I’ve been working Ellie to the bone, having her use our printing presses to make copies.
I figure that it’s not really forced child labor if she has a 5:00 shadow by noon.
Either that, or she’s just addicted to blueberries for lunch. You make the call!
Happy Half Birthday, Meggan and anyone else who happens to have been born on August 29th!
We feel your “only have a half-birthday once every four years” pain. It’s perhaps not quite as bad as the true leap year babies, but still. You deserve at least a mention! 🙂
Happy 8th Birthday Jon!
We love you!
We also thought you deserved four birthday posts on your real birthday (to make up for the next three years).
Unfortunately, we’re out of pictures because sadly, we don’t see you enough. So when we see you in June, the plan is to take lots of silly pictures to have on hand for times such as these.
Hope you enjoy your REAL birthday!
Happy 8th Birthday Jon!
We love you!
Thanks for being a great brother!
Happy 8th Birthday Jon!
We love you!
“Hey Daddy! Let me down from this tree!”
Happy 8th Birthday Jon!
We love you!
Eight strikes me as a little young to have a 2-year old daughter but you are a great dad so I guess you’re making it work! 🙂
Our dear friends from church, Elizabeth and her mother Paulette, gave us this beautiful, fancy dress not too long ago. Ellie wore it for the first time on Sunday and I have to say, I was a bit conflicted. Wow! She looks so beautiful! No, she looks too grown-up!
Proof that she’s still a baby -I tied one nice bow, it fell out and after that, she wouldn’t stay still long enough for me to tie another proper one.
Ellie got lots of compliments on her beautiful dress and I think she had fun wearing it. It’s quite puffy and it took her a bit to get used to that!
Thank you Elizabeth and Miss Paulette for Ellie’s beautiful dresses! We’ll wear the other one next week!
(And yes, my siblings, I realize that you have often accused me of over-using the word “fancy” in situations where it’s not quite applicable. But I think “fancy” is the perfectly appropriate word for this dress!)
Happy Birthday Rachel!
The fact that you are entering your mid-20’s definitely makes me feel old because that means I’m in my mid-30’s. YIKES!!
I love being a mama with you!
Love,
Your big sister
Here’s a little of what Ellie was up to yesterday:
1. Relaxing on the bed, keeping Baba company after he got home from work:
2. Letting me know in no uncertain terms that my book did not belong on the bed but rather on the bedside table:
3. Playing games with Baba at the piano:
Our life is certainly never boring anymore!
If you happen to live in my Papa and Granny’s old house and you happen to see a flock of penguins outside, it’s probably best that you don’t let them in your house and try to make them into pets because if you do, you’ll probably end up with bugs on your walls and then you’ll have to call the authorities and when they come, they’ll be driving horse-drawn wagons from the farmer’s market and then they won’t really do much about the penguins except post warning signs and give you a poster that you’re supposed to tape all the dead bugs to.
It’s really best that you just don’t let them in at all.
(And yes, I really do have some bizarre dreams sometimes.)
Salmon and Souvlaki 