Summertime in SoCal?

It must be almost summertime in southern California if little Lash is out on the front porch with her shirt off kicking back in her Elmo chair reading her favorite Barney Saltzberg novelette (thanks Jane, she still loves it). So classic... would you believe that Molly sat out there for half an hour perusing her literature until we dragged her inside for lunch :).

Summertime in SoCal (the backstory)!

The pictures don't even do it justice... I'm sitting on the front steps reading a magazine and Molly comes out the door, looks around and then points to her shirt and says "off". She promptly pulls her shirt over her head and tosses it casually to the side. She then goes back inside and drags her Elmo chair out onto the porch. She spends about five minutes positioning it "just right", goes back inside to get her books, and then sits there reading like an old lady for the next thirty minutes... She is so funny and so darn cute. She is such a BIG girl now!

Easter Egg Mania!

Lash had a wonderful Easter! Her friend Leif and parents Jen and Brent spent the night so Molly and her little buddy got to hang out quite a bit. Leif liked Molly's toys and Molly LOVED letting Leif play with them. In fact, she laughed so hard that she cried (and screamed) until little Leif gave them back.

The next morning, the MacDonalds hosted an Easter egg hunt for some friends. Lacey, Lucus, and Sienna all joined Molly and Leif for a romp around the yard. The concept of picking up the eggs was pretty much lost on the lot of them but it was pretty classic watching them charge around the lawn with baskets and balloons in their hands. Jesus, of course, was also entertained.

Later, the Macs went to "Ann-Mas", for an early dinner. This picture was taken out on Ann-Ma's patio where Mols has positioned herself with her rocking chair and books. Note that the pigtails are actually starting to look rather like tails. However, we now call them H1N1-tails as we are sympathetic to the plight of the pork industry.

Potty Training?

Molly and Grandpa ("Ann-Pa") review the basics of toilet training in her favorite book "A Potty for Me!". While still not using her Elmo toilet for it's intended purpose, Molly does enjoy dragging it out into Mom and Dad's bedroom where she can sit on it, look at herself in the full length mirror, and giggle. The Big Baby, however, is making progress. This morning she woke up drenched in urine so Mom and Dad promptly changed her PJs. Mols then astutely commented "Agua all gone." What more could we ask for from our little suckerfish?