Category: The Pip

142-150/366: On-Deadline Catchup

Clouds at sunrise, with the bus picking up the kid across the street.

I’ve been neglecting the photo-a-day thing for the last week-and-a-bit, but for a good reason: I had a deadline of, well, today, to finish a chapter I was asked to contribute to an academic book. And while I fully realize that actually hitting that deadline is not typical academic behavior, I have A Thing about… Continue reading 142-150/366: On-Deadline Catchup

140/366: Dog and Volcano

SteelyKid's balloon dog, and The Pip's clay volcano.

When I arrived to pick SteelyKid up the other night, she and her friends were light-saber fighting with long balloons, which is fairly typical of that bunch. While I gathered her stuff up, though, she stopped and twisted her balloon into an animal shape: She got a “How to Make Balloon Animals” kit a few… Continue reading 140/366: Dog and Volcano

137-139/366: Vermont

View of the Green Mountains from near Waterbury.

This past weekend, Kate went to Arisia, and in order to get a change of scenery and a bit of adult backup, I took the kids up to visit friends in northern Vermont. They have two boys, the younger of whom is just a few months older than SteelyKid, and I was pretty sure the… Continue reading 137-139/366: Vermont

133/366: No Writing On Paper Today!

The "Closed" sign that the Pip dictated to Kate.

This one’s a bit of a cheat, but the only pictures I got Tuesday that turned out well had other people’s kids in them, and I won’t post those. So here, instead, is a picture from over the weekend, mostly because I want to tell the cute-kid story that goes with it. On Sundays, I… Continue reading 133/366: No Writing On Paper Today!

130/366: Bubble Battle

SteelyKid blowing a bubble toward The Pip, at MiSci.

I try not to have this be Cute Kid Photo of the Day, but really, when these are the subjects, how can I avoid it? This is from yesterday’s morning excursion to MiSci, where they have added a soap bubble area. This, of course, led to the kids battling with each other by blowing huge… Continue reading 130/366: Bubble Battle

098/366: Little Dragon

The Pip getting his new belt at taekwondo.

It’s a big week in Chateau Steelypips for martial arts and cute-kid photos. On the heels of SteelyKid’s first competition this past weekend, we have the Pip’s first belt test tonight (and SteelyKid is testing for her brown belt Wednesday, so you should probably expect one more kid-martial-arts photo before all’s said and done…). Tonight’s… Continue reading 098/366: Little Dragon

090/366: Kids These Days

SteelyKid and The Pip watching video on their tablets.

We had our usual tv time on Sunday morning at my parents’, with the kids alternating picking what they watched. When it came around to SteelyKid’s turn, she opted for MythBusters, which wasn’t available on demand, but she has several episodes on her tablet. Of course, if SteelyKid was going to watch video on her… Continue reading 090/366: Kids These Days

088/366: Geese

SteelyKid and The Pip scaring geese with their swords at the park on the day after Thanksgiving.

So, today, we engaged in the traditional Black Friday activity of, um, going to the park and chasing birds: It was an unbelievably warm day for late November– if you look closely, you can see that SteelyKid is wearing shorts and a T-shirt– so we couldn’t very well sit inside. So we went across to… Continue reading 088/366: Geese