Friday, November 30, 2012

friday cute shot

 Edited to add: The photo!




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Google is thwarting my cute shot today by saying I've reached my picture limit (I'm hoping for a reset with the new month tomorrow), so I'm going to describe the picture I was going to post in words instead. Then maybe I can edit it later to add the actual picture.

Picture this:
Lucy and I, drinking smoothies at the Houston airport while Oscar sleeps, making the most of our unexpected 5-hour layover thanks to a fueling delay at the Richmond airport. Since we got up at 4am Eastern and now won't be landing in Portland until 8pm Pacific, most of us are not in the best mood. Oscar is excluded from the "most", because he was in a great mood, smiling and kicking and laughing right up until just before this picture, when he finally fell asleep for a much needed nap. Lucy was hungry but only wanted a sunbutter and honey sandwich, one of the things we did not pack. The airline had given us food vouchers but all the food options were the kind that you regret both immediately and later, then we realized that we didn't have to stay in our terminal, so we rode the train to the other end of the airport where we found the Jamba Juice we were looking for. I told Lucy we would have to remember the name of the smoothie she was enjoying so much (Aloha Pineapple), and she suggested that we take a picture to help us remember. So we did.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

heard on the street

"I'm so happy I just want to snuggle you for ten years!"

-Lucy, after getting home from preschool today

Friday, November 23, 2012

friday cute shot


Thursday, November 22, 2012

thanksgiving ephemera

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oscar is back asleep for nap number one and the sun is up but the house is still quiet, and here are two things I am thinking about today. Enjoy your turkey and stuffing and family and whatever else goes with it.

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Two days is a long time to wait. Wednesday before Friday's airplane adventure, Lucy was running around the house with so much energy she was fit to burst. Dancing, jumping, clinging, monster-roaring, demanding. Saying, "Mama. Mom. Mom." over and over with no follow-up, pinch hitting with " . . . I love you" at the last minute. Toward bedtime she got so whiny, I said Lucy, why are you acting like this? She looked pained and said: "I am just soooo excited, that I got soooo happy, and then I got sooooo sad."

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Shaggy and his dad were shooting turkeys full of sauce last night and I remembered that on Lucy's first Thanksgiving three years ago, at 13lbs she and the turkey and Rocky the wire-haired Dachsund were all about the same size. Now Oscar and Rocky are close to the same size, and we're joking about getting Rocky a shoulder holster and making a buddy cop movie called Rocks and Ox.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

to virginia

I finally got my new birthday camera (it only took me three months to decide), and with my new wider angle lens was able to take airplane shots on our way to Virginia. I did not let this opportunity go to waste.