Mother's Day (minus napping one)

Springing for Spring

Beach Bums

The Boukaters were kind enough to bunk up and share some of their beach time with us.  After finishing the semester and hosting a number of parties, we were ready for some relaxing good times.  Clearly, the kids were too... It is no wonder Elsie was so sad to leave....  We can't wait to play with them again when we visit Atlanta in July.

Berries and Cream

Fun with Lee

Fun with Lee


This week was extra fun because Lee came to play with us.  She consulted at work for Allison and Armstrong on undergraduate research.  She worked on a new writing project with me.  AND she played with all of us--from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, she was a great sport.  We were so glad to see her and look forward to playing some more soon!  Here she is having some early morning iphone fun with the girls as their parents slowly got up....

Dit Do It!

Here is a picture of Kit trying to put a helium-filled balloon in a lunchbox.  And perhaps, this shot says all I need to say about her.  She is creative, funny, stubborn, impractical, determined, innovative.... and of course adorable... and perhaps this act embodies some of those things... And even lots of pictures and words wouldn't really capture her anyway?  This week, for example, we had a few bath-time incidents including the aforementioned poop in tub and then the subsequent sh&% in shower episode...  We had lots of booty shaking and head bobbing to music.  We had fast running and high jumping.  We had singing and sentences galore.  We also had a few tantrums and tears and "I'm sorry, Mommy" after some bad behavior.

But then, in just one of the many sentences that have bloomed this spring, the most lovely line left her lips last Monday.  She turned the corner as I was leaving the bathroom and saw me dressed for work in a swirly skirt with a kind of flower pattern and spontaneously exclaimed, "That's beautiful mommy..."  What more could a mother want this mother's day week/weekend?  I returned the sentiment, of course.

Princess Wow

 

Kit has dubbed herself Princess Wow.  Whenever she can get her hands on some princess gear, she dons it and declares "Princess Wow" and gets busy flying.  On Easter, she got her first princess get-up that is all her own.  Watch Princess Wow take off!

Royal Wedding

 

I remember mom waking me early in 1981 to watch the royal wedding.  This time, with the pleasure of DVRs, we could enjoy the wedding at a civilized hour with champagne and hats and new puppies and afternoon fun with the Belzers... We were too intoxicated with the lovely affair to snap photos... Here is what we got!

May Day

 

On MayDay, we cohosted a baby shower for my colleague Christy at our house... here are some of the pretty preparations!

April Showers

While we just had a rainy day or two to show for it, our beloved Tuscaloosa got hit bad.  Fortunately, David's family made it through unscathed.  We were able to touch base with all our family, friends and former faculty and found them to be ok.  The devastation across town is shocking to witness from afar... the soccer field where David and I first met and played together, the places we went on first dates, the places we ran and played.... many destroyed.  Sweet home Alabama...  Thanks to everyone near and far who checked in!