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Sam lost her first tooth this morning! She’s officially a big girl now. (And I’m still not believing it!) As I discovered last weekend, I knew her tooth was loose. I hadn’t been wiggling it all week because I wasn’t quite ready for it to go. I would ask her if it was still wiggly though. I bought some material earlier …
Read more →What a great day today! The weather yesterday was lousy (woohoo for finishing our taxes on a rainy February!) so we spent today outside and soaked up some vitamin D. We had a picnic at Aldridge Gardens. Boo to Aldridge Gardens for requiring a permit to take pictures there now. Then, we spent the afternoon at Moss Rock …
Read more →We’ve had a group of turkeys in our backyard all winter. It looks to be 1 male and 2 females. They usually don’t get close enough to get a decent picture. This morning, Molly was on the back porch and was deeply intent on something in the back yard. I never looked to see what she was looking at, but I knew she was …
Read more →We spent President’s Day at the McWane Center. Although the Clifford Exhibit was being taken down (drat – I feel bad that we missed it), I’m sure there will be much more to see during our next trip. The girls always enjoy the Light Brite, petting the sharks, and digging for fossils.
Read more →We spent the day at the lake. While on a walk, we came across my Great Uncle Merrill. He reminds me of his brother, my grandfather, Papa. Ellie likes to wear her hood whenever she has one. And in this case, she then wanted to ride her tricycle. So, she spent the rest of the morning wearing her helmet (with hood).
Read more →It’s 65 and sunny today, so that means we’ll have at least one more bad freeze before it’s officially spring.
Read more →Ellie is definitely more agile than Sam. She watches Sam do gymnastics every week, and longs to be a part of that. We plan to enroll her for next year when she’s three. In the mean time, we went to a birthday party for Chloe and Jolie (happy birthday girls!) and she had a blast playing on the equipment.
Read more →We went to a gymnastics meet with the Grissoms. UA versus LSU. It was a great meet, and despite the seat-swapping and the fact that our seats were double-booked, we had a great time! We won by a point or so.
Read more →We finally got a ponytail in Ellie’s hair! Her hair is still barely coming in, so no, she is 2.5 and has still not had a hair cut. Unfortunately, it goes forward: toward her face. I’ve been programming her to wear it back, but she is beginning to fight me on that. I might have to cut bangs after all. Here she is giving …
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