Friday, October 09, 2009

A new "normal"
After two weeks of Pat and I taking time off and having the help of our friends Sarah and Emily to care for the girls, we are moving into a time when another friend will be a more permanent fixture in our daily lives.   Hooray for "Brookie Poppins" and her built in playmates.  Margot and Nash, her two kids, have already been featured in some posts and pictures.  It is SO nice to know that the girls will be in a very comfortable environment, cared for by someone whose creativity, energy and general love of small children often amaze me.  Here is a shot that she sent during the day of the stamping project, when the babies were napping:

We will be working on figuring out our new routine, which will involve a bit more travel time than I am used to.  It should also involve a lot less worry, which seems like a very good trade.
Happy weekend everyone-
A quick sartorial comment:
Its been raining here.  A lot.  And cold.  So I broke out some blazers, sweaters and cool weather clothes.  Yesterday I wore a lovely professorial looking jacket, gray and brown wool tweed, nice and warm.  It fits perfectly.  It belonged to my mom and my aunt way back when and is probably from the early 1970s.  This summer I had some conversations with the same aunt about how sizing has changed over the past decade (she and I often wear similar sizes).  So I checked the tags on the jacket- size 9/10.  All of the jackets and blazers in my closet, which fit well and were purchased over the last 5 years?  Size 4.  The only exceptions are the two that I bought for interviews when Noella was 5 weeks old- they are a whopping size 6.  I guess I have some evidence to go along with all of those news stories about everything in American life getting bigger, from our dinner plates to our clothes!