Sigh. I wish I was with her right now. Love you Fre, you are my best.
December 29, 2011
December 27, 2011
December 13, 2011
December 11, 2011
First-rate negotiator.
"I really really want to have this lollipop daddy."
"How bad do you want it?"
[brief pause, scratches chin]
"Thirty-one three thousand."
...
"How bad do you want it?"
[brief pause, scratches chin]
"Thirty-one three thousand."
...
December 5, 2011
Time Bandits
I was watching Time Bandits with Freda on Saturday while mom was in Seattle for the night. Yeah totally, a Terry Gilliam kid's movie and one of my favorites at that. We did not finish it and I skipped over a few parts I felt might be 'too scary'. Especially the ending of the movie as it gets pretty intense.
The next morning, she comes in and wakes me up babbling about horses and things with long noses. After i came out of my sleep stupor I realized she what she was talking about. She had gotten up early and went out and finished watching it...
"you know those things with the big horns and long noses and the black robes?" She goes on. "Well they were a a little bit scary (holding her fingers just enough to let light between) and they were cool from that wall to that wall." Pointing from one end of the house to the other.
Oh Freda...Nothing wrong with Beetlejuice, Time Bandits and Nightmare Before Christmas being your favorite fairy tales.
The next morning, she comes in and wakes me up babbling about horses and things with long noses. After i came out of my sleep stupor I realized she what she was talking about. She had gotten up early and went out and finished watching it...
"you know those things with the big horns and long noses and the black robes?" She goes on. "Well they were a a little bit scary (holding her fingers just enough to let light between) and they were cool from that wall to that wall." Pointing from one end of the house to the other.
Oh Freda...Nothing wrong with Beetlejuice, Time Bandits and Nightmare Before Christmas being your favorite fairy tales.
December 4, 2011
November 28, 2011
November 19, 2011
November 11, 2011
November 3, 2011
November 1, 2011
October 27, 2011
Dinosaurs and Stuff
The other day Freda says, "There's something i don't understand."
"What's up honey?"
"You know, before there was dinosaurs? Like before there were people?"
"Yeah?"
"Where did the people come from?"
It's the second time she's asked us and honestly, I was not expecting this conversation for another handful of years.
Our response was simple.
"Many different people believe many different things about where we came from."
The rest of the conversation I consider private as we explained our beliefs.
She's an individual. She has her own likes, dislike, beliefs, tastes, opinions, ideas...and we treat her that way. It's my job as a parent to keep her in between the lines and afford her the opportunity to eclipse my accomplishment in life.
And shes thriving. IMHO.
"What's up honey?"
"You know, before there was dinosaurs? Like before there were people?"
"Yeah?"
"Where did the people come from?"
It's the second time she's asked us and honestly, I was not expecting this conversation for another handful of years.
Our response was simple.
"Many different people believe many different things about where we came from."
The rest of the conversation I consider private as we explained our beliefs.
She's an individual. She has her own likes, dislike, beliefs, tastes, opinions, ideas...and we treat her that way. It's my job as a parent to keep her in between the lines and afford her the opportunity to eclipse my accomplishment in life.
And shes thriving. IMHO.
October 20, 2011
"It's Charley"
I call home this morning at 7:21 a.m. yeah I know, it was early but I had really important information.
Mandy calls back a couple minutes later. She said Freda heard the phone and bolted out of bed for it. Then she comes wandering back in with the phone and says "It was Charley."
mandy asks "How do you know it was poppy?"
"Because when I got to the room I heard him say "You've reached the McCoy's, we can't make it to the phone right now..."
HA!
September 17, 2011
September 6, 2011
August 30, 2011
She Likes Doing Art
Little kiddo is app stacking. At 4.
How'd she make the eyes stay black and up front? lol.
August 22, 2011
Boogeys and the Iphone
She plays on my phone in the car sometimes. So when I get home I got to use my phone and it's got crusty's on the screen. "who put these boogers on my phone?" I say out load. From another room we hear, **sigh** "I did."
Mandy and laugh.
August 13, 2011
July 31, 2011
July 4, 2011
July 3, 2011
June 28, 2011
Freda hair
This picture was not staged. Freda was messing around under Grandma Freda's bed and thought she got stuck.
June 23, 2011
June 19, 2011
Busy
She arranges plants and weeds into letters and words. The horsetails make perfect little lines for constructing letters. She loves to hang out on the unfinished path to the Art House.
A wildcat the girls have named "Licky Martin" is being groomed for outdoor rodent dispersal.
Father's Day 2011
We went for a drive on Fathers Day and ended up at Mt Baker. It was cloudy and chilly and damp. We got cold and wet. But oh man did we laugh.
We had no change of clothes for Freda so I wrapped her up in my sweatshirt and stocking hat and she curled up in her new booster seat and nibbled on Jujyfruits for the ride home.
June 18, 2011
June 11, 2011
June 7, 2011
There's a First for Everything
We told her it had pooped out caramel on the end...hehehe.
Things like that you cannot explain to people, you have to live it. Parenthood is a constant barrage of this. Sometimes it's a gentle rain. Other times, a hailstorm.June 4, 2011
May 28, 2011
Ski to Sea Parade
Freda calls it the candy parade. This year, there was not one piece thrown. She was confused but COTTON CANDY FTW.
May 17, 2011
April 24, 2011
Easter!
Ahhhhh, the golden egg!
The bounty was plentiful. One bene for an only child, they get ALL the eggs.
April 23, 2011
April 16, 2011
April 13, 2011
April 11, 2011
Patio Chalk
We had some chalk art patio time this evening after dinner. All of us are looking forward to the summer and the good weather and fun times in the backyard.
Freda started the tracing with help from Vespucci.
Mandy and Freda are astronauts and poppy is watching from Earth.
April 9, 2011
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