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Piggy Tails and Hula Hoops

Today I had Cameron and Claire again.  It was a pretty lazy day filled with mac and cheeze, toy monkeys, zrbts, and veggie straws.  When she left, the mom said something about doing Claire's hair so I attempted pig-tails:

When the mom came home she was pleasantly surprised.  I think these were Claire's very first piggy tails, I felt a bit guilty but was glad I got to take part in the experience.

One of my favorite things about Claire is how easy she is to put down for a nap.  I let her pick out a paci from a little pink, plastic treasure chest and just the freedom of being able to choose which paci she gets, (the one with the bear or the pink polka-dots?) fills her with a happiness that causes her eyes to squint and her feet to spasm.  I turn on her music and close her shades and she dives hard into the mattress, like taking a nap is one of the most exciting parts of the day.  I drape her blanket over her and give her her sheep pillow and she says "Thank you, Mommy."  My heart melts as I tell her to have good sleepies.

The best part of the day with Cameron was his attempt at Wii Hula hoop:

Oh my goodness, I love that baby butt.

Day with Lucy

Today (Father's Day) my parents went across the state so I got to spend all day with Lucy.  Other than a fairly shocking moment when she licked my naked baby butt as I was trying to climb into the tub, we had a pretty lazy day.

Rescue Attempt.

Bell and I tried to save this turtle but he was clinging to the road pretty well.  Luckily we drove past it again that day and saw another woman saving him.

Stir Fry

Made this for Bella and Aidan:

They complained there wasn't enough and asked for it again the next day.

Score one for the cat man.

In a House with a Blue Door.

Dean sent me this picture from England:



This is a reference to my favorite chick flick (there are very few), Notting Hill.

I miss hims.

Emily.

She was always such a pretty girl.

Nobody like her in the world.

A little piece of heavenly that no one else could stand.

I see her in my dreams at night.

I see her when I close my eyes.

I just can't seem to shake, Emily.

I've been around a lot of very cute little girls named Emily lately. This one in particular has been such a sunshine in my life:

She, like Claire is 1 and a half.  I have been beyond blessed with little ones around this age in my life lately.  They just warm my heart with everything they do at this age.  My favorite thing about her is her joy.  She gets so happy by the simplest things.  She calls Cheerios "Cho's" and whenever I gave her a handful she would say "thank you! Cho's...happy?" and I would say "Cho's make you happy?" and she would yell "Yes!"  This is the purest form of happiness.  Joy found in Cheerios.  She also calls pizza "paaahtaaah" which is unbelieveably adorable.