what Oscar ate today

2 bananas
2.5 eggs
1 clementine (minus two segments)
some bread
3 strawberries
4 red grapes
6oz mango yogurt
half a sweet potato
half of Lucy's hamburger

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into the sun

As the weather gets nicer we've been trying to squeeze in trips to neighborhood parks in between dinner and bathtime. Oscar is at a perfect age to explore all the new textures of the ground (beyond carpet, tile, and pretend wood floor).

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a lot of effort for 15 minutes of sledding

Almost a month ago now we went up to Mt. Hood to do some sledding with our neighbors. We did this last year and after several false starts ended up having the most fun playing with a pile of snow in the parking lot with our then 2-year-olds. We thought our now 3-year-olds would like a little more adventure this year, so we found a sledding hill, and we got some good rides in, but then wrists got cold and socks got soaked through and Oscar was beyond tired so we headed back for hot chocolate in the car.

All of these pictures were taken on the side of the road on the way up the mountain, where we pulled over to put chains on the cars. For Lucy and Luca, that was as much of a destination as you needed.

hoopla

Last weekend we had a fundraiser for Lucy's preschool and I took a lot of pictures that I wanted to post. My parents brought Titi to join the party, and Lucy basically abandoned all of her preschool friends to run and dance and crawl through tents with Teagan. The girl knows what she likes.

On the way out of the party, Lucy and Titi took turns yelling at their squished reflections in the funhouse mirror.

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eleven months

Dear Oscar,

Yesterday was three-thirteen-thirteen, and you were eleven months old.

When you wake up in the morning and I take you out of your crib, I sing you a good morning song:

Good morning, good morning, my tiny baby boy
Good morning, good morning, your face is full of joy
I want to hug you oh so much
I want to give you lots of love
Good morning! Good morning!

Your sister likes the song, and has adapted it into her own version which she serenades you with when you cry in the car. Her lyrics are always changing, but I’ve caught snippets of “your face is full of happiness” and “your face is full of sadness” and it makes me smile. It also makes you calm down, which also makes me smile.

This week we were all hanging out in the living room after dinner, and you were chasing Lucy around and she was laughing, and then the next thing we knew you were on the fourth stair up to the attic playroom. So now we have that to worry about.

I love you!

Love,
Mama

faces of oscar

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heard on the street

"I love to dance. It is my favorite thing of the day. 

And, solving mysteries."

-Lucy, dancing (with arms and shoulders) to the Modern Lovers during dinner. Also solving the mystery of who replaced our mustard with "monster mustard".

she is totally my daughter

I am in the basement working, and from the kitchen upstairs I can hear Lucy belting out a song about her love of cheese.

I love man-che-GO!
I love manCHEgo!

I love man . . . . chego.

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