The Animal Farm

Sunday, November 4, 2007

The Taming of the 'Do

Mama and I have been trying different methods to tame the Babe's wild hair. I think the headband is the winner so far.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

About a year ago we had a pesky little skunk who took up residence under the house here on the farm. I had a heck of a time barricading it out of the crawl space and eventually had to resort to cinder blocks and metal cages. We heard some noise out back tonight and went to investigate. Look what we found...it's back!

We were eventually able to wrangle it up:

Happy Halloween!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Eleven is the magic number

That's how many days 'til Aunt Seiko comes home from Iraq (for GOOD, we hope!). As you will see, The Babe is quite excited about it. She got busy and made a sign for her Aunt Seiko today.

She's gettin' good with the markers:

We got a bunch of warm winter clothes (yes, it gets "cold" in San Diego too :)) from Lola today, and The Babe wanted to try one of her jackets on:

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Happy Birthday!

The Babe has a special message for four of our friends (Neal, Rebecca, Kristen, and Whit) who celebrated their birthday yesterday. We translated the spelling of your names just in case you can't make out the Babe's writing.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Family Night Out

This weekend, the whole family went out to dinner with some neighbors to a new local restaurant called Urban Solace. It was nice to get out for a change, and we finally got someone else to take a picture of the three of us together!
Here is the Babe, enjoying her coaster.

Hoping to minimize trips to Dr. Nykaza...

The Babe has three teeth, going on four, so we're trying to get her used to brushing them. So far she loves it, because she basically gets to suck the water off of the toothbrush and then gnaw on it. With any luck, she won't have to make as many trips to the dentist as Mama had to growing up! (Not that I didn't love Dr. Nykaza :) )