This morning as Marielle unloads the dishwasher, she is having trouble getting a bowl out that is tightly wedged, and grunting about it:

Me (coyly): "Are you a drama queen?"
Marielle (matter-of-factly): "No, I'm just a princess."

A picture of the "princess" in the princess costume she picked out this morning (note the partially-covered, yellow Big-Bird unitard she's sporting):

And one of Geneveive, just because she felt like saying cheese too:

Summer Recap

Boy, its been a long time since I've posted any pictures or stories of my dear ones. . . We have been busy growing three kiddos over here! To give you a taste of just how they've grown I'll give you a few stats:

-Eve grew out of TWO shoe-sizes in two months. (Thank goodness, because she really needed a growth spurt!)

-August grew 3 pounds in 2 months, which puts him (today) at a hefty fighting-weight of 20 pounds flat! I am particularly proud of this one considering his weight was the 3rd percentile at 9 months old, and has now inched his way into the 10th. Its all the scrambled eggs, avocados, oatmeal and sweet potatoes he's been eating these days.

-How has Marielle grown, you ask? She continues to grow like a weed (the most rapid of all 3 kids), and she learned both how to swim and how to pump her legs on a swing this summer!  I would say that its my Marielle who has truly blossomed this summer. She vacillates pretty fluidly between a little lady with impeccable manners, to a bare-footed and sweaty nature-lover who can spend hours outside collecting leaves, insects, picking flowers and watching butterflies. Simply put, I adore having a four-and-a-half year old!

8 months old!

Well, 8 months has proved to be quite the age for young August. A few weeks before it he started crawling, and within just a week or two he was pulling himself to a stand on just about any furniture he could find. He also learned to clap last week, and has been marvelling us all with his new trick.

Conversations with little Genevieve.....

Eve: What's for dinner, Mom?
me: Salmon Cakes.
Eve: Ohhh, salmon-takes. I loooooove salmon takes.....
me: Oh good, Im so glad!
Eve: That's my faaaav-ewite dinn-oh, Mom....That's my MAGIC dinn-oh!

                              Unrelated, but funny: Genevieve, having put on her dad's dress socks and shoes.

Let it be said: Genevieve is a very humorous child. Impish has been a word to describe her on more than one occasion, by more than one relative. :-)

Strawberry Picking!

 Genevieve was the quickest picker, and the most dedicated eater. It was remarkable how quickly she filled her bucket, and how fast she could stuff those strawberries in her mouth!

                        Marielle was more 'meditative' and wistful in her own strawberry picking.

Im not sure which is funnier -- that we actually have a bib with "Macho" printed on it, or that of all the bibs we have, Genevieve insisted upon wearing that one this morning.

6 months old

Because one purpose of this blog is for posterity, I must include some details that may be of no interest to anyone except August's grandmothers. :-)
At six months old, this boy is weighing in at 14lbs. 13 oz, and 25.75 inches long. In other words, he's a bit of a peanut. But a very very charming peanut, at that.

As for what he is like these days, I'll let the pictures tell you....


Sweet and tender.

Jumpy and vigorous.



Playful, flirty.




And at times, concerned. :-)

August is a deeply sweet-natured little boy, and by far, our most laid-back and content baby. He adores his sisters, loves to laugh, be tickled, and say "da-da" constantly (and indiscriminately). He likes rolling across a room, and is getting close to crawling too! That will open up a whole new world of crazy for this household once I start having to chase after him. :-)