Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle,
Little star,
How I wonder
What you are.








Up above
The world so high
Like a diamond
In the sky,

Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little star,
How I wonder
What you are.

End of Another Week

Daddy and Betsy are relaxed after she finished her first week of being SIX months old.  Goodness look at those grey hairs.  Wait, those are on Daddy.  Betsy has the beaming smile though.

Mary Jane was a little cranky this afternoon as she decided not to nap much.  Oh, who needs napping anyway?  Not that young girl!  Of course she was a bit feisty before she fell asleep.  What did she need for her final snooze?  Paul the Panda of course.  P to the P, as some in the household call him, immediately put her at ease and she went back to sleep.  Now if only some extra bamboo can be found for him.

The Best Laid Schemes o' Mice and Men Gang Aft A-Gley

Well, Miss Jill and I were planning on driving out to Arizona to visit her family this three-day weekend.  Unfortunately, one of our dear little girls got "sick" on the ride out.  Luckily, it was only two miles from Aunt Pat and Uncle Brent's house.

So instead of random musings from Arizona, we're having a "slow" weekend at home.  But there are so many things to do and right now I have so many pages to read to work on Salome paper so I best be going.  But for now, please enjoy the following two videos that I have recently downloaded on this site.

Feed Thyself!

Typically I feed Mary Jane and don't think much of it.  She smiles, she eats, she makes a mess, I clean the mess.  So goes the session. 

But then I wandered off to grab a towel and came to witness Mary Jane feeding herself.  Yes, I know it's a rite of passage that most young children attain (ok, some of my HS sophomores still can't figure it out) but this still looks good for all those family members who haven't seen any updates lately.  Alas, Decathlon and grad school kind of slowed down my typical downloading pace.

This is not to say she hasn't made other similar strides.  She now knows how to sign "all done" so we know when she's tired of tofu.  But typically, she eats everything on her tray.  More often than not she'll sign for "more" and then possibly "please."  Who can see No to such a polite little girl?

Peekaboo!

Little Betsy gets all excited as Mommy plays her best game of Peekaboo!  Look at that wide-faced smile!

Busiest Day of the Year

The Academic Decathlon has come and gone for another year.  I'll talk about it more tomorrow at some point but Mary Star did quite well again, managing to win 41 individual medals as well as four team medals too.  Lots of high fiving, blowing it up, and smiles all around.  I love watching hard work get the appropriate rewards.

Mary Jane Learns a Lesson in Charity

Mary Jane was initially unwilling to give up her precious apple to Cherry Bugg even though the bunny hopped all through the den and living room just waiting for that one moment when Mary Jane might drop the apple.  She never did until this point when MJ felt enough sympathy for the bunny to let her have it. 

Too bad this video is extremely blurry.  But as director Billy Wilder once said, "Johnny, keep it out of focus.  I want to win the best foreign picture award."

The Happy Eater

"Give me more food," says Mary Jane.

Mary Jane Stays Up Late

For some reason Mary Jane decided not to sleep early tonight.  She kept waking up and making all sorts of random noises and words.  With either the chants of "Momma" or "Up" from the other room, Daddy had to go in and pick her up.  Then she'd lift his shirt and say Baboo!  (That means Belly Button)

Silly Mary Jane.  Singing when she should be sleeping!

Back to School

Mister John has to go back to his teaching tomorrow morning.  His three weeks of bonding with his wife and two daughters is over now.  Hmm... replacing two infants with 125 sophomores.  Yuck.  At least he doesn't have to change diapers during the day.

He did have to change litter pans for the rabbits tonight though.  Cherry Bugg was quite put out when he moved her out of the way.