stranger will soon enter your life with blessings to share." Our short stranger arrived on November 4, 2009, and it's been quite an adventure.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!

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We've been having so much fun with the holidays we've neglected to write about them.  So for now, while we finish out 2011, we wi...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

An Ever-Expanding Palette

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A couple of nights ago we had roasted acorn squash, brown rice, and mofu tofu with mole sauce for dinner, and Holden ate almost everything....
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Quick Update: Photo Edition

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One way to catch-up for lost time posting to this blog is to post some photos from the past month. Here are some of the things keeping the ...

Holden Meets John Deere

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Holden's love affair with tractors began early in life, with books such as "My Terrific Tractor Book" inspiring a passion for...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Our Life Gets Hectic...and Holden Turns Two!

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Oh...hello there blog! It's been a while. Yes, October was one of those months that went by in a blur of academic deadlines, fellowship ...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Holden and the Angry Slide

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I'm not quite sure what motivates a toddler to take their first trips down the slide at the playground (peer pressure, parental encourag...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Fall Arrives ... FINALLY

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After two months of blistering heat and more than 16 days of 100+ temperatures, we've been beside ourselves that it's finally fall h...
Monday, August 29, 2011

He's on a Boat!

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That's right! This past weekend, Holden got to take his second boat ride at Lake of the Ozarks -- which he had been looking forward to ...

A New Look

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Please be patient with us. We're currently fiddling with our template to make videos, etc., easier to see. This blog may undergo a few c...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Toddler Behavior

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As we approaching age two, our focus is turning more and more to issues of discipline - and the related struggle of deciding when to discipl...
Monday, August 22, 2011

GPS Boy

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Recently, Holden has been developing an uncanny sense of direction. Last week, we went out for a few walks in the evening (with Holden ridin...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Vacation Pt 3: Hiking Carriers

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To begin this post, I give you two more tips for vacationing with toddlers: 1) Check, check, and double check that you have all the major...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Vacation Pt 2: Road Tripping 101

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As I mentioned in our last post, for our vacation last week we traveled to Gatlinburg, TN, to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park....
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Vacation Pt 1

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We're back, after a week away on a glorious, peaceful vacation! For the past 7 days, we've been traveling, relaxing, hiking, and see...
Friday, August 5, 2011

Breastfeeding Week...and Weight Loss

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In case you haven't heard, it's International Breastfeeding Week , designated as such, I assume, by lactation organizations. So in ...
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