choo-choo!!

some friends and i met up at the little trinity river railroad station in fort worth to go on the scenic route…i thought it was like a 3 hour trip and was wondering how crazy i was to expect jasper lilith to sit still that long…but i was wrong – the trip is about 45 [...]

what is that hanging out of her mouth??

ooooohhhhh…it’s her tongue:)
mom, we haven’t “officially” worn those sweet ballet slippers that you bought for her yet but unofficially, jasper lilith wears them all the time…she loves those shoes!  and brings them to me to put on her or just puts them on herself

she came out of her closet with her shoes and [...]

duncan turned 6…it’s true! we saw it!

duncan had his “i turned 6!” birthday party this saturday at a local park…the weather was great!  it has been in the 80’s all week long but this weekend a cold front visited us and it has dropped into very comfortable, slightly cool weather – perfect park weather
heather and david put on a [...]

ride ‘em, cowgirl!!

this is the first time i have seen jasper lilith ride her giraffe but it was worth the wait!  the funny part is that she kept trying to get next to something to hold on to while she climbed aboard the giraffe but she couldn’t get it quite right – she tried several different pieces [...]

a roll in the laundry…

i had a big load of jasper lilith clothes that i washed this morning…i pulled them out of the dryer, put them in her laundry basket and left it on the floor while i went off and did something else (i don’t remember what but surely it was Very Important)…
when i walked back into the [...]

gorbella’s green day experience…

jasper and i got all painty and dirt-covered this morning and it was worth it! 
gorbella’s was having an earth day inspired event today and we got dressed ready to get dirt on our hands and paint on our clothes…well, jasper lilith got dressed for that anyway, i didn’t…i still got all painted up but that’s ok, [...]

dragons do exist!

heather, avert your eyes!!  no, i am kidding – the dragon is for duncan, i guess that means you can see it

but houston, we have a Problem because jasper lilith has fallen in love with this two headed dragon!  she talks to it, she carries it around, she pets it [...]

a sunday day…

again, today was both fun and productive!  jon and i both finished a bunch of yard work (i planted some mammoth sunflowers against the fence and a bunch of wildflowers) and then moseyed on over to the faire…

jasper was very jon-centric today – she wasn’t all that interested in her mama and only wanted her [...]

couch tales…

we had a productive weekend but we still managed to grab some downtime and scarborough faire time…and chocolate truffles – jasper lilith managed to grab a truffle or two and proceeded to devour them in a way that left tracks…and handprints…and little toddler toe prints…and then lip prints all over me when she kissed me [...]

look at all those strawberries!!!

today was a fun day!  every friday we go to the main library for what is called “storytime” – it is a toddler oriented class (group?  session?  something like that)  with books and songs and puppets…very loud, rambunctious and audience driven…it is alot of fun and jasper really gets into it especially when there are a bunch of [...]