Watch this, Mom!: 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

"Dear Santa, there is one carrot for each reindeer..."

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

More Florida Pictures

Found these photos I forgot to post, from back in October. Beautiful beach, which will forever be scarred by the trauma of Lily deciding to "hide" on us.

An attempt to be arty and salvage a tragically overexposed but cool shot.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

Another wonderful Thanksgiving with the Baldwins. Thanks, guys, for the fun and for all the delicious food.

Chloe

Debbie teaching Mary how to make gravy (that's a joke).

Yum!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 1966, me at Bebop and Grandma's house. Also the day I took my first steps.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Finally!

A few more Florida photos. Sorry this took so long, Ma!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Paca's Stuff

Paca's purse: because you never know when you'll need a tape measure, magnet, or clothespin. My dad always says if you need a ham sandwich, you can find one in her purse.

Paca's pantry: because they were 2-for-1.

Love you Mom! :-)

Update, 11/7: Comment from my Mom deserves equal time: "Wait a minute, let me defend myself. I pick up the 'two for one' and then give one to the food pantry." But that's not as funny!

Monday, October 31, 2011

A Halloween Retrospective

2004 - strawberry

2005 - Dorothy

2006 - cowgirl

2007 - princess

2008 - bride

2009 - Bat Girl

2010 - witch

Happy Halloween

Who says I can't bake? Can you find the bloody nose?

Good and evil.

Calm group shot.

And, as Michael jumped out of furnace room.

Mummy wrap.

Thanks, Aunt Lee, for loaning us the wings.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Florida

Lily and I went to Florida for a long weekend a couple of weeks ago. Had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa, and, of course, Chico. Here's the first batch of photos.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Open House

Went to Lily's 2nd grade open house last week. Saw this fabulous self-portrait (check out the nails):

Also saw this love note to the teacher (not by Lily). I love accidental kid profanity.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Last of the NY Photos

At Aunt Lee's - getting ready to leave Lily with Aunt Lee for a grown up evening in the city.

Sunset on the High Line. The High Line is a public park built on old 1930s era elevated freight tracks on Manhattan's West Side.

With Tom and Joanna, celebrating Tom's birthday (a bit early, but it's a milestone one and what better place than NY to celebrate?).

Lilyisms

"Cyndi Lauper dances funny. What's wrong with her?""
Guest Quote, from Ellie: "I wish I was a dog. Then I wouldn't have to flush the toilet or wash my hands."
"Euuuuwww, come smell these farts!"
In the bathub: "My behind is as hard as a rock and as smooth as a jewel!"
To Michael, as they drove past a cemetary: "How did all those people die right there?"
Guest quote from Grandma Fran: "It hurts when I dangle."
Upon being told to stop reading because it was time for dinner: "Ok, let me pause my book."
"Could you read with a little more expression, please?"
As the national anthem played during baseball playoffs: "Hey! I know this song!"
"Do my feet smell like Doritos to you?"
"Oh man. Why do all my backpacks always smell like ketchup?"
"Where does the universe end, and how do they make 3-D glasses?"
Lily: "Can you spend sand dollars?" Daddy: "Only at a sand bar!" Lily: "What?"
"My tongue probably weighs the same as about 4 or 5 caterpillars."
Guest quote from Aunt Lee: "It's amazing how many things fall out of my mouth and go down my shirt." [Apparently a family trait]
"I know everything there is to know about silent E. But CH and SH still trick me sometimes."
Lily: "Mommy wears a uniform to work." Deb: "No I don't." Lily: "You mean they don't make you wear black?"
"Hey Daddy! Did you know I have two pairs of panties on?"
“It’s cold. I want to go to summer.” [Me too, baby, me too.]
"Which side were Grandma and Grandpa on in the Civil War? The blue or the gray?" [The best part is she was sitting on the potty when she asked it.]
"Let's organize something! Like my closet!" [She is SO my daughter.]
A song: "Johnny had a booger, it tasted like sugar..."
"When I get really high, things look funny." [Spoken while perched on a ledge.]
"I don't like to be around dead animals - I just like their bones."
"At the restaurant, I burped and farted at the same time!"
"Hey Daddy, how long was 100 years ago?"
"Mommy, what are those wrinkles on your face for?"
Guest Quote from Caleb: "Is there a scab fairy?"

Old Lilyisms

"Mommy, your legs are soooooo hot!" [Sadly, she was talking temperature.]
"I wanna learn some stuff!"
Guest quote from the to-remain-nameless neighbor girl: "My mommy drinks lots and lots of beer. And now she has a baby in her belly!"
Mom: "Lily, would you like a pear?" Lily: "A pair of what?"
"Mommy, I think your pimple is very pretty."
"Don't tell me bout vampires until I'm 6 years old, okay?"
"Does Barack Obama even rule Santa Claus?"
"Bob lost all of his hair, but he's still a mammal."
After watching Tinkerbell: "None of the fairies are jewish, so they don't celebrate Hanukkah in Pixie Hollow."
Watching the fireworks at Disney: "This is so beautiful I think my eyes are going to pop out!"
"Do you know what we have on our tongues? Taste bugs!"
"Can I get a big dump truck for my 17th birthday?"
"Daddy teaches at Georgetown Anniversary."
"When we go to the forest lets look for dead animals I can put in a dead animal zoo." [Grandma Fran is complying my mailing up a package of dead bugs and an alligator foot.]
It had to happen eventually: "THAT'S NOT FAIR!"
"For my birthday can we go to the dentist?"
In midtown Manhattan: "This place is very complicated."
"Mommy, if somebody hits you at work, just tell your boss."
"Can we plant a watermelon tree?"
"All the thinkings in my head are banging in to each other."
"Put on my socks, for goddess snake!" [I think that's supposed to be "goodness sake."]
"Sometimes at school I stick crayons up my nose."

Even Older Lilyisms

Guest Quote, from Ellie: " I really love your toilet paper, Lily!"
Gazing out a restaurant window toward an ice cream parlor: "I'm in the mood for something cold."
Lily: "I wish I could be magic just one time." Mommy: "If you were magic, what would you do?" Lily: "I'd change the grass into whipped cream."
"The Queen [from Snow White] thinked evil thinks."
"I didn't touch it. It fell all by itself."
"I love you more than chocolate."
"I'll measure this [holding a tape measure]. It's 20 pounds tall."
"Let's hide. Daddy can seek on us."
Early signs of self-awarness: a) "I'll be the bad cop." b) "I'm not a morning person."
"Why do we have bodies?" [Just try to answer that one.]
"Hmmmmm, curious."
"I love my mommy, I love my daddy, I love my suction cup in the morning." [We don't get it either]
"You can call me Thunderfarts!"
"Let's hug Mommy, let's hug naked!"
Deb: "Lily, be careful with that." Lily: "I'm touching it gently, I'm not touching it hardly!"
"Let's pretend we're water. Lie on the ground and spread out."
"I love you, Mommy. I'm keeping you."
"When I'm a big kid I can drink coffee, use scissors, drive a car, and play near glass."
Lily wants to see "Shampoo the Killer Whale" at SeaWorld

Watch this, Mom!