Mummies

We have been waiting a long, long time (18 months, to be precise) for Daisy's hair to allow her to wear these clips from Auntie Sheila.  They are her (Daisy's) favorites---she calls them her "mummies."  Of course, the fact that she likes them so much also means that 3 minutes after I put them in, she pulls them back out of her hair so she can look at them and hop them around saying, "Hop, hop, mummy mummy!" I managed to get a few pictures before succumbing to the inevitable. 

Some pictures

Gingham jumper

Taking care of babies

A hat

Ky's first hike to the Y

Ready for swimming (her narrowed eyes are due to the bright sun)

Nice big brother

Flag dresses

The daisies in our yard (all Shastas) are out now.  The front yard ones are kind of stumpy and the backyard ones are monstrous.  (I have searched in vain for some kind of metaphor in that.)  Anyway, Daisy likes them all.

My mom made Daisy and Juni these darling dresses out of old T-shirts.  So clever!'

I got this dress when I was expecting Abraham.  (I wish I had made it.  I love smocking.)

There were fireworks going off when we took these pictures.  Here Daisy is saying, "What IS that boom-boom-boom?"  Except she says "moom" instead of "boom."  "Iddat moom-moom-moom?"

 We had a nice Fourth of July and hope you did too!

One night

Lovely blue wildflowers

Finally, it's warm enough to play in the fountain!

So fun to get wet!  Until . . . 

You get sprayed in the face :(

Happy

Malachi spent the whole evening flying around, pretending to be a birdie

He stayed very still as I carefully approached him. . .

And then I was so lucky!  Because he was a friendly birdie ("Do you see him smiling?" Ky asked me),

And he let me pet him!

Then he flew away.

The first of many times they will match

Juni was unperturbed by this turn of events

Sober

Trusting look at Grandma

Two on a horse, twice

Philip and me, 1980

Daisy and Benjamin, 2011