Monthly Archives: September 2007

It’s magic!

I can’t believe it.  It feels like magic: my little girl is reading.  My mind told me it was going to happen someday, but my emotions thought I would never see the day.  I’m so proud of her.  She went to her Grandma’s and read a few words with her cousin, and the next day […]

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Daniella and the Neighbor’s Cat

This is Daniella and Bella, the neighbor’s cat that Daniella adopted. I think it adopted us too. For weeks it lived on our porch. Daniella became very attached. And then one day, Bella disappeared. Weeks later she is still mourning. She told me, “Mommy, I feel like the kitty’s mommy… every day I miss her… […]

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The face that melts me

When Daniella was disobedient at two, I could get annoyed. Anya is another matter. No matter what she does, she melts me. I think that this is rather dangerous, and I try to remind myself to discipline her when she is being naughty. But, alas, look at this face.

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My 4 year old

Daniella and I have been setting up photo studios and posing pictures since she was really little.  I laughed when I saw this picture because it is the face of a little person who knows just how to tilt her head and has names for her various smiles.

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Bumbo

Here is Siah in a Bumbo, the contraption that enables babies to sit up at 2 or 3 months. Since I purchased it, the Bumbo has been recalled, but I am not sure that I want to retire it as of yet. As you see, Siah likes it.

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