Sunday, December 14, 2008

Friday, December 12, 2008

outtakes

subtitle: the mama can't help herself


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she was trying SO hard not to laugh and... finally gives in
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sure they're cute. but if that littlest one could resist the temptation to eat all the christmas lights (you know, those tasty tiny lightbulbs), he would be MUCH cuter.

these kids...

Sunday, December 7, 2008

(gasp) (choke) death by cuteness overdose...

to clarify: this is not the little ball of rice, but cousin P.
note that A's extra 9 days of life are keeping her in the lead in height.
She's got at least 1/2 inch on that shorty.


i don't know how i forgot to include this one in that other set. it's just too much.

Friday, December 5, 2008

this kid...

I was on the phone and L. was unsuccessfully trying to get my attention to ask a question. So she took it to the next level.
(So apparently she knows how to write full sentences now?)


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A bit of background: L. has REALLY been looking forward to trying cotton candy. But lately anytime she's seen packages of it at the grocery store, it's been bad timing. There'd already been too much Halloween candy in the diet. She'd forgotten her pocket money. Dessert privileges had been revoked for some reason.

Wednesday: I woke up to her crying during the night.
"What's wrong, honey? Did you have a scary dream?"
"No, it wasn't scary, it was just sad. (sob) I'm really sad. (sob) It was about how I got some cotton candy and (sob) it tasted like NOTHING!"

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A. was scribbling on her gut with a pen yesterday. So L. grabbed one, too and in a few seconds had composed this masterpiece (it's a unicorn, of course)

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sketch of L. hard at work coloring, by Uncle Matt.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

p-roc's visit









we tried to get a family photo



thanksgiving folks



p-roc is a ham


cuddles from mommy's cousin Bethany

Friday, November 21, 2008

more vacation photos






we experienced some extremes of weather during the last few days of daddy's vacation. within three days of each other we had our first snow, and also went on a day trip to the foothills, one of us in a t-shirt.



look, Papa, gruel!



just lovely






Tuesday, November 18, 2008

it stuck

poor A. cannot remember her brother's name anymore. or she is desperately confused about whether he really is her brother. know what she calls him now? john mccain.
nope, not kidding.