Mountain trip

Hollow tree


View from Lookout Mt.


Nature girl


View from Craggy Gardens


Nature boy (NSFW)


Uncle Bob and Lucie


Pit stop

Milo, relaxed

Halloween

Lucie pumpkins

Dad: "Lu, we're not going to regulate how much candy you may eat this year, we're going to leave it up to you. But if you get a tummy ache, we're not going to be sympathetic, and we don't want to hear about it."

Lucie: "Well...tummy aches go away..."

Pictures

Alphabet with self portrait and happy face


Lucie, Daddy, Mommy, and Milo

Smile

Saturday morning

Funny face

Dad's suggested title: Take Your Daughter to Work and Make Her Look Like a Tart Day

Changing table

Looking at pictures


Smile

Things

Light fan (thanks Adam, Shelly, Ben, and Nate!)


Car seat

Pajamas

State Fair

Before the State Fair


Big tiger


The midway


You must be this tall to ride


Cotton candy

Untitled

Soothing little brother

Home with Dad

More Milo pics

Striking resemblance to the contrary, there is no relation to Wallace Shawn...


...nor Vincent Pastore.

New songs

#1
I love you
I love you
Like the early sun
Like the early sun

I love you
I love you
Like the moonlight shine
Like the planets twinkle star
I love you

#2
Have you met my new teacher?
New teacher
New teacher

Have you seen my new picture?
New picture
New picture

Have you heard my new song?
New song
New song

Exchange

"Daddy, I brought home some homework* for you and mommy and if you give it to me and I bring it to Miss Shaw tomorrow she'll give me a sticker that when you scratch it will smell like...chocolate."

"So, you're saying that you'd like Mommy and Daddy to make this homework a high priority tonight."

"Yeah."

"And you'll be sure to give it to her tomorrow?"

"Oh, yes, I'll remember. I've got the big brain."

*Reminder, solicitation, special pleading, etc. from school

Settling in

T-shirt reads, "I'm the big sister."


Asleep

Announcing

Milo

8 September 2005
10:18 am
7 lbs 11 ounces
20 inches

In the shower

Some recent ukelele compositions

Anne Langley's Magical Boot

Anne Langley has a magic beautiful boot
And one day she had a beautiful dress
And asked her magical boot
Did you make this pretty dress?
The magical boot said yes.

Moonlight from an Iceberg

Moonlight is so pretty
Like a sun
Horses like the moonlight
And everywhere the horses go
The moonlight follows them
The sun rose from the roses
And the stars the rain
Moonlight

Horse Graze

Horses love the sunshine
But its time to go to bed
But it's not you
It starts to rain but you don't mind
And then the sun comes up
And is can play again

Horses from the Moonlight

Horses no longer want to live
But is are gonna stay awhile
Yes indeed
People like horses
Is sometimes ride them like the sunlight
The moon comes up
Its time to sleep
And is fall asleep til morning

Beauty Princess

Princesses shine in the morning sun like everyone else
But their pretty jewels is no longer want
But they want to marry
And have a good long life
And every night when you see a gloss
Of every color of your eye you'll see
The lovely princess pretty princess

Pretty Pretty Princess

Pretty princess in the crown light
And a lot of sunshine like glitter and gold
The sun rises like the moon shines pretty
And every day the princess goes out
And picks daisies and flowers a lot
And then you know that everywhere
And princess knows where to go

Bumblebee, dragonfly, and butterfly with fairy and love heart

Loco Pops

Beach trip

Queen Lucie with bubble gun and Diamond


Making faces at the Provision Co.


Nate and Lucie


At the west end of Oak Island





Soundside


"It's sad if it's a short time, it's happy if it's a long time."

Hair cut

Bulls game

We went to L's friend Alex B's 4th birthday party at a restaurant across the street from the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and after pizza and cake we walked to the ballpark to take in an afternoon game in the cheap "seats" on the outfield lawn. The clouds were looking ominous but the rain stayed away, and despite a particularly grumpy usher ("Don't lean over the fence! Don't throw that ball! Don't roll down the hill!") we settled in for an enjoyable game. The Bulls' centerfielder threw a ball to Alex after a pre-inning warmup throw-around, and L was wondering if someone would throw one to her. After the seventh inning stretch, Wool E. Bull drove around the field in his mini-car, tossing out Bulls paraphernalia to the crowd, and we went down to the outfield fence to wave to get his attention. It worked, and Lucie as well (good catch, dad) got a ball to take home. It was really nice to be able to walk from our house to the stadium--one of the many reasons we like our neighborhood so.


"Why can't we sit in those chairs?"


"My legs itch."


Ring pop!

Happy Birthday to Lucie

Party at Forest Hills Park


Princess cake


Wells and Sam watch as Lucie opens Wells' present

Making cupcakes

Tasting


"I want the one [the picture] of just the cupcakes."

Good question

L: "Is tomorrow a school and work day or a stay-at-home day?"
K: "Tomorrow is a school day."
L: "Why do we have so many more work days than stay-at-home days?"
K: "That's a good question. Some people think we should have more stay-at-home days."
L: "I think we should have this many [holds up two fingers] work days, or this many [makes a small O with her fingers] work days, or this many [makes a teeny tiny o with her fingers]."

At the Driftwood Motel