May 2008


Big Apple Circus is a thrill with Grace & Whit
Celebrate Lacy and Eric’s engagement with a wonderful Boston weekend
Whit’s CES Grandfriends Day in the orange room
I go to Venice for one night
Emma Lavallee is christened and turns one
Gloria visits and Grace and I attend her assembly at Exeter
Whit starts wearing his Royal Tenenbaums headband nonstop
Listened to Better
Elizabeth tells me she is pregnant
Jack Scully turns one
The Mead family celebrates my grandfather’s 90th birthday
Grace’s painting (with those of her whole class) are displayed at Christina’s Ice Cream in Inman Square

April 2008

Kendall is married
Lydia Rose Sussman is born
Cambridge soccer starts for Grace
Listened to The Audacity of Hope and read Here if You Need Me
Jack Scully is christened
Grace paints a version of Monet’s Giverny bridge which I frame for my mother
Celebrate Easter in Marion
Sage Arlington McCoy is born

March 2008


Grace spends a week in Florida with her grandparents
Christina and I drive to NYC for 24 hours with Kendall
Whit and I attend Colin Dhaliwal’s pizza making party
I have fabulous trip to California
Easter in Marion
Whit’s first dentist appointment
Grace and I have first volunteer experience at Cradles to Crayons

February 2008

Grace projectile vomits as I am leaving for New York for 3 days
I read Loving Frank
Vote for Obama in the primary
Whit starts taking his pullup off at night and peeing himself, leading me to contemplate drastic measures
Grace hits me with the birds and bees question
Grace and I host a Cooking with Amy class for Hayden, Clemmie, and James
I make heart shaped waffles for the kids for valentine’s day
My original playgroup has a Leap Year playdate

January 2008


Grace starts to ski at Nashoba Valley
Whit turns 3 and celebrates with a party with Silly Willy
William Perry Reinhardt Block is born
I listen to Mountains Beyond Mountains and read The Middle Place
I break my toe
I listen to Eddie Vedder’s song from the “Into the Wild” soundtrack, Guaranteed, nonstop
I have a great work trip to London and Munich