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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Goat and the Woman

They did story acting at Rosie's school yesterday, and - great excitement - the kids acted out Rosie's story! I haven't seen it in print but I hear it goes something like this:

"A goat walked into the room. The woman was surprised! The goat left the room. The woman was happy."

Rosie got to be actor/director. She played the goat and chose another girl, Amelia, to play the woman. Rosemary walked on all fours, and Amelia covered her mouth to show her great surprise. Big treat.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

I am QB

And you can be too, if you come over! Not as in quarterback, but as in "C'you be Baby George's doctor?" "C'you be Floppy Bunny's teacher?" And my personal favorite, "C'you be the cashier?" In writing "C'you Be" looks slightly French--or maybe Cajun?--so you can just call me QB.

Yes, that's just a cute way to say Rosemary is doing a LOT of re-enacting/repetition of life events: doctor visits, dentist visits, grocery shopping, cooking, school, and playgroup.

Doctoring Baby George by giving him a bamboo-stick flu shot:

Chef Rosemary pondering what to put in her stew. Probably result: SillyBandz, necklaces, seashell, and wallet. Delicious.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Grandma Nancy!

This past weekend Granddad was out of town on one of his many work trips, so Grandma Nancy surprised us with a fantastic, whirlwind visit. That is, we knew ahead of time she was coming, but the trip wasn't long planned. Rosemary was beside herself excited to have Grandma stay at our house.

The weather was nice enough we could visit Pier 6 for the first time since fall.

Then to cope with the doldrums after Grandma Nancy left--and because one pier just isn't enough--we ended the weekend with a quick trip further into Red Hook to Valentino Pier, a park we hadn't been to before. There are great views of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan, and overall it's just a nice reminder of how watery our city is.

A giant Norwegian Cruise Line ship moseyed on past us, dwarfing Lady Liberty:

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Vacation!

We lucky ducks were in Turks and Caicos week before last for the Sanders Family Vacation. Our set up was dreamy: our house was right on a pretty sandy beach on a calm bay. Every so often a prickly little sea star or sea urchin would creep up toward shore to remind us that it wasn't just a big, beautiful wading pool. A few pix below, more here.

Some moments:

1) Elijah showed up with one very, very loose front tooth. The real highlight was watching his innovative, preservationist approach to eating, where he could bite anything without letting it touch that front tooth.

2) Naked kid swimming: Sam and fam made their very tight connection but their luggage didn't, so Elijah and Dash had no swimsuits that morning. They went swimming in the raw and Rosemary tore off her swimsuit in solidarity.

3) Seeing an octopus out of water - literally - as it tried to hunt down a crab on a low-tide rock ledge near our house. It scrambled back in and disappeared right quick when we approached.

4) Early mornings with Rosemary, Birthday for Frances, cups of coffee (me, not her), and walks to our watery staircase.

5) Jason, John, and Elijah played touch football on the beach and Jason threw a ball that finally knocked Elijah's front tooth out. It flew up, up, up in the air aaaaaand...disappeared onto the sandy beach amidst a whole host of pearly-white, tooth-sized shells. Good camouflage. Tooth hunt was ultimately successful and the tooth fairy came all the way to T&C.

Tooth hunters:

5) Next day at dinner Elijah's second front tooth fell out, totally unceremoniously. This may or may not have been due to playing football with Jason again. Tooth fairy summoned back to T&C.

6) Kayaking to see the snails in what Rosemary dubbed "Seattle," a teeny tiny beach down the bay from us.

7) Lots of swimming and jumping and kicking in the pool.