When Spencer asked Ella to list her favorite holidays, she said that Easter was her favorite, "because of all of the chocolate." Halloween was next, again because of the chocolate, followed by Christmas in third place. And her fourth favorite? "Probably Thanksgiving. If there was a chocolate turkey."
Now, let's tickle the baby.
Stories
10-22-09 Original date of post. You never know what Ella will bring home in her backpack. Her creative artwork, her first attempts at writing sentences, her school pictures, and - unfortunately - warnings that cases of H1N1 and head lice have occurred among students in her classroom. Welcome to kindergarten.
Once a week Ella also brings home a ...
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9-20-09 - original date of post.
Nobody explained to me how much being a parent of two (one of whom is in school) would be about juggling and scheduling. My every conversation with Spencer seems to be about where the girls need to be picked up (from school, Mimi and Grandpa's, or the sitters?), where they need to be taken (ballet, kind...
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8-25-09 original date of post. Things that make Annie laugh: ceiling fans, the dog, and Ella's antics. Ella's observations make me laugh. During a recent diaper change she was standing next to me, tickling Annie's chin, and declared, "Annie is the cutest baby!" Then she took a look inside the diaper and added, &quo...
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July 2009 -
It is such a bummer that we have to celebrate Annie turning four months old with a bunch of shots, but at least her second round of vaccines was much less traumatic (both for her and for her mama) than her first.
She showed off for Dr. Sommer, cooing and babbling and grabbing at everything, from the stethoscope to Dr. Sommer's b...
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7-19-09 - original date of post.
Annie is "talking" (vocalizing more and more) and Ella is reading!
7-3-09 - original date of post. We just returned from the second annual Williams family trip
to Bunker Hill on the Jack's Fork River in southern Missouri. So many things were the same this year as last - the queen anne's lace
and brown eyed susans blooming along Highway 17, the fried chicken for Sunday
lunch, the sound of the water, the s...
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Guestbook
I love the latest pictures of your cutie pies, and your description of the tyranny of paperwork and scheduling that comes with being in school. I'd reassure you that it gets better but...hang in there! -Elinor Annie is so precious. I can't get over Ella in a cap and gown. She looks so grown up! Miss you guys..
Love, Stacy
PS I love your short hair. -Cute! I love the "Annie Smiles" picture. How adorable! She is getting to be so big! Tell everyone we say "Hi!".
Lots and Lots of Love, --The Lagermeier FamilyDo you think AnnieJune's hair will be red like Ella's? I hope you are all doing well and happy mother's day! -The MatthewsLooks like fun! Happy Easter! Hope that Annie had a great 1st Easter, and Ella had tons of fun!