31 Mar
here is a quick example of how jasper lilith entertained us…
there is a bit of singing and some stomping and some clapping and some bowing – enjoy!
note the “tank you! tank you” accompanied by the little bows – she doesn’t bother waiting for us to clap, she just goes ahead and [...]
29 Mar
jasper has an intense imagination and here is an example: her vitamin bottle “choo-choo train” … she lines up the bottle end to end for as long as the table (and her daddy) will let her, crows in delight and starts pumping her arm in the classic “choo-choo”!!
to me it is a string of bottles [...]
29 Mar
more good times at the natchitoches house…
jasper lilith is telling a story – i can’t remember what the story was but doesn’t it look like a good one?
jasper decided to share both her daddy and her “noise-maker”… we had a great ride down to the pasture and i don’t know who had more fun – [...]
29 Mar
jasper lilith has discovered hot salsa and chips!! the surprising part isn’t that she liked the hot salsa over the mild but that she liked it on her chips at all…
she typically doesn’t like to dip or scoop but she definitely liked this!
look at that tongue – not willing to miss out of any of [...]
28 Mar
jasper recognized the riding mower as a lawn mower (i guess the red and the way the engine looked reminded her of ours?) so she pointed to it and said, “make noise, daddee? going to make noise?”
she doesn’t like the vacuum cleaner but she loves when jon mows the lawn – go figure…
anyhow, jon took [...]
28 Mar
we went down to natchitoches for the week and had a wonderful time!
pop was active, jasper was active and we just tried to keep up with both
jasper is showing her gram a lizard… “oooh, look, gam! lizawd! pwetty lizawd wight there!”
jasper entertained herself, arnetta and i with some dancing and singing… and stomping… [...]
28 Mar
jasper and i met my aunt chris at a park last week and had a great playdate!
we ran around, we giggled, we laughed and jasper rode her “horsey” until it was nap time
28 Mar
the fort worth zoo was a good place to be last weekend!
jasper lilith and duncan blow all of us some sweet kisses!
jasper and david point out the “choo-choo twain!!!”
21 Mar
here you go, lilla! a shot of our garden in all its hidden potential!
isn’t it beautiful?
you can see the tomatoes along the fence and then the beans will grow up along the bamboo tripods… then we have onions, carrots and garlic as well…
we have to wait for the weather to warm up a bit before [...]
21 Mar
here are jon and jasper lilith playing with the sheets while i try (operative word is try) to make the bed… no worries, it was worth it for these smiles alone
jon: “look! get under the sheet with me, jasper! let’s hide from mama!”
jasper: “no, daddee! it tent! ok? not sheet, it tent!”
jon: “a [...]
