FIVE

Standing in line to buy mushrooms all by herself at the farmer's market. 

2017 week five

I love the looks on the ladies' faces behind her. She was so proud of herself. She even picked out the basket of mushrooms she liked best. Maybe I can convince her to eat some because they were the special ones that she bought? We'll see. 

Messy hair, 2 pm still in pjs. When Matthew is gone we're kind of lazy and sad. 

Vera took some photos of me swinging with Theodore in the lovely sunshine. 

My children are masters at making strange/grumpy faces in photos. They definitely get it from their Papa. 

You'd think he was either really not enjoying the swing, or really not enjoying this special moment being interrupted by paparazzi sister. 

Vera brought me a bit of grass the other day and it turned out to be cilantro. Surprise, cilantro growing in the middle of my "lawn." You can't really call our Texas eco-friendly (read: weeds) ground cover a "lawn." But there you have it. We transplanted it to a pot, we'll see if it survives. 

This is the outfit she begged to wear all day. Minnie Mouse nightgown, pink flip flops, and a checkered bowl cover that she loves to pretend is a hat. 

Theo strikes again with the crazy face. "Help! She's holding me!" Vera looks so tall and calm. You wouldn't know that two seconds prior to this she was jumping off the couch and screaming. 

Quotes:

With Matthew gone, I've been pretty bad about taking photos and writing down quotes. Here are the few I managed to get.

"Maybe when I'm really big, like eleven, I can go to Africa and catch a dung beetle for you."

"Look! I'm going to show you a present in my pants!"

Singing "Some bees are mean and they will sting you but nice bees do sting you too if you bother them."

"Here Mama, I made you a drink. It's called 'cognac.' It's some water and I squeezed a tomato in it. It will make you feel better."

"When Giraffe had puppies she dropped her whole business of ice cream on the ground and the puppies licked it all up and then ate all the ice cream that she dropped on the ground and they got so sick from too much ice cream and then they died. I already buried them."

She's been really into naming things. She'll name different movies or books or games that "Giraffe taught me." She likes to invent names for herself as different princesses. Her favorite naming ritual is to be constantly searching for a new name for Giraffe. "Maybe Snaffy Giraffey's name can be cuddle wuddle, and her middle name can be veepee, and her first name can be Alishadios." This happens at least 5 times a day with various rhyming and often very Utah-sounding names. :) 

She likes to write letters down on bits of paper and bring them to me to ask what they say. I always try to sound them out for her even though they are nonsense. I remember specifically doing this as a little one and being frustrated and annoyed when adults said, "It doesn't spell anything." "Of course it does!" I though, "It might not be a "real" word or whatever, but I know that the letters together make sounds." So I always sound it out for her.