Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Standing and climbing!- May 22 to 28, 2015

Bea's got it pretty good.  Unlimited snacks, cool clothes, and parents who carry her everywhere.

But even with these circumstances, Bea still feels compelled to further her prospects by practicing out this standing up everyone is talking about.

Henry went to a sleepover and stayed up until 3am.  He insisted he wasn't tired when he got home, but we did find him passed out later.

I'm not sure what we were trying to catch, but here's 3 seconds of cute from Georgie.

June is certainly going for a look with this combo that includes a cute sweater Aunt Jenni made.

Um, thanks for the help, Beatrice?

Look!  No hands!  And you only get a picture of the standing up from a rear view because if Beatrice saw me she'd immediately drop to a crawl and try to get me to pick her up.

So big!

Because we are never boring or routine, June's comprehensive x-rays revealed that the huge gap in her front teeth is actually because she has an extra tooth wedged in there.  So guess who is getting a frenectomy AND a tooth extraction?
Extra teeth AND extra style.

We love the library, but I think Georgie goes just to hug the big Clifford.

What's worse: trying to climb up the stairs in a dress or your mom tucking your dress into your diaper?  Not ony is Bea learning to stand, she's working on her climbing skills.  It's still kind of scary, but June helped motivated her up the stairs.  Once Bea made it to the top, she bolted right into the bathroo where she hoped to empty shampoo bottles and rifle through drawers. 

Georgie had a water day at preschool today.  I labeled her towel with her initials and realized she's not the first one to use this towel.  Confession: mom bought this towel for college in 1999.  

At pickup, mama snatched a few babies for a quick cuddle.  Watch out kids!


Henry used the apple peeler to slice up some apples and June decided not to let the peels go to waste.  So she created this apple peel, tomato, raisin, peanut, and honey salad.  It really wasn't bad.  Sweet, savory, and salty.

Mom made Korean beef and lettuce wraps.  Guess which the kids ate.


Monday, August 8, 2016

-Bea stands!- May 15 to 21, 2015



The Clemson Art Festival always has an awesome kids' area.  Georgie painted a shirt with balls in a kiddie pool.

There was also a cardboard village you could color.

It was pretty hot, so Bea crashed with no clothes on.

She woke in a good mood to how off her best tricks, including "How big is Bea?," "Bye bye," and high fives.

"Hey mom, were you trying to sort laundry?  Maybe we could hula hoop instead."


Check out this bold girl!

Standing!  (With assistance)


This kid cannot catch a break. In the past week she's fallen in a campfire, lost a tooth, run headfirst into a metal pole, been hit with a spectacularly gruesome stomach bug, and now is covered in poison ivy. We honestly can't take her anywhere.

At least she's cute.

Speaking of cute, that looks like a birthday coffee cake!

And a giant cookie birthday cake with the Fitzpatrick girls.

I took a fast 24 hour trip to Nashville to help my friend Elizabeth pack up her apartment.  On the way back I skipped the highways and kept to the mountains.  It's a pretty nice drive.


How lucky are we to live just an hour away from this view?

While I was gone, someone tried to put the moves of Brandon.  This mysterious letter reads

"Dear Brandon,
I love you. You are hansome.
I could hold you and hug you and
kiss you all at the same time.
Huggs and kisses. xoxoxoxo
xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Love, your secret admirere"

Looks like I better think twice about leaving again.