Overheard

ANDREW: In 409 weeks and 1 day I'll be an adult. That makes it seem really short.

Position 3

Human pin cushion

AKA Andrew at fencing class. En garde!

Overheard

EMMA: Today on the bus someone was giving out autographs but I didn't get one.

Finding hope

Overheard

ME (to Andrew, who was playing video games): Time to get going!
ANDREW: WHAT?!? Going where?!?
ME: To pick apples!
ANDREW (not wanting to turn off the game): WHAT?!? NO ONE TOLD ME WE WERE GOING TO GET APPLES.
ME: Andrew. We're going to get apples.
ANDREW: OK.

Shopping at the fake goods bazaar

> Anyone need anything? Watch? Purse? Software? IPhone? DS games?
> Shoes? Luggage?
>
> This place is CRAZY.
>
> Can you see the people sitting outside their shops in the photo
> below? When you walk by they accost you. But it's all good fun.
>

Dinner tonight

Double digits

Today is Andrew's 10th birthday. 10!!

Happy birthday Andrew! We love you!

Andrew 10 years ago, on the lookout for bugs.

For his birthday this year he got an iPod and Ethan is jealous.

Guggle and Mimi were here last week

We made them earn their keep by picking raspberries. Nine pounds of raspberries that we put into storage, made into brownies, and made into ice cream.

We also went to the zoo, an international grocery store, and did lots of other fun stuff. They even helped Emma learn how to ride her bike without training wheels! We hope they visit again soon!

Overheard

SOPHIE (with arms outstretched): This is mommy's floggit room.
ME: Floggit?
SOPHIE: No. Floggit.
ME: What's a floggit?
SOPHIE (waving her arms around the room): No. Floggit. These are all mommy's floggits.
ME: Oh! Fabric!
SOPHIE: That's what I said. Flog. Git.

School

School started on August 11, almost a month earlier than it should in a perfect world.

Here's Emma on her first day of kindergarten:

And the boys. Nice hair, dude.

Check out Emma's triumphant face while she waits for the bus:

Sooooo pretty

SOPHIE: Daddy, look how pretty I am in these clothes.

ME: Ooh, yes. Should we take a picture?

Click.

SOPHIE: Can I see? Oooooh. That looks sooooo pretty.

New and improved

Made this the other day:

Overheard

SOPHIE: Dad, you look GORGEOUS.