Archive for August, 2008

what is red, white and retro all over?

we took jasper lilith to the park today to go run around on her new tricycle but first, jon had to put little blocks on the pedals so she could reach easier…
and jasper helped him…

she watched him do the first block and then obviously thought, “i can do that!”  because she went and pretty much [...]

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how now, brown cow?

jon calls me to the back of the house with a “daune, come see this…” so i hurry over to him and peek around the corner to see this:
jasper lilith saying, “poo, poo!” and going about the business of changing her doll’s diaper!  not that the doll has a diaper on but that doesn’t stop [...]

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the appley dress of goodness…

hullo, wendy!

here is jasper lilith wearing The Apple Dress!  it is rather big on her but that is perfect for growing so it should last some time…
i want to eat her up!

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a treasure box…

dad and barbara sent a Fabulous Box of Treasure for jasper lilith’s birthday!  the Box was filled with memorabilia from my childhood and some new goodies for jasper herself…  it was fun for both of us – she got to pull things out and i got to gasp when i recognized something!
there were some outfits from [...]

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your face is going to freeze that way!

jasper pats my leg to get me to look down and when i do, i see this!

and then she growls at me…  jasper lilith is quite the growler – you have the alligator growl, the bear growl, the ‘nake (snake, remember?) growl, the dog growl and the monster growl – all very, very different…  to [...]

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a bubbly crown of bubbles…

jon calls me into the bathroom last night with a, “you had better hurry, it won’t last long!”and so i trotted in to see jasper lilith awash with bubbles!  lots and lots of bubbles that jon began to pile on her head!
so, of course, i ran and got my camera and was a bit surprised [...]

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a “nake”…

jasper lilith’s new “toy” is proof that toddlers don’t need toys, they just need to use their imagination! 
this little piece of yarn?  yes, it is yarn – about 4″ long?  well, that is jasper lilith’s “nake” which means “snake” without the s

so she finds this on the floor and proceeds to run around [...]

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august 27, 2008…

jasper lilith turned two on that day!!  whoop, wow and wowsa!

we didn’t do much – just a tiny little cake and a big fat birthday balloon – she knew what the cake was for though and ran to get the #2 candle that we used on the big party cake last saturday!  jasper lilith ran [...]

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the dog that barks, sits and walks… all without breathing…

maxine, she loves this toy dog! 
within the first hour of opening her present, jasper lilith had tried all the functions out and decided that she needed to feed the dog after working it/her/him so hard…
so she went and dug a bowl out of her kitchen drawer (we keep all of her dishware down where she [...]

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the barrettes…

lately, jasper lilith has developed a taste for barrettes…  lots and lots of barrettes…  worn all at once in her hair…

she goes into her “hair” drawer and brings me her hair brush and a handful of barrettes and believe me when i say that this is a case where it is just easier to put [...]

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