August is always my least favorite month, but the relentless heat has made it even less bearable this year. The sun bakes us. The ground soaks up the heat and radiates it back into the soles of our feet, ensuring that we’re well cooked on all sides. The streets turn shiny and sticky. I imagine [...]
…when you let the 4-year-old play with your camera. Nearly cross-eyed self portrait: Mommy not ducking fast enough: Cushion in motion:
Some more conversations with our little chatterboxes. Me: Maggie, would you like to play with play doh? Maggie: Yeah! Dat be awesome! Sam: Why is play doh spicy? Me: Spicy? What?! Sam, you’re not supposed to eat it. Maggie: (coughing, whining) I eat play doh! Me: Mags, I told you not to do that. Maggie: [...]
Maggie and Sam watching the crowds: The sisters: Ben and Aunt Becca looking patriotic together: Relaxing while everyone else keeps track of our kids: The fireworks:
I don’t have any pictures for you this week, since I left my camera at my parents’ house (yes, again). Aside from the usual, here’s what I’ve been doing: – avoiding going outside in the heat – avoiding cooking things that will make the house hotter – wondering why Ben now communicates every emotion (happiness, [...]
The animal crackers have nothing to do with anything. But I’ll take this opportunity to say: their hint of nutmeg totally makes up for their lack of resemblance to actual animals. We’ve had a busy couple of weeks. There was a stomach virus, with the accompanying midnight laundry loads and excessive use of lysol on [...]
Me: Ok guys. I can tell you’re a little cranky right now. Would you like to play separately, in your own rooms? Maggie: I want to stay out here! Watch for Nonnie! Me: It’s too early. Nonnie’s not coming until later. I’ll let you watch for her car when she’s on her way. But for [...]
Fun: – My sisters – Going with my parents, sisters, and brother-in-law to see the Troubadour Tour last Saturday (my ticket was a birthday present) – Carole King’s hair, voice, and all around coolness at age 68 (!) – Seeing most of downtown dried out and back in business after the flood – San Antonio [...]
I love arranging them, smelling them, staring at them, photographing them so I can stare at them again later. That there are such beautiful things as flowers in the world blows my mind.
