pooltime

shady little lady

feel the music

darn, it feels good to be a toddler

bathtime: a summer special

One heck of a great distraction, this little thing. The only annoying thing is that the little bear will not stay put! In and out. In and out. Running on the slippery tiles. Ready for the hospital emergency room.

ideology

Schuyler must be a little bored of "Five Little Ducks" because she keeps going to the grown up book shelf for inspiration. First, she was all about an old textbook "Morality in Practice" now the impenetrable Marx and Engel's tome (which even her Dad who owns the book hasn't read in its entirety). Well, I suppose part of our goal in this whole parenting thing is to provide a good moral foundation. Maybe when she reads the book the right way up, it might start to sink in.

vocabulary

One of the most unexpectedly charming and miraculous aspects of this whole parenting thing recently has been hearing this baby start to talk. I remember when she was just a blob of baby that didn't even know we existed and only knew one word: Waaaaaaaaa. Now, she's understanding a lot and building up a vocabulary only the well versed in Schuyler could pick out but here's a quick list for posterity:

	Schuyler Speak™	Translation
1	Gog	Dog
2	Mumma	Mother
3	Dada	Father
4	Woah	No
5	Bah	Bath/Bain
6	Ankoo	Thank you very much
7	Sh sh	Shoes / Chaussures
8	Shhhh	I'm tired / hush
9	Up	Up
10	Tris...tan	Tristan (playmate)
11	Kah	Car / Cat
12	Hah	Hat
13	Uh-oh	Aw shucks
14	Ch	Cheese
15	Woo	Woof!
16	Un duh wah	Un, Deux, Trois
17	Ooo cee	Lucy
18	Kuy er	Schuyler
19	Bye bye	Bye bye

out to brunch

Schuyler drops a hint to her parents.

Only fourteen years and eight months until she gets one with a motor.

An ill-advised trip to brunch at the Southampton Princess for Megan's birthday at least made us aware of their fantastic kid's playroom. We may be booking some time in there in the near future.

ta da!

windy day

"Hmm, it's boring in here..."

"Wooohooo! this is more like it!"

Schuyler clearly prefers frolicking in the tropical storm winds of passing Hurricane Bill rather than just hanging around inside the house.