08.31.10

My dad’s last day of his second career is today, 10 years after he retired from his first one (which lasted 32).  Happy retirement, Dad! 

[See you Friday!]

08.30.10

This was Henry’s first art class assignment of 1st grade – to make art using his name in a creative way.  According to him, each of the letters is a Transformer in jet-pack mode.

08.29.10

Henry thought his pepper slices looked like fangs, and so he made a scary vampire face…  Cutest vampire I’ve ever seen.

08.28.10

Here is our little princess reading “Star Wars: Epic Battles.”  Please also notice how she has accessorized her daddy.

08.27.10

This note from one of his teachers was in Henry’s agenda today, the 4th day of school.  I guess it doesn’t take long to figure this sentiment out.

08.26.10

Those eyes are something else.

08.25.10

Timon and I were snuggling on the couch yesterday when we noticed it had gotten a little too quiet.  After a minute Henry told me to come into our bedroom with the camera, because they were “doing something really, really cute.”  I suppose some might think turning the dirty clothes basket into a little bed is cute. 

08.24.10

The 1st day of 1st grade. 

[more, here.]

08.23.10

Here’s Henry after tonight’s school open house with his two first grade teachers. 

[no, I can’t believe it either.]

08.22.10

Got all my hairs cut today.

08.21.10

08.20.10

After our last summer vacation trip to the pool, we eat ice cream.  Having the best friend along was a bonus, too.

08.19.10

Maria likes to curl up with a book next to her daddy in the afternoon. 

{She is usually clothed.}

08.18.10

I found these at the thrift store today – we had these exact versions while growing up!  The best $1.75 ever!

08.17.10

One more week until he is a first-grader.  I’m not sure how this happened, exactly.

08.16.10

Maria and her friend Emily had a great time playing peek-a-boo with the giant curtains at Emily’s house Saturday night.

08.15.10

Maria had her head in my lap for a minute this morning.  She’s not still very often.

08.14.10

This was the most delicious nectarine I have ever eaten.

08.13.10

It’s Amy’s birthday!  She is Maria’s very wonderful godmother, and one of my most favorite Amys!

08.12.10

Our DSL internet/home phone is broken, and I'm posting this from my office where I have neither a memory card, nor a charged camera phone that I could use to take a quick picture.  Please forgive me for no photo today.  I should have something available tomorrow.  The upside of all this?  NO POLITICAL CAMPAIGN CALLS since early this morning! 

08.11.10

Maria, putting up her tired dogs and taking a load off after a hard day of riding in the car for 6 hours [last Friday].

08.10.10

 
This accessory seems strangely appropriate.

08.09.10

This was the view from our screened-in porch at the cottage in Georgia.  That is, it’s the view once you brushed 70,468 gnats off that were swarming around your face.  (I’m pretty sure GA doesn’t stand for Georgia, it stands for Gnats Attack.)

08.08.10

We were at the lake on our trip and I almost stepped on this little dude!  I promise you, this turtle was the same size as that spider I put up yesterday.  Let’s sum this up:  Spider the size of a silver dollar = terrifying.  Turtle the size of a silver dollar = super adorable.

08.07.10

Seen in north Florida last Sunday as we were on our way to Georgia.  This spider is roughly 8 million times the size of Lola.

08.06.10

What a way to spend your 32nd birthday, honey… getting us safely home! 

08.05.10

It’s very likely that Henry enjoyed playing baseball with Papa sometime today.

08.04.10

I bet Mimi walked the dog sometime today!

08.03.10

If the weather is nice right now, I bet Maria’s swimming! 

08.02.10

There’s a perfectly good chance that I’m relaxing with a book right now.

08.01.10

[we’re headed out on vacation today to a place with no internet… but check back to enjoy these insanely awful line drawings of what we may or may not be doing each day!]