Sylvie Sings Along

Sylvie Sings Along


Sylvie and I got to watch Moana Sunday afternoon to escape the heat.  She was a bit sleepy but excited to sing along to her favorite songs.

Fairy Garden!

Jo took advantage of some nice weather and got out outdoors all cleaned up for spring.  The girls helped her make various "fairy garden" features in our newly presentable yard, here is Sylvie in front of some of the creations! 

More Fostering!

We have been lucky enough to provide a temporary home for a litter of 4 kittens until they are big enough to be adopted.  They are so much fun to have around.

They love sleeping in a pile on the kitty bed, but when one wakes up the stretching triggers a chain reaction:

Bluebell taking a little nap:

Ma and Sylvie from a late January visit!

Elsie Quote - from Thanksgiving

Elsie's Grandma RJ had a nice sweater on one day over the holiday, Elsie had a very interesting comment:

That looks like a cozy sweater, can I have it when you die?

And this was completely out of nowhere, we had not discussed death/inheritance etc.

Fun Sylvie Quote

I shaved this morning and  Sylvie was interested in the buzzing shaver, when I was done she touched my face and said:

"Wow, I have never seen a daddy without spikes on his face before!"

She has also been a hoot this Fall, when we are out walking or driving she will see a tree and say:

"Hey I just saw a naked tree!  Lots of naked trees"*

*Kristen - naked tree means a tree without leaves.  Sylvie thinks the leaves are clothes for the tree.

A journey to far-away Fitchburg

I took the girls to a park  this last weekend.  As E is 6 and S is 3.5, I usually run with S in the stroller while E bikes a bit ahead, lots of parks to go to within 2-3 miles but this was a new route.  At one point when we crossed the line from Madison into Fitchburg, the sidewalk ended so switched to the street.

E asked why the sidewalk ended, and I replied it was because we crossed the invisible line into a different city, that we had left Madison and were not in Fitchburg.  She considered this for a few seconds and then we got to have the following exchange:

E- "Daddy, do they speak a different language in Fitchburg?"
A- "No, they speak English just like we do in Madison"
E- "Ok good, then I can talk to any kids we play with"

Ten Years!

Andy and I celebrated out tenth anniversary together in style...hiking around Epic with the girls, feeding the Epic animals at the farm, trying out a new local pizzaria, and each taking a nap.

My favorite Billy!

Ten years!

Playing with mud in the stream.

Wandering, wandering...

It wasn't all happy, all the time...

The girls' favorite part!

There was lots of confusion about anniversaries and marriage from the girls, so we had some great conversations today.  Elsie insisted at one point that I shouldn't be married to Andy because she is going to marry me.  When Andy explained that wouldn't work, Elsie decided she was going to marry Cousin Campbell.  Oh, my.

My favorite, though, was this gem from Sylvie, as I tucked her into bed tonight:

Sylvie: "Mama!  I can't feel your Marry!"
Mama:  "Feel my Marry?  What does that mean?  Do you mean my ring?"
Sylvie:  "I am touching you, and I can't feel your Marry!  When you get Married, you get a kiss and your kiss goes out of your mouth and falls on your shirt, and then you have a Marry, but I can't find yours!"
Mama:  "Ummm..."
Sylvie:  "And I can't find Daddy's!  Maybe you can make each of you a new Marry and then you can kiss again and sew them onto your shirts so you will both be so pretty and Married."

I can't wait to see what the girls think of the wedding we are attending tomorrow, given the expectations of marriage they have!