a morning with a twist

With Papa finally unburdened of his exam, he gets reacquainted with his neglected family. Schuyler 'helps' make pretzels. She found the spicy mustard...spicy...but moreish.

This was a great morning - a swim at Pink Beach on a beautiful day, making pretzels with our daughter and a nap time during which Papa didn't have to study for the first time in 5 months. Great days.

wag the dog

If you are 35 inches high and weighed almost the same in pounds, the only think you can possibly control in your life is something smaller than you. And that doesn't leave much. Unfortunately for Magic, she's double his weight so he "gets" to be the thing she is in charge of in her life. Poor little guy.

...and the living is easy

"Yike it, Daddy! Yike it!" = I quite enjoy swimming, dear father

"Cited, Mummy! Swimmin, Mummy!" = "I am extremely excited to be swimming, mother"

baby 2 shows off it's current home.

on the road again

Schuyler had a special day today; she spent the whole day with Kim and Ward! She got to venture into town for a coffee (ahem, a water), visit a toy store and drive her car around Pink Beach. It just doesn't get any better than that when you're two!

clean socks

'nuff said.

what's on the menu?

Schuyler digs fusion foods. Maybe she'll become a chef. if she does, i'm not sure we'll eat at her restaurant. Mama served her chicken and broccoli for dinner but Chef Schuyler demanded dip. Mama gave her plain yoghurt and she complained that it was 'yoghurt'. Unable to argue the facts of the case, Mama added some herbs and garlic to the yoghurt to mimic a dip. This seemed to do the trick and she hoovered the rest of the meal plus "dip" and watermelon chunks.

Chez Schuyler is now accepting reservations.

Oh and she had jello for the first time (Lucy convinced us that she only did it because she was teaching them the colour yellow). She apparently thinks this is what bubbles taste like. She kept calling it 'bubbles'.

beach time: take two

beach time

There is a beach near our house known as the "baby beach". So called because it appears to have been built for little bodies. The water part of the beach is ankle deep for about 75 feet out so those under 3 ft can wander with little fear of undertow or sharks. While Papa took a mock exam, Mama and Eli (and Eli's parents whatever their names are) went beachin'. This girl of ours really digs the beach. And water. And she's strong. And she seems intent on waterboarding herself. Ahh... a relaxing day at the beach.

so Bermuda

introducing...

the newest bermy baby:

At 20wks s/he is only halfway cooked although apparently already measuring very large at 9 days ahead and 84th percentile. Quite an active babe too!