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The happy queen.

We visited Unique thrift shop and hit the jackpot in the princess dress department this year.

The grumpy princess.

With a little help from the Dollar Store, we had the full ensemble.

Refusing naps catches up with one, even a princess.

Has anyone else been sleepy with the arrival of crisp, Autumn weather? We've all found ourselves sleeping in, including David Jr.

Happy Fall!

Hitchin' a Ride

New/not yet born potatoes

After months of anxious waiting for (read: forgetting entirely about) our modest potato crop, we dug them up today with some excitement. Anyone else's hopes might have been dashed upon pulling up our first specimen.

Yep, that's a quarter.

But us city-folk were just thrilled to be digging up something edible from the garden. Subsequent digs yielded what might be termed new potatoes, though they, too, are probably a hair shy of that designation.

An impressive first try I'd say! Maybe we'll water them next year.

THE cake

"Victory!! I dedicate this is bite to all those babies out there who've never had chocolate cake."

"Those healthy banana cookies? Don't even try it Mom. Not after this."

Things actually started off pretty tame... nice family portrait, David looking stoic below.

"C'mon, Frankie. What's the big deal? Chocolate shmocolate. Gimme one of those banana cookies."

"Hmm something different about this piece of food."

And the rest is history. Another beautiful chocolate cake- thank you Lola!

Looking Back: Other 1st Birthdays

November 17, 2009

May 21, 2008

Our special man/boy/baby

Three belated birthdays to recognize here: Jackson turned 11 on Aug. 6, Pop-pop turned even wiser on Aug. 10 and sweet baby David turned one on August 11! The males stick together in this family for survival purposes.

We love you all.

David celebrated last night by bathing in spaghetti. A foretaste of his official party this weekend, no doubt.

The flash really makes that sauce "pop".

Hello again and happy Friday

My laptop took a dive off the kitchen ledge weeks ago, and since then I've spent hours on the phone with Dell to diagnose a host of problems. A damaged hard drive (alas all pictures lost...back up your computers people!), a damaged wireless card, and only today have I discovered the audio is damaged. If ever, by the way, you are in the market for a laptop, buy.a.mac. The technology is such that in the midst of a spill the computer shuts down and protects the hard drive. Why hasn't Dell thought of this?

In any case, here's what we've been up to lately.

Practicing our family totem pole.

Upgrading the baby pool to beat the heat.

Snuggling.

Making horrible dins.

Hope you're managing to stay cool in this oppressive heat!