Monthly Archives: February 2014

When the vacuum is on it blows a great gust of warm air which the kids love. I heard LBP call out as I was busy moving things aside, ‘Look at me! I’m just like Marilyn!’ as she stood above … Continue reading →

LBP loves to take her baby to the pool. ‘Help! Plastic baby is drowning’ she calls out after flinging the baby and then madly paddling in her rubber ring to rescue her. This is a tender moment after the rescue. … Continue reading →

LBP loves to sneak her cup of milk before bed. It’s become a little game for her. If you call out, ‘Don’t you dare sneak your milk!’ she runs up to grab off the counter top.

As her brothers ran ahead, LBP made a dash to chase them on her scooter and shouted after them, ‘My brothers don’t always win!’  

I was folding the laundry on the bed and looked up to see LBP putting on all of my underwear. She had two on her head and five on top of each other. Like Salome she danced on the bed … Continue reading →

Like Moses parting the Red Sea, LBP rode through the park on her scooter, lifting her arms and calling out, ‘Seagulls, Go away!’

At the playground, LBP loves to say, ‘Mama, be the child catcher.’ And I have to prance around and sing, ‘Come get your lollipops!’ She screams, runs away and cries out, ‘Be the child catcher again!’ To an onlooker I … Continue reading →

LBP loves her baby and she spends a great deal of time making swaddles for him. I asked if baby has a name, ‘No, just baby.’

LBP loves the blue and red straws. I said, ‘Oh! be careful when you have two straws in your milk-it will fall over!’ and LBP sweetly announced, ‘I won’t listen to you now, but I will listen next week.’   … Continue reading →

After her bath tonight, in her lion towel, snuggling up to her brother in his shark towel