Everything looks good

Just got back from my Dr. appointment. Everything looks good and the big US is scheduled for 8.18.08 in the afternoon...

Betcha don't have a pair of these

Slick, huh?

Growing up is hard on the knees. You should see the other knee.

A rare shot of Isabel. She's hardly still long enough for pictures these days. Being two is very busy business.

I have an OB appointment tomorrow. 17 weeks. We're almost half way there! I started feeling little rolls, bumps and thumps last week. The big US will be scheduled for August. I haven't been able to get a clear feel for whether it's a boy or girl.

Ish

Ish is a children's book that we heard at a library art program about creativity and the art process. Ramon loves to draw. "Anytime. Anything. Anywhere." He draws a vase-ish and then a tree-ish. Very cute book about creativity versus exactitude. We have a deep appreciation for the ish art genre in this house. Lucy and I have been painting river rocks for her friends that the family hand selected at the five rivers this past weekend. This has been our "Isabel's nap" project of late. She's wearing her art smock (AKA dad's tee shirt) from her preschool class last year. I don't typically label my children at home...yet.




Ta-da! It's a frog-ish. Can't you tell?

I know what you're thinking.

"Did she fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is my dad's sprayer, and the most powerful powerwashing setting in the world, and would blow you clean off the tree Mr. Squirrely Squirrel, you've got to ask yourself one question:

Do I feel lucky?

Well, do ya, punk?

Inicidently I think I've found a way to keep the bandit gang of squirrels out of our yard, entertain Lucy and her sidekick and water the lawn all at once. That's three birds with one stone.

Just hanging around...

...without a care in the world. The clouds have dispersed so we ventured to the park this morning to enjoy the blue skies. Lucy's learned that there is a good reason we evolved and left the trees. It's a lot harder than it looks.

This picture is from yesterday. I think it captures that childhood whimsy.

And at Todd's insistence I'm including what we have dubbed as the psycho bunny picture from the party last weekend. It cracks us up. She looks like she could give Glenn Close a run for her money. Let's just hope some poor schmuck doesn't cross Lucy someday.

Oh, and we made it out to the SPAC this past weekend to enjoy a NYC ballet performance. The company summers there every July, performing a different collection of dances each night. Next year we'll take the girl's to watch and picnic on the lawn. I'm thrilled that this is so close to us. I told Todd that when the kids are older (4 or 5 +) we'd get a trailer and camp up there for the summer and get season passes for the SPAC. We passed by a congregation of airstream trailers and thought of Auntie and Brett.

And here's the money shot of the day

You know, you just gotta love two. LOL.

Long live rainy days

Today was one of those cool, 60ish-something, softly raining days. Le sigh. Those are rare in this corner of the world. When it rains, it pours (and old basements flood) as they like to say. Today was different though. It reminded me of Seattle and it made me miss the ole' emerald city. Lucy occupied herself with chalk on the patio while one very tired 2 yo took a nap. My father has convinced Lucy that the only reason it stopped raining in Louisiana each day was because she sang, "Rain, rain go away..." nonstop until it ceased. Non. stop. And so it continued today. Thanks, Dad! I decided to make the most of a childhood moment and got a few great pics. Enjoy!