My mom is Finnish so English is her second language. When she first came here and had her first baby, my oldest brother, someone called him a little pumpkin. My mom was so offended! I tried to understand what that sounded like to her, coming from another country. I guess I might be offended if someone used a similar word and told me that my baby looked like a gourd.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
For Halloween...
My mom is Finnish so English is her second language. When she first came here and had her first baby, my oldest brother, someone called him a little pumpkin. My mom was so offended! I tried to understand what that sounded like to her, coming from another country. I guess I might be offended if someone used a similar word and told me that my baby looked like a gourd.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
3 months
Little Will is 3 months old now.

I love those little gummies! And his messy straggly hair. All my kids are born with brown hair and then as the head grows, the brown hair gets spaced out further and further and a new crop of blond fuzzies grows in.

That skin really is tasty. I've tried it.
He is such a happy baby! On Tuesday, he and Addie both had fevers (sad!) so I took him in to the doctor to make sure it wasn't anything serious. Turns out it was just the start of a cold. But he was just smiling like crazy at the doctor. The doctor was like, "How is he so happy with a 101 fever?"
That's just how he is.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
We don't even have to decorate our porch for Halloween
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
A little early this year
Elli is early with her letter to Santa this year. It may or may not be because Addie just had a birthday and got some new toys that Elli really wants for her own. Her revenge? Ask Santa for something even cooler. This is now hanging on our wall and will be for the next two and a half months:
First off, I swear they got more than just crayons for Christmas last year. KIDS! They have no memory...
Second, it used to say she wanted her own WATERPROOF camera. I asked her why it needed to be waterproof. Was she planning on taking it on her next diving adventure? She said- well sometimes I might leave it on the table and I might spill something on it and it would just be good for it to be waterproof. I told her maybe she should just keep it in a safe spot where it would never get anything spilled on it. I didn't notice until after I took this picture that she had removed "waterproof".
And last, I love that she added Ben's list on the end of her letter. She didn't tell him or anyone she did it until she was done. I watched when she told Ben what she wrote. His response? "Yessssss!"
First off, I swear they got more than just crayons for Christmas last year. KIDS! They have no memory...
Second, it used to say she wanted her own WATERPROOF camera. I asked her why it needed to be waterproof. Was she planning on taking it on her next diving adventure? She said- well sometimes I might leave it on the table and I might spill something on it and it would just be good for it to be waterproof. I told her maybe she should just keep it in a safe spot where it would never get anything spilled on it. I didn't notice until after I took this picture that she had removed "waterproof".
And last, I love that she added Ben's list on the end of her letter. She didn't tell him or anyone she did it until she was done. I watched when she told Ben what she wrote. His response? "Yessssss!"
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Look at these lashes
I would kill for these long, dark lashes. I wouldn't kill a person of course, I'm already in trouble with the police. Maybe some kind of bug or something. A fly or a spider. I don't like spiders but I also don't like killing them. Ew. The guts and the limbs. Grasshoppers are the worst. They're all jointy and explodey. But if it meant I could have these lashes, I would kill a grasshopper.
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