"GAH-YICK & UH-YUN"

"The start to all things great..." That's what I've told Beatrice a hundred times as she watches/"helps" me cook dinner. I think we have a future chef on our hands, not only because she loves being in the kitchen and helping, not because her entire day is either spent eating or pretending to eat with her play food/kitchen stuff, but because she just plain loves food, all kinds, all palates...well, except for spicy hot, she's still growing into that one. Today a late birthday present arrived from some of my family...a kitchen helper tower, and she was so, so excited. Thank you Uncle Moe for sending this dream gift our way!

School's Out for Summer!

Father's Day

"Happy Birthday" from us at 5:30 a.m.

My Bookworm, Sittin' on her Shtoop

I came out of studio the other day to check on Beatrice, who had been quiet for far too long, and this is what I saw. She looked just so big to me, so grown up, so old, as she does many times daily lately. Does she not look like she's hanging out with the newspaper? This girl continues to LOVE all books, and continues to LOVE sitting on random objects that serve nicely as little seats. Anthony broke her plastic one from the Vietnamese market and we need to get up to the store and replace it, but meanwhile this wooden drum serves the purpose nicely.

Can't Face the Reality Known as "Nap Time"

or "night time" either, for that matter (this one taken 8 hours later)

First 4-letter, I mean 4-SYLLABLE, word