not recommended

Despite the too many college degrees in this small but soon-to-be bigger family, sometimes we don't always get it right.

For example, I wondered why no one serves carbonated iced tea. I like iced tea, and I like carbonated water so how could the combination fail? Jill cooked up some extra concentrated tea, passion fruit black tea from our Annapolis Tea Co stash. After letting it cool, I diluted it with chilled carbonated water. Then we drank and did not like. Carbonated water is slightly bitter by itself, but it severely draws out the bitterness of tea. Yuck! Perhaps carbonated sweet tea would be okay, but why not just drink a coke?

While walking in our neighborhood the other day, we saw a man and woman riding bikes. What was unusual is that the man was holding a 6 monthish old baby in his left arm and the handlebar with his right hand. Perhaps my view of safety is a touch further out there than yours, but I would strongly suggest not doing this.

Also, we sighted the previously unlocked, unsaddled bike laying in a front yard not far from our house. Still no saddle and still not locked. Maybe it's a new 'community bike'. Not having a saddle is beneficial because no one would ride it far.

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Here's Jill one day shy of 39 weeks. Rumor has it that many babies are born on nights with a full moon, and that is Friday. We observed that the moon is very nearly full tonight, but I'm not sure Clara feels the full pull yet.