Okay...I guess you're all right.
Maybe I can see them, but you can't.
I'll figure that out and get back to you...what's the point of a blog without photos?
By the way, I didn't take pictures of the zebra...I didn't take my camera out at all that day, for some reason.
The picture I intended to include with the blog was a picture my friend Sue took of her son, Daniel, with Ecco.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Pictures
Okay, I get it...you can't see the pictures in your email.
All you have to do it click the blog link at the bottom of the message, if you're interested.
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All you have to do it click the blog link at the bottom of the message, if you're interested.
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Ecco and Daniel at the Zoo
Today we were almost run over by a runaway zebra at the zoo!
This picture was taken shortly afterward...
This picture was taken shortly afterward...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Little updates
I just set out blog to email you when we post updates.
If you prefer not to be notified this way, please let me know.
We're looking forward to adding this as a little bonus way we keep in touch.
If you have a moment to leave a comment, I think that will be even better!
Eve
PS to Stef,
I can only email 10 people, so I am using your email address for both you and Mike.
If you prefer not to be notified this way, please let me know.
We're looking forward to adding this as a little bonus way we keep in touch.
If you have a moment to leave a comment, I think that will be even better!
Eve
PS to Stef,
I can only email 10 people, so I am using your email address for both you and Mike.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Good toys for the car
You'll think it's a joke when I tell you. John and I were packing up to leave for a short road trip and Ecco wanted to pack an activity bag. John thought it was a good idea so he helped her put it together.
We left without much delay and in a while Ecco starts pulling things out of her bag.
I hear her playing with one thing or another, when she asks me if I'll help her "put them all in the same way". I'm driving so I'd have to crane my neck to see what she was trying to hand me, so instead I reach my hand back and she puts a small box in my hand. It's the "toy" John proudly packed for her; a box of matches!
DID YOU HEAR ME!?
My husband packed our not yet three year old daughter a box of matches to play with. AND he's proud! Seriously, he's pleased at his own ingenuity! Like matches are maybe as much fun as Polly Pocket, but without the expense or wasted plastic.
He's told me several times that he thinks they're good fun because she organizes them and because they're basically compact dolls she can create little scenarios with.
Fortunately, our daughter isn't (knock on wood) accident prone and she almost always asks before she does anything new. But still...matches?
I know that most people in my shoes would be angry or worried or scared or at least a little miffed, but I can't seem to muster any of that. I think it's one of the most ridiculous things he's done but it's not really that big of a surprise. Matches are probably too cute to be only for adults and who doesn't love sliding the little drawer in and out left to right, right to left?
John may have finally walked over the line of reasonability, but it seems that this time (although I took away the matches) I'm right there with him!
We left without much delay and in a while Ecco starts pulling things out of her bag.
I hear her playing with one thing or another, when she asks me if I'll help her "put them all in the same way". I'm driving so I'd have to crane my neck to see what she was trying to hand me, so instead I reach my hand back and she puts a small box in my hand. It's the "toy" John proudly packed for her; a box of matches!
DID YOU HEAR ME!?
My husband packed our not yet three year old daughter a box of matches to play with. AND he's proud! Seriously, he's pleased at his own ingenuity! Like matches are maybe as much fun as Polly Pocket, but without the expense or wasted plastic.
He's told me several times that he thinks they're good fun because she organizes them and because they're basically compact dolls she can create little scenarios with.
Fortunately, our daughter isn't (knock on wood) accident prone and she almost always asks before she does anything new. But still...matches?
I know that most people in my shoes would be angry or worried or scared or at least a little miffed, but I can't seem to muster any of that. I think it's one of the most ridiculous things he's done but it's not really that big of a surprise. Matches are probably too cute to be only for adults and who doesn't love sliding the little drawer in and out left to right, right to left?
John may have finally walked over the line of reasonability, but it seems that this time (although I took away the matches) I'm right there with him!
Break the tension
We were having a little tense moment in the car (nothing big; I just wasn't being direct enough about asking to stop at one grocery store over another) when Ecco chimes in. Now, I don't know how she could know that this would break the tension, so I have to think that she just said the first thing to came to mind.
This is how it went...
Eve: "Do you just want to go to this grocery store and I'll nurse Gray in the car?"
John: "I prefer the other grocery store"
Eve: "But we're passing this grocery store now...aren't you stressed out about Gray crying?"
Ecco: "Excuse me Pop...when we get out of the car, can I see your nose hair?"
I'm still laughing!!!
This is how it went...
Eve: "Do you just want to go to this grocery store and I'll nurse Gray in the car?"
John: "I prefer the other grocery store"
Eve: "But we're passing this grocery store now...aren't you stressed out about Gray crying?"
Ecco: "Excuse me Pop...when we get out of the car, can I see your nose hair?"
I'm still laughing!!!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Major Potty Progress
(Although not the kind you may expect)
I wanted to paint the tile.
"Paint the tile" he shrieks.
"No, no, no. You can't really mean paint"! You must mean "rip out the entire ugly bathroom so we can replace it with something clean and new...yes, I'm sure of it...rip it out! It's the only thing that will do!"
It all happened so fast that I didn't even catch a single picture of our bathroom before this happened:
Then Ecco, Gray and I went on a lovely trip to the east coast. When we came home, the bathroom looked like this:
MAJOR, MAJOR progress as you see...but nothing you could actually use for bathroom purposes. We did have a solar tube however. Very important detail!
We have been working like crazy (we even hired people to help!) and somehow the project goes on! There are too many in between photos because there were too many "in-between" steps.
But I am proud to announce that we can actually take showers in our bathroom now and GET THIS: We are seriously thinking about moving our many stacks of toiletries from the dining room to the...ohmigod, this is too good!!!...THE new CABINETS in our BATHroom!!!
Wonder of wonders!!!
Gray supervising as we instal the sink!!! (Stay tuned for the latest photo)
I wanted to paint the tile.
"Paint the tile" he shrieks.
"No, no, no. You can't really mean paint"! You must mean "rip out the entire ugly bathroom so we can replace it with something clean and new...yes, I'm sure of it...rip it out! It's the only thing that will do!"
It all happened so fast that I didn't even catch a single picture of our bathroom before this happened:
Then Ecco, Gray and I went on a lovely trip to the east coast. When we came home, the bathroom looked like this:
MAJOR, MAJOR progress as you see...but nothing you could actually use for bathroom purposes. We did have a solar tube however. Very important detail!
We have been working like crazy (we even hired people to help!) and somehow the project goes on! There are too many in between photos because there were too many "in-between" steps.
But I am proud to announce that we can actually take showers in our bathroom now and GET THIS: We are seriously thinking about moving our many stacks of toiletries from the dining room to the...ohmigod, this is too good!!!...THE new CABINETS in our BATHroom!!!
Wonder of wonders!!!
Gray supervising as we instal the sink!!! (Stay tuned for the latest photo)
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