mea culpa

 At the pumpkin patch two weeks ago I forgot to bring my camera and I thought, oh, that's okay, my hands are too full and we all know what people in a pumpkin patch looks like, but then of course my kids were frolicking around the pumpkin patch, looking cute, and my hair was full of volume, and Lucy found a pumpkin and then immediately switched her focus to pumpkin flowers, which are considerably more beautiful, and then Oscar and Lucy were both sitting on a large pumpkin, and Emily was kind enough to let her camera do some of my bidding.

 

But then I saw Emily this weekend and said, hey, you have to send me those pictures, and she said, I totally sent you those pictures, you just never read your email, and I really didn't think she'd sent them but today I finally remembered to check and she totally did.

Of course.

And I love them.

Thanks, Emily!

P.S. My present for your birthday is that I'm going to respond to one of your emails. Get excited.

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lulu and ox

eighteen months

Dear Oscar,
Eighteen months came on the day of our neighbors' annual pumpkin picking event, same as six months did last year.

You are getting bigger and bigger, and our friends who haven't seen you in awhile are surprised about what a full-on little boy you are.

What you do:
Run
Follow your sister everywhere
Snuggle
Tackle-snuggle
Throw balls and chase them
Kick balls and chase them
Try to volley balls with a miniature lacrosse stick
Climb up on the bed and ask to be tickled
Corner us with sticks and say "Roar!"

What you say:
Mama
Roar
Other people variously claim to have heard you say Nana and up; I have at times thought I heard something resembling more and milk, but nothing I would stake any money on.

What you sign:
Milk
More
Fan
Banana
All done

What you love to eat:
Bananas
Spaghetti
Strawberries
Frozen raspberries
Frozen peaches
Apples
Smoothies
Sunbutter honey sandwiches
Feta cheese
Tacos

When you go out walking with your dad, people can't stop talking about how much you look alike ("the same hair!" "the same smile!") and he comes back from wherever you were completely glowing.

When you snuggle on my lap, you point to a spot on my forehead where you and I bonked heads about a month ago, and you push my hair aside, and point to my forehead again, then you put your cheek against that spot and give me a very sweet hug.

I love you, little Ox.

Love,
Mama

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a short list of things lucy likes

(as dictated by Lucy: "Mom, write a list of things I like.")

A List of Things I Like
taco meat and taco
halloween
my body
my eyes
my water bottle
the pictures that I make
Slippery
everyone in the whole world
taco meat and taco
mac and cheese and capicola
gingerbread man
candy
hearts
flowers
pink
TT
that picture
sheep, because their fur is really kind of cozy actually
cheese
fridge milk
trains, I like trains actually
this picture
these light bulbs
this pink bottle and whatever it has in it

friday cute shot

friday cute shot