Cooking breakfast

Who knew she'd be making her own at 2? She's very good at what she does.

A birder in the making

She came downstairs all atwitter. She was thrilled to have seen a
mama bird and a dada bird and a baby bird upstairs from the window. I
laughed so hard when I turned around to see her binoculars.

Monkies at the Library

This is my friend, Harrison. He and I go waaaaay back. We went to story time at the library today and rocked the craft. Then we ate smarties. Good times.

no TRY. only do.

Clare was yelling at the TV this morning. I got there in time to hear Elmo say "keep trying". So Clare yelled back "Don't TWY, Misser Noodles! Do your best!"

Ahhh. Like father, like daughter.

OMG

Ella just told me she was sleepy.

After she ate I changed her diaper and asked if she was sleepy, using the sign.  She just smiled at me so I let her play for about 20 minutes.  Then after awhile she gave a little grunt and I looked up and she had her hand up to her face.  But she wasn't rubbing her eyes like usual, she was doing the sign.  She was sort of pinching her cheek with her hand.  I asked her if she was sleepy, she got a big smile, I took her upstairs and she was asleep before her head hit the blankie.

This girl is smart.

WOW!!

A

The Frog Prince

Hello everyone, this is The Blonde-headed Stepchild, AKA Allen. I'll post from time to time with some experiences I have with our beautiful little girls.

The other night Clare is giving me flack at bedtime and not laying down in her new big girl bed. It's already an hour and a half past her bedtime and I'm ready for all the little people to be asleep. So I just stand there and give her a daddy stare, you know the kind that puts the fear into all little children and they do what daddy wants? Well instead of fear Clare looks at me with fortitude and says (plain as day) "Dada, don't look at me like a frog". Needless to say I couldn't contain myself and told her she was the cutest little girl. Do you think I'm inciting this behavior?

Sailing...

We went to craft time yesterday. Imagine Clare's joy when she found out that she could make a sailboat out of that bowl she'd been carrying around ALL MORNING. That girl has some serious insight. I don't know how she knew she'd need that bowl. Damn, it made a great sailboat!  Miss Raquel takes very good care of her at craft time. She always opens an extra bag of giant gemstones for us. Cause she knows my girl likes it GAWDY.