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Not On My Diabetic Diet

Last night Elle Mae helped Daddy turn some of those luscious black raspberries into luscious raspberry cobbler. She just loves helping in the kitchen. MMMmmmm!!! Delicious. I did have a tiny bit. Can't wait to be off this diabetic diet. I NEVER used to consume diet Turkey Hill tea, Coke Zero, and Diet root beer, but I have to admit, I am thankful to the diet-crazed folks who feed that industry. Those artificial flavors are not for me, but solely water to drink for 5+ months is not quite up my alley either. My ticker says 17 days to go!!! Yea, Baby.

Water Fun, Part 1

We haven't gotten a ton of time in the pool yet because of the amazing amount of rain that's been here. But here are a few good pix of pool time.

         

Bounceoline

On Saturday, after the egg hunt, we took in a mini-concert at Gramma's. Mom played mandolin, Doris played guitar, and they had two others playing, too. Then we ventured over to check out Kevin & Heather's new place. The children had a terrific time on the "bounce-o-leen" (thank you, Elle Mae, for the word coinage!), and playing with cousins Torance, Jo-Jo, and Ben.

Two Flowers

Click on the link to view one of the amazing photos David created yesterday.

Springtime In the Park

The sun was renewing. The warmth was comforting. The company was unbeatable.

         

      

      

      

         

Butcept I'm Infused

i finally remembered to jot down two of the cutest words i hear each week. cyrus often utters, "butcept" instead of "except." the contrasting connotation is still there, just a little extra negative perhaps. and when something doesn't make sense, elle mae gets "infused" instead of "confused." i love those funny little sayings they each come up with, and i miss hearing them when they outgrow their toddler talk.

Elle Mae: Garbage Truck Impersonation

elle mae has been growing so much in her talking. yesterday i heard her saying, "oh, now i know what you meant," which was a big change from the former, "ooOOOoohhh," that meant the same thing. 

sometimes i wish we had the technology to just video record with our eyes. like, we see something happening that we're going to want to remember, and our brain tells our eye recorder to start, and voila! a moment captured.

today while driving around town running errands, elle mae spied a big truck beside us. she asked what that was. i told her it was a garbage truck. she then replied, "oh! i remember that. it goes like this." (she demonstrated while she explained.) "it puts its big arms out then, rrrrrRRRRR, um yum munch um yum yum." (head tilted back, hands raised as if dumping trash into her mouth, and chomping away!) what a riot! i confirmed that yes, she had the right kind of truck. she had obviously seen one empty some sort of dumpster. it will always be in my heart recorded.

Do You Smell Something Funny?

elle mae, why are you making that funny nose face?

put your chin up. ELLE! there's a marble in your nose! "yea."

after a trip to the doctor, some tears, and a little bloody nose...

...all better! we won't be doing THAT again, will we, elle mae?

"What I Did for Christmas" a photo essay by Elle Mae

ah, yes.

Princess ElleMae

while down in lancaster, i was able to participate in an amazing 100+ family consignment sale, as well as hit a few nice garage sales. wow, yes, i definitely missed saling. today ellemae wore a completely "new" outfit from the consignment sale. she kept calling herself a princess. i thought she was just too adorable, but i might be a little biased. we had a little foto shoot. she was hammin' it up.