Peek-A-Boo!

Fi may actually be THE MOST SPOILED little girl alive! And no one deserves it more. She is constantly surrounded by adoring fans, who first comment on how beautiful her eyes are and then how chunky her thighs are... probably this last one won't be much of a compliment when she is 30 or so. Daniel adores her and is constantly hugging her, Daddy is wrapped around her little finger and Eric talks to her at length about Godzilla and Batman movies.



Sophia is sitting up on her own for long periods of time now. She loves her stacking rings and her blocks. Dan was never into them. Sophia can sit with them for a half an hour before she falls over and rolls across the room. Here is Sophia with her rings and sitting up.



The Woob playing with the Bear and the Little Lion cub.



Here is Fi playing her new favorite game... you guessed it... Peek-A-Boo!


Dan and I have been getting the guitars out at night and playing them. Dan is a BIG fan of (yes Elvis, but also...) the Man In Black and especially enjoys Folsom Prison Blues. If you listen carefully you can pick out some of the lines as he sings his ballad... perhaps on our long commutes I should push Sesame Street more and Ray Charles and Johnny Cash less...

Daddy and Dan and Sophia reading Doctor Dan the Bandage Man before bed.

Goodnight.

Who knew we had so many paper bowls?

Today Sophia is home sick from school, so that means Dan and I are home as well. I was cleaning out the laundry room while Sophia was taking a nap and came around the corner to find Dan chanting the number "18" over and over again with a bunch of paper bowls on his head. I couldn't figure out what he was talking about...



I don't know if you can see the HUGE scratch on Daniel's eye. Apparently he got into it with another little boy at school yesterday. It is nice that he can talk now b/c the teachers will just tell you "Another child touched him." Now, when we leave the classroom I ask who did it and Dan comes right out with it. It helps to know who is getting the crummy tasting candy when we have to make Halloween bags :-) (Just kidding...)

Here is Soph trying out her first "Cookie." Mmm. Yummy.
ALL HAIL WALLACE the Bear! He has his own fanclub following.

Happy Birthday to Eric!

Sophia is sitting up! With a little assistance. Just wait till the next post. She'll probably be jogging. I guess she figures that there is just so much going on around here, lolling around on the floor is a surefire way to get stepped on (or over!)

Woobie's 11th birthday was on Thursday July 3rd. It is hard to believe it has been 11 years that he has graced this world with his smile and good nature. wow!




Eric got a BLIZZARD Oreo Dairy Queen cake. He got model cards, gift certificates to the game store, subscriptions to car magazines and of course, money. Here are some pics of Eric opening his presents.

The Fourth of July was pretty low key. The boys went to the beach while Sophia and I did stuff around the house. We cooked out on the grill and then we went over to see the neighbors and share some sparklers and ice cream cake. This was the first year Dan has done sparklers. He did very well and didn't once try to lick them while they were lit or put them in his sister's ear.

Here are the kids in the fort they built. Maybe what they say about these later generations is true... they are too used to the creature comforts. They even built a "kitchen" and an air conditioning system into their fort. Mmm....

Here is Soph talking.



She is well on her way to having her own talk show!