Yard Work

HHI Headwear




On the last day of May, we headed over to Hilton Head for our two week family vacation. We managed to arrange our days around the beach, biking, napping, and the Salty Dog--named the "Soggy Ball" by Elsie--we are not sure why. Here you will see a collage of the various headwear required for these adventures. Elsie especially loves her helmet--she talks about riding bikes and helmets a lot. Even now that she is home in Savannah, the fond memory of bike riding inspires a random outburst of "helmet" and a deep sigh...

Bluffton




So Memorial Day weekend meant House Party! We headed over to the Belzers' river house for weekend fun. After a Friday night Mexican fiesta, we enjoyed a full day Saturday of boating, swimming, sandbarring, Mojitos, and Nathan's excellent etouffee. Allison, Nathan, Cecelia, and Lillian were gracious hosts--Elsie loved the big girls! Saturday, the Martins (baby Yates is pictured here), the Strains, and the Kirks arrived and things really got rolling. It was so much fun, we had no time for pictures. Here are just a few...

Play Date




So way back in May--back when we used to blog regularly, before our camera/computer hook-up messed up, Elsie invited Camille and Hart over for a playdate to usher in summer. I know that we have lots to blog about since then, but this is just to "wet" your appetite...

Go Dog Go


Don't you just love that dog party picture in Go Dog Go? The one in the tree? With presents and cake and badminton? Elsie does too! And Oscar curls up wishing he was there...

Kissing Cousins and Palate Cleansers!

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The cousins worked on their sharing skills in Atlanta this past weekend: sharing guacamole at La Paz Friday night, sharing toys at 665, sharing a visit to the Aquarium, sharing watermelon sorbet palate cleansers, and sharing kisses. Beth and David worked on sharing time at various Atlanta playgrounds, sharing family time at the Dekalb Farmer's Market (among other places), sharing a delightful evening with Jim and Suzanne, and sharing in a collaborative culinary effort to make good on our Farmer's Market treats for a family feast Sunday night. Yummy, yummy, as Elsie would say!

No Way!

Bed Head

Summer's Here!

Pretty Hands: Nonie teaches Elsie to say "Amen"

Running Wild

Happy Mother's Day!

wow, what a day. i went all out for mommy today. first, i let mommy (and daddy) sleep in until the blissful hour of 7:30. i actually awoke at my usual 6:23:16 but held tight for my mommy. i practiced my counting and delivery of my favorite new words--i sorry....i've found this phrase to be great. i can do very bad things, quickly utter these small two words and voila! i'm off the hook. this is going to be easier than i thought. once up this morning, i let mommy watch the wiggles--oh how she loves them! i often catch her humming the crackcocaine-like tunes the rest of the morning. next we had a special breakfast of daddy's famous waffles. loved them so much i kept a little of that yummy sticky syrup on the back of my right knee until 5pm. because of the tunder (thunder) we went to the mall and played at the softplay playground. there i let mommy watch me slide and climb. she had a lot of fun i think. after naptime the tunder was gone so we went for a walk. we went to my 2nd favorite park. the tree hanging park. there i hang from a low oak tree branch and giggle. then i chase oscar around trying to put him back on his leash....eash! eash!....for dinner i took mommy to her favorite sunday yummy spot. taste of india. i had not eaten there but daddy had told me how yummy it was. he was right. first i ate roughly 4 servings of papri chat and chutney...yummy yummy! next, i devoured saag paneer and tandori fish. i was a machine, making mommy very proud. no trouble with the spices for this little one. hopefully i won't have to wait until next mommy's day to have indian again. well its bathtime and then off to bed. ieeyou (i love you) mommy! and i'm certain daddy feels the same way.

Elsie-isms

Really it is more about the words than the pictures right now. She moves fast--she gets bumps and bruises--the pictures end up looking more artsy than accurate. But the words--I can capture a few of the words here.

There are favorites: Hi, OK, Oskey, Come ere, park, stroller, water, cup, No, Stop

There are multi-syllabic wonders: helicopter, aeroplane, alligator, avocado

There are names (and nicknames): Elaine (Nonie), Grammy (Gammie), Aunt Barbara (Bawbwa), Bryce (Byce), Kate (Kiki), Camille (Mille), Quesadilla (Dilla), David (D)--at full volume.

There are something like homophones: "Sickle" for bicycle or popsicle, "pinch" for shoe pinching or tooth pain, "all done" for anything she doesn't want to do anymore--eating, staying in her crib, dressing, talking

There are adorable speech impediments: TV (TB), DVD (DBD), covers (cubbers)

There are Nonie-isms, now Elsie-isms: OK, There it go, Whassup?

There are words of the day (an obsession repeated incessantly for brief periods of time until the next word of the day arises): clown, fireworks, Jesus, helmet, scary, Capers, the letter "s", the number 2, the color blue, the color yellow, the color green

There are sentences that ring of genius: I sorry, IEEYou (translated) I love you