What's on your agenda?

A friend of mine just told me that the other day his 5 year old son said:

"Boys have penises and Girls have agendas"

I'm thinking about making bumperstickers out of that one.

Little Highlander

2006 PNW Highland Games

Max and Ilona's Visit: Party Animal

Max & Ilona's Visit: Rock Star

Max & Ilona's Visit: Who Farted?

Bebe

Bebe got on the phone with me this afternoon and the first thing she said was "I was being good." Perhaps it's my suspicious nature, or perhaps it's the fact that I've known her father for 32 years, but I suspect I'm not getting the whole story.

Bebe's Book; progress

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had come up with (what I think is) a brilliant idea for Bebe's birthday - a book celebrating Bebe and the number four.

So I've been calling around to get people to submit photos for this project. My dad apparently had a great deal of fun coming up with somthing to submit for the book - he submitted the following:

For this picture, the caption will say:
"Grandpa has four hands."






His next submission for the project was this:



I still haven't figured out what the caption will be...

Any suggestions?



How scary is that orange wall?

Bebe's Birthday

Bebe turns four next month and I just came up with a brilliant idea for her birthday present - but I've got to get going on it right away or I'll never get it done in time.

Through Qoop.com (anyone used them? comments?) i can create a bound picture book - so I thought I would make a book for her dedicated to the things she loves and the number 4. Show a picture of her Dad's Jeep with the text "Daddy's JEEP has four wheels" and show a picture of Grandma Candy with four of her glass birds, and Uncle Timmy with four of his guitars, four ponies, four doggies, four flowers etc, etc - maybe six words max on each page...

I'm really kind of excited about doing this. Now I'm off to hunt down pictures...

Max and Ilona: Pictures Uploaded

After 6 weeks, I finally got the pictures we took at the International Fountain scanned in and uploaded. Notice every picture of Mr. H has Ilona in it too. She was not to be without him. He answered to "you," "him," "that guy," and "Eric"(?!), but there was really no question for anyone who she was talking about. He was her favorite, the name was irrelevant.


I love how all the pictures with both the kids have them running in opposite directions. Max spent quite a bit of time in the water, then would come and dry off, make faces at the camera, and go run around in the water some more.

Max and Ilona's Visit - July '05

Max, Ilona, Grandma, and Grandma Candy...

We had a great visit with Max and Ilona and Grandma, and made sure we got to spend some quality time with Grandma Candy as well.

The kids were great, and we had such a good time with them. We had so much fun. But WOW, what a lot of work. We were both bone-tired exhausted after they left. I can't wait till we get to see them again.

"I don't know if you have a mom, but I know my Aunt Judy belongs to you"

Max trying to figure out how he's related to his uncle.

"I know I can do it. I know I can do it. I know I can do it all by my self."

Ilona trying to buckle her own seat belt. It took five minutes, but she did it!

"This is not my breakfast"

Ilona's response to a granola bar.

On Being an Auntie...

We are now on day 3 of the great munchkin adventure. Max and Ilona arrived with Grandma on Friday night. Mr. H had been a little trepidatious about spending 5 days with my mom and 2 toddlers, but Ilona took care of that when she quickly made it clear to everyone that Mr. H was her chosen one, her favorite, her 'Princess Transportation Device,' and pointedly declared to Mr. H that she needed a hug. He complied. The two are now best friends and Aunt Judy is jealous.

Max is charming and handsome, and at five, quite the little man. He always makes sure to hold the door open for anyone that needs it, even the automatic doors, which he holds open by waving his foot in the air in front of the door. He also misses his Daddy. Every other sentence starts with, "My Dad ..."

There's so much more to tell, but right now we're off to spend the day with Grandma "Candy"

Whew! Aunt Judy is tired.