Monday, July 23, 2018

May the Fourth


Our kids occasionally make the case that we are mean parents because screen time, not enough play dates, rules, you don't understand, baths, not fair that she got to...

I submit this photo as evidence for the defense: Blue Milk and Death Star Pancakes for breakfast on May the 4th, on a weekday. 



Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Decatur Gators


Hazel's first swim meet as part of the Decatur Gators swim team.


Practice was fun, but often cold.


Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Still quotable





Juniper: Coin laundry? Is that a place where you wash your coins?


Hazel (while camping, holding a bag of marshmallows, with white goop on all 10 fingers): Let's talk about me. I'm very comfortable. Can I stay up all night eating marshmallows?


Juniper: Is there a kind of app that you download and it does good things for your computer? Like bienware?


Hazel: What's the kind of counting where you go 1, 1, 2, 3, [pause] 5, [ p a u s e ] 8...?


Juniper (describing some new, fleecy leggings): These are awesomeness turned into pants!


Explaining the song lyric "Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen..."
Hazel: I don't think she's that pretty.
Aaron: Enough people thought she was pretty that she was known as one of the most beautiful women in the world. But different people can have different opinions about who is the most beautiful woman. For a long time, I thought it was an actress named Parker Posey.
Hazel: I think it's Mom.



Hazel (Telling a story about someone with a secret): She almost let the beans out of the box!



Hazel: Could you two please be more quiet?
Sally: Sorry, I thought you were already awake.
Hazel: I am awake, but I'm resting. I want to keep daydreaming. Or maybe it's restdreaming.


Finally, some questions grown-ups never need to ask:
Does anyone want my chewed up carrot? (Juniper)
Mama, can I wipe you? (Hazel)

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Cafe Mother's Day


Best fancy restaurant ever. The menu had a wide assortment of peanut butter sandwich options and scrambled eggs, and the server was delightful.


Tuesday, July 3, 2018

I see a pattern here...


Stone Mountain, Feb. 2017



 Ragged Mountain, Nov. 2017


 Arabia Mountain, Jan. 2018


Monday, July 2, 2018

Potions class


The next Hogwarts potions master?


She'd probably be pretty good at it!



Sunday, July 1, 2018

Museum of Cool Things



Hazel's project from Creative Architecture camp