LYNNABEL's CalorieKing Blog
Friday, May 16th 2008
This is for Stephie: The universe is exacting its revenge on me for being a mean older sister - I will have to watch my daughter have her heart broke by her big brother for the next few years. Its fitting. Its not that Will is mean the way I was mean (phew!), but he is just sort of carelessly affectionate with Ellen in a breezy sort of way. Her eyes follow him and she just lights up whenever he is near, and when he talks to her, her whole body goes into spasms of excitement.This week driv...
Wednesday, May 14th 2008
Ive been thinking lately about how I wish I could record everything about my children right now. How precious and cute and fun and quirky they seem to me. Im so afraid Ill forget, and while that is probably very natural, it seems imperative to me to save it all, somehow. And yet I just cant seem to find the motivation to keep working on my digital scrapbooks. There seem to be so many other things that need doing in the course of a day.Will is blossoming. In the last few days, I swe...
Sunday, May 11th 2008
I spent 20 minutes this morning snuggling with Ellen in bed. We gazed at each other, and smiled, and laughed, and talked and kissed and decided we were each other's biggest fans. We checked to make sure the dipples were still there every so often, and sure enough, they were. There is nothing as sweet as waking up to a eye crinkling grin of joy from my daughter. She is an angel on loan to me - a round, jowely, plump, dimpled angel.136.2
Tuesday, May 6th 2008
S and I are far more on the same page than I thought. We had a nice evening yesterday dinner together outside, while Ellen slept and Will threw the ball and played with Ripple. Thats really all Im looking for.Will has the most amazing throwing arm hes left handed, too, which S tells me is in demand in the major leagues (insert eye roll here). While I refuse to be yet another American parent who pushes sports as the only arena for my son to excel in, I am VERY impressed with his...