bits and pieces
Apr. 21st, 2014 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aryanhwyThe other morning as we were waiting for Joel to bring the bike up from the basement, Gwen out of the blue stuck her arms out straight in front of her, and squeezed with her hands a few times, saying "Squeeze! Squeeze the pigeons!!" while doing so. I have no idea what prompted that, and it was just a wee bit creepy.
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We made an awesome new recipe for supper last night: Pork in Red Wine and Ginger. Very easy, and delicious, and it smelled so good the entire time it was baking. We had it with rice.
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Andrea's water has (finally) broken. I suppose it would be churlish of me to wish her a long labor so that my new niece or nephew ends up sharing a birthday with me. Even if s/he doesn't, it'll be close enough for me to have a good excuse to especially spoil this one.
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When I was young, I used to complain vociferously about having wet clothes -- including swimsuits -- on when swimming or playing in the water. This afternoon, we went out to one of the playgrounds that has an awesome water installation, and though yesterday Gwen played happily there even after accidentally sitting down once so her pants and underwear were wet, today she insisted that they be taken off once they were wet, and ditto the shirt. So, yes, I was the mom at the playground with the wholly naked toddler running around. (But gosh she was cute. No, I won't be posting those pictures to the internet, just to her grandparents).
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But the other day, I was the mom at the playground with the toddler dressed in a Viking apron dress:
Baba Tamara made this for her, and when it arrived in the mail she insisted on trying it on and wearing it the rest of the day (even though the shoulder straps at this point were only pinned on!). And then two days later another present came in the mail, a gorgeous hat from Auntie Stanza:
And I'll stop here because if I start posting all the cute pictures I've taken of her recently, we'd be here a long time.
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We made an awesome new recipe for supper last night: Pork in Red Wine and Ginger. Very easy, and delicious, and it smelled so good the entire time it was baking. We had it with rice.
--
Andrea's water has (finally) broken. I suppose it would be churlish of me to wish her a long labor so that my new niece or nephew ends up sharing a birthday with me. Even if s/he doesn't, it'll be close enough for me to have a good excuse to especially spoil this one.
--
When I was young, I used to complain vociferously about having wet clothes -- including swimsuits -- on when swimming or playing in the water. This afternoon, we went out to one of the playgrounds that has an awesome water installation, and though yesterday Gwen played happily there even after accidentally sitting down once so her pants and underwear were wet, today she insisted that they be taken off once they were wet, and ditto the shirt. So, yes, I was the mom at the playground with the wholly naked toddler running around. (But gosh she was cute. No, I won't be posting those pictures to the internet, just to her grandparents).
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But the other day, I was the mom at the playground with the toddler dressed in a Viking apron dress:
Baba Tamara made this for her, and when it arrived in the mail she insisted on trying it on and wearing it the rest of the day (even though the shoulder straps at this point were only pinned on!). And then two days later another present came in the mail, a gorgeous hat from Auntie Stanza:
And I'll stop here because if I start posting all the cute pictures I've taken of her recently, we'd be here a long time.
