Penny has officially been introduced to sand timers

And the world is a much more exciting place.

Overheard

Seth: Penny, come away from the oven. It's freaking, freaking hot.

Penny: It's hot like a mother.

another happy picture of the same happy boy

or maybe he just really loves a camera.

the princess is pooped

Dear Family,

True I find the occasional thing to complain about, but as long as I have this I will be happy.  Love, Seth

Elk Ridge

In case you've missed the news, we're moving.  We're building a house in Elk Ridge, Utah, and it will be complete at the beginning of February.  Here's what it looks like:

And in case you don't care about any news other than these babies, here's what they look like:

Will update photos on both as they become available.

Unckie Trace,

could you please come home and teach my mom how to paint a REAL butterfly?  this one's crap.

thanks a million,
penny

he's just happy to be here

Go, Diego, Go!

Penny's most prized possesion (a.k.a. what we would grab if our house was going up in flames)

This girl was introduced to "loveys" when she was 3 months old as a substitute for pacifiers. Two+ years later she's still deeply attached, but her original collection of 24 has been depleted to a measly (and disgustingly dirty) handful of 5. Time for some new ones.

I took her to the baby section at Target and let her choose her favorite pack of flannel receiving blankets (this pack had an extra blanket so, hooray!, 28 new loveys). Then we brought them home, cut them to the correct size, and immediately threw them in the washing machine to produce raggedy edges; because a lovey without strings is not a lovey at all.

Then she requested we do this:

That is one pleased Penny.

Pen's Polaroid

a cook and a bribe

the cook: penny

the recipe: oats, yogurt, peas, milk, and i think a little grass (and maybe some other mysterious ingredients i didn't see added)

the bribe: eat one bite of your "soup" and get two chocolate covered almonds

the bite: now pay up

the final ingredient: two chocolate covered almonds

kitty dragon

the costume is ugly (ebay lot), but the boy sure is cute.

penny chose to be "Mittens" her stuffed kitten this year, and she's already decided on a flower for next Halloween.

the goods. 

it was crazy watching her trick-or-treating and realizing we've got a little girl on our hands.  our baby girl is all grown up.  kind of.

you know you're fat when...

...your first word is "ba-ba."

crawler