Saturday Ramblings

Today was a gorgeous, warm and sunny, almost-spring day. It was also a day dominated by sad and ominous news. A college friend passed away and headlines loom about nuclear meltdowns in the wake of terrible tsunamis.

It's days like these when I'm feeling the weight of unanswerable questions: what will the world be like for my kids when they're my age? Is the environment going to cause terrible cancers for them in their lives? Will they make good choices and have the right people to surround them once I'm gone?!" (and the list goes on...)

Then Alison breaks the introspective tension by falling asleep after an evening bath, with the most adorable mohawk.

Three Happy Saturday Night Girls

The girls were all together on a Saturday night, and guess what? They were ALL in a good mood.

Riley obliged when I asked her to get in the photo with the "b'dahs" . I think it's so cute how the little cousins are doing similar things with their hands.

In the first pic, Ali looks like she's summoning me to pick her up, and in the second I think she's doing the "bus driver". Then predictably her hands and Hannah's go in the mouth.

Laughing at Grandma's Dog

So grandma found out that when her really tiny and extremely fluffy dog puts her head out the car window, the visual of the fur in the wind are really, very funny to a two-year-old. She was laughing even more, before I turned on my phone to video her delight.

Big Sister Soup!

When Alison was overdue, I was taking advantage of a luxury that was about to end: sleeping in. I rolled out of bed, late and groggy, on October 26 and found Riley and Matt in the bathroom. He was helping her spell words with the bath magnets in the tub. Matt had written "Big Sister Soon?" but Riley changed two letters and the message on the bath tiles was "Big Sister Soup".


Since then Riley has relished her role as "Big Sister Soup". Who wouldn't want their very own baby doll? A baby who can be rolled around, flopped into your arms and whose face and head you can mush, mold and smother with kisses and finger pokes.

Ahhh, the life of a little sister. It's not easy and it requires so much patience.

Ali, I'm hoping that one day she'll dispense great advice and be your best friend! Until then, we are trying to watch out for you, good luck baby girl!