Sal & June Bug

A few months old (you can tell by the clothes), but still a cute shot of our happy girl.

Sleeping bag peek-a-boo

Juniper has fallen madly in love with her sleeping bag (thank you, Jennifer W). She loves to play in it, snuggle in it, hide in it, make herself a burrito in it, and - yes - sleep in it.

Those of you in GA know that we're not having sleeping bag weather these days. I recently went to wake her up from a nap and found her completely encased in the sleeping bag, covered from head to toe. When I pulled her out of it, she was radiating heat and so drenched in sweat that her hair was as wet as if she'd just gotten out of the bath. We've temporarily hidden the sleeping bag and are looking forward to pulling it out again when the weather cools off. Juniper has asked for it every bedtime since it disappeared, but so far she doesn't seem too sad that it's gone. She's willing to settle for a lightweight seersucker blanket (thank you, DeeDee), as long as she's tightly wrapped up in it. "Make me a burrito. Can you make it tight? Can you make it tight all the way?"

Fingerpainting fun

Who says finger painting should be limited just to fingers?

Jump!

We recently took the girls over to Gramma's house, where the star attraction is the trampoline. Both girls love it, but Violet is a particularly good (and adventurous) jumper.

Strawberries!

Last month, we took the girls strawberry picking. They gorged themselves on berries and had a fantastic time. I didn't think it was possible for these two would-be fruititarians to fill up on strawberries, but by the end of the morning, they were done.




















Juniper also went on a strawberry picking adventure last year. Based on the amount of mess created, you can see that she was much better at picking (and eating) the berries this time!

Bartlett's, the Toddler Edition

Violet (eating a bowl of peanuts): This trail mix doesn't have any trails.

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Juniper (on being told that she cannot sit on my lap because I'm still eating): I wanna sit on all the kinds of laps that everyone has.

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Violet (wearing a read tea towel and pretending to fly like Superman): Up, up, and a hooray!

Videos from Aunt Katie

Katie watched the girls for a few hours yesterday and posted a couple of very cute videos:

and

Juniper at the Lake

We posted photos a little while ago of Juniper at the lake. Now there's video!

Juniper at/in the Lake from Sally Honeycutt on Vimeo.

Back from the Deep

After a long adventure 20,00 leagues under the sea, Captain Nemo and his crew welcomed a hearty spaghetti dinner.

Onion ring

Necklace? Glasses? Or just good old silly, play with your food fun?

Athens, GA

To celebrate our anniversary, Aaron and I took our first solo getaway since Juniper was born. While she had a slumber party with Cheryl, Jason, and Violet, we went to nearby Athens for a day and a half. We had a great time enjoying Athens and enjoying each other's company for over 24 uninterrupted, child-free hours.




Toodling around downtown Athens, we saw the all bars and eclectic shops you expect to see in any college town. This particular shop has everything from a wide selection of comics to 50's pulp sci-fi and bodice ripper romance novels to unopened Saved by the Bell trading cards to librarian action figures. UGA itself was lovely in the sort of old, southern college way that reminded Aaron of UVA and reminded me of UNC, and somehow was so familiar to both of us that it didn't seem to merit photographic attention.




Hipper people than us would have gone to Athens with a plan for hearing live music. We attempted to fulfill all stereotypes of parents by pooping out after dinner, coming back to our hotel around 9:00, hanging out for a while, and then snuggling up in bed to watch The Incredibles on TV. However, we did have a plan to eat well while we were there, and it was a very successful plan indeed! We had lunch at The Grit, a longstanding local vegetarian favorite, and dinner at the delicious Five & Ten restaurant, pictured above.




And Sunday morning we sampled what are purported to be the best doughnuts in Athens.




We also enjoyed a visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, which is located on the outskirts of Athens. In addition to the conservatory and formal gardens that we expected, there are also several miles of trails through the woods and lots of wildlife.

Where does she come up with these things?

(While trying to drag a chair past her rolling horse)
I need some help with this process.

(Stumbles on the horse)
Oh, man!

Four Great Years

June 3, 2006

Toddler Intrigue

Overheard by Aaron, from another room:
(Scuffling)
V: Don't tell him anything!

(Juniper comes in to see Aaron)

J: I'm not going to tell you anything.
A: What are you not going to tell me?
J: Violet smashed my pan.

(Violet enters)

V: What did she tell you?
A: Juniper told me you smashed her pan. Did you smash her pan?
V: No.

Harbinger of her teenage style?

Juniper enjoys her first (temporary) tattoo.