Already the Phone?

Yep. It's already started. Girls will be girls...

Melissa MacDonald, Ph. D.!

For those of you who missed the graduation party, here is a video of Melissa's progression up through the ranks of academia to doctorhood (and some cute pictures of Lash too!)

"I Feed Myself!"

Granted it's a month or two old, but still one of my favorites!

Molly Visits the Emerald City!

A few weeks back (as you may have noticed the blog is not so current), all the MacDonalds went north to Seattle to visit family - particularly newest addition Hank William, Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben's new nino born just last month. We had uncharacteristically good weather (even a little on the hot side!) which allowed us to visit the amazing new lake house that Grandpa Jim is building and Green Lake where these picture were taken. For those of you who know Green Lake, no we did not allow Molly to wade in the infamous "Pee Pool". After walking by and observing the one hundred plus kids crowded into its shallow confines and distinctly smelling urine from a distance of 30 feet, we thought Lash would be better off on the grass. Regardless, we had a great time and Molly had many wonderful conversation with the local ducks.

Hi All! Summer is in full swing here is SoCal and little Molly is becoming quite the water bug! Splashing seems to be her favorite new skill which, as you can see, she does quite enthusiastically. In the second video, you find Lash at the Prehn country estate where she shared a tub with friends Leif and Lilah.

Now for the bad news, Molly finished fifth at the Olympic swim trials in the 500M freestyle and so she will not be traveling to Bejing this summer :(. Mols, of course, handled the lose with her usual poise by looking the other competitors square in the eyes, firmly shaking their hands, and saying "Oyo-yoi-oyo." Her coach says she'll have a much better shot in 2012 when she is four.