My little civil engineer
Engineering

07/09/2010

I have to say I was impressed with the stability of this structure
Engineering

07/09/2010

Went to Uncle Andy and Aunt Becca's for the weekend...
I had some help taking many of these pictures.
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Help in the outfield
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Collecting sticks
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Trying on Auntie's Shoes
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

"Baking"... complete with chef's hat
Baking

06/19/2010

Baking

06/19/2010

Life-sized Pooh puzzle
Aunt Becca's, NC

06/12/2010

K gobbled up a piece of gnocchi on her plate and promptly asked for more pinocchi... o.

June 26, 2010 at 9:16 pm

2 year old logic

K: I like the tinkerbell one!
M: No honey, I don't like Tinkerbell.
K: Why?
M: She's not modest.
K: Yes she is. She's modest on her face. But not her tummy.

June 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm

We went to the Fort Wayne Zoo last weekend.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

We saw a lion,
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

or two.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

We rode a turtle,
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

and hatched out of an egg.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

We saw real animals too. The peacocks were on full display.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010

And the kids pet a chick.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010


Finally, our large lot is good for something besides mowing!
Jeep

04/10/2010

Jeep

04/10/2010

Driver Concentration
Jeep

04/10/2010

Oh, the faces
Jeep

04/10/2010

They have as much fun picking weed flowers and stashing them in the trunk as they do driving the thing.
Jeep

04/10/2010

Jeep

04/10/2010

Tummy

P: Did you finish your strawberries?
K: Yep. *Points at her tummy* They're curling up with my eggs and my sandwich.
Note: Eggs were for breakfast, sandwich was lunch, and this was evening.

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Our discussion over breakfast

M: Do you know whose birthday it is today?
A: Whose?
M: Uncle Eric's.
A: Oh! Does he have a husband?
M: A wife?
A: Yeah.
M: No, he doesn't have a wife.
A: Are husbands boys or girls?
M: Husbands are boys and wives are girls.
A: Ok. Do I have another uncle who doesn't have a wife?
M: No, just one. All your other uncles have wives.
A: *Pause* Mommy, I'm still thinking about who I'm going to marry.
M: Really?
A: Yeah.
M: Who do you think it might be?
A: I don't know. Maybe Uncle Eric?
M: Probably not Uncle Eric.
A: Why not?
M: Well, people don't usually marry their relatives.
A: Oh.

Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 2:10 pm

My girls on party day
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Let's just say no one will be hiring me to do their wedding cake... Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

May I try my new scooter, please?
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Little Cuz Stamp of Approval
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Hula Demonstrations
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Practice...
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

makes perfect!
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Age 4 arrives with disappointment

A: Mommy, my dress still fits me. I'm four, but I'm still little.

Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Keira plays till she sleeps these days.
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

03/30/2010

Little conversations with little people...

K is up screaming at 5 am. Mom comes down, bleary eyed and finds her sitting on her pillow.
M: "Keira, what's wrong?"
K, pointing down frantically: "Somebody's in my bed!"
M, heart skips a beat knowing she did leave the kitchen window open a crack, tries to resist the urge to look under the bed: "What?"
K: "Somebody's under my covers!"
M, still bewildered, looks at the lifeless covers: "What is it?"
K: "A ladybug!"
M, breathes a sigh of relief and proceeds to sift through the covers. Found nothing.



K: "Mommy, I'm Cinderella and Aurora hit me."



A: "I don't want to be real. I want to be a statue."
M: "Really?"
A: "Yeah. I don't want to be real because it's too boring."

Monday, April 5, 2010 at 4:37 pm