Leftover spaghetti and meatballs, cake crumbs, ballerina cake decoration. All the markings of a 6th birthday dinner. Hard to believe she is six years old.

//www.youtube.com/get_playerWhat you hear in this post is the sound of Charlotte, now six years old, snoring away at the end of a very eventful birthday. Complete with Rice Krispie squares made by Hil to take to school, a solid play in the park after school, new books, dinner with her Aunt Cate, extra stories &…… Continue reading Snoring beauty

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But boy can she ever jump!

//www.youtube.com/get_playerWhen ruby turned 2 we bought her a balance bike as a gift. The idea behind a balance bike being that it is harder to learn how to balance on a bicycle than it is to learn how to pedal. So balance bikes have no pedals – you just Fred flinstone it until you get…… Continue reading Ruby on her bike

Than to torment your little sister with pumpkin guts! Ruby is totally squeamish about these things. Charlotte not at all. Nature nurture.

What more could Arden ask for than her mom, her sisters, The Sound of Music and an unlimited supply of red peppers???

//www.youtube.com/get_playerWatch any portion of the class and it's really no surprise that she wants to wear her ballet outfit all the time… And really – why shouldn't she??? Look at her dance!

Ruby looks forward to ballet class all week long. So much so that she has been wearing her ballet costume pretty much every chance she gets these days and when we do managed to pry it away from her so it can go into the laundry it is a bit of a calamity.Needless to say…… Continue reading Thursday is ballet day

I remember this phase with the other two. The “I'm not interested in what you put out for me but i will gladly eat all or most of what you are having” phase. With both ruby and Charlotte it started with breakfast and it has pretty much lined up the same way with Arden. Of…… Continue reading This baby ate my lunch