Annie’s blog

Me: Charlotte, did you hit your sister with a bat? Charlotte: (nods) But I couldn’t find a ball! Me: (snorts)

“…I’m going to be a musician, and a food writer. And I’m going to write about your food!” -Henrietta, 10/3/12 You heard it here first!

It’s official — Henrietta finally has her first loose tooth. She’s been eagerly awaiting this all year!

Talking about the football loss this weekend: “Well, I can be a little bit happy. I mean, I went to Harvard Yard Child Care Center.” Oh no! What have we done?

Shortly after we got home, Henrietta told us that they’re learning the Pledge of Allegiance at school: “I don’t remember the words yet. But I remember the pose!” at which point she walked out to the hall, where we have an old American flag that belonged to Ben’s great-aunt Barb, and put her hand over […]

We’ll let her tell you about it: Plus a few pictures: And then we spied through the window as she found her name tag and helped our neighbor Petru find his:

From Henrietta this evening: “My life is just full of funny things!” “It’s all about me!” (There was context: we were looking at shoes for her online, and debating the relative merits of LL Bean’s athletic Mary Janes and other options.)

Just after meeting with the music school director, a discussion of musical instruments ensues, including this gem: “Well, the cello is good for the blues.”

Henrietta turns 5 today! Doubled up the checkups this morning: Henrietta: – 43 1/2″ tall (72nd percentile) – 39 lb 12.8 oz (52nd percentile) Charlotte: – 33″ tall (82nd percentile) – 24 lb 3 oz (46th percentile) – 51cm head circumference (99.95th percentile) Charlotte, on her 6th ear infection since December, also has a referral […]

“Mommy, can you see inside Daddy’s brain?” “No, honey, I can’t. Why?” “Because you knew what Daddy was going to say! Stop looking into Daddy’s head and let Daddy think things!”