Minnow:
I see so much in Minnow that reminds me of myself as a child. She's enthralled by books and loves to put things into containers in a very particular (mysterious) order often stopping to take things out and then put...
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Posted on April 28, 2008 7:24 AM • 3 Comments •
Minnow discovers sand and explores gravitational versus turbulent effects upon releasing a handful into the wind. When we got home, we read Bagnold's "The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes." No, not really...we saved it for bedtime! :) Below...
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Posted on March 24, 2008 6:35 AM • 10 Comments •
Minnow is really fun these days. She loves to "help" me unload the dishwasher, fold the laundry, carry things, and close doors. She is also starting to really enjoy reading books. She's not just cuddling with me while I read,...
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Posted on February 18, 2008 7:49 AM • 14 Comments •
On Saturday, my dearest Minnow turned one. It's hard to believe that it was already a year ago that she was born after an mostly uneventful pregnancy and a natural, and manageable, labor and delivery. She was so tiny, and...
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Posted on January 28, 2008 7:41 AM • 23 Comments •
Minnow's big adventure this weekend was attending the 2nd Annual NC Science Blogging Conference (and staying with one of my college roomies). In the morning she went to the discussion on ethics in science blogging, lead by the incomparable Janet...
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Posted on January 20, 2008 3:25 PM • 4 Comments •
There. Now I've contributed to the clogging of the internet with another pointless youtube video. Don't I feel special. But I thought that readers of this blog might enjoy seeing Minnow's newfound ability to walk. She was starting to...
Posted on January 7, 2008 6:59 AM • 12 Comments •
Introduction: A wise friend has told me more than once that "child development is not a linear process." For example, teeth come in batches, often in fours separated by a few months of non-teething. As another example, just because Minnow...
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Posted on November 26, 2007 2:22 PM • 18 Comments •
There are less than two weeks of Minnow photos remaining before the grand finale. A couple of donors haven't yet made specific photo requests, leaving me with a lot of leeway in picking photos. If you donated to my DonorsChoose...
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Posted on November 26, 2007 1:42 PM • 5 Comments •
My mom has been frenetically cleaning out her house the past few months, in order to make up for saving everything for the past few decades. (un)fortunately for us, she's not making many decisions about what saved stuff should be...
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Posted on November 25, 2007 7:26 AM • 3 Comments •
I'm a little late today, but this photo is awesome. And it was highly supervised....
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Posted on November 24, 2007 5:24 PM • 2 Comments •