Monday, April 4, 2016

Misty Water-Colored Memories

Ava, holding up Brody's tags:
Ohhhh, this will be a great way to remember Brody when he dies.

Life Goals

Ava, February 18, 2016:
Gabby told me that you need to be really strong to have a baby. So I don't want to be strong, because I don't want to be pregnant. If I marry a woman, I'm gonna make her be pregnant. And then I'm going to tell her to get really strong and tell her to go to Pound [Helen's workout class].

Sunday, April 3, 2016

James's Winter Wonderland

In case you're curious, this is the amount of snowfall that cancels schools and offices for two full days...




January 2016

From the looks of this month's pictures, it seems we did nothing but eat cake, donuts, chocolate croissants and cupcakes. And thinking back on the month, that may very well be true.

We started the month out with a "Winter Wonderland" party, which was really a belated birthday party for James. For a family that's pretty low on motivation, we went oddly all-out for this one—we bought 80 yards of white tulle, if that gives you any sense of things. In his excitement, it appears James lost control of his icy magic and froze the kingdom—we awoke to a snowstorm, which in these parts is a once-a-year (if that) phenomenon. James and his guests all dressed in their princess best and we danced the morning away in the icy ballroom.

Later in the month we celebrated Ava's 7th birthday with a gymnastics party. Right now gymnastics is one of her favorite pastimes and at this point she can cartwheel like a Romanian four-year-old.

December 2015

November 2015