Clifton Park in December
Kathi invited me for a week visit, since I was moping around
due to my broken foot. Lara is full in two-and-a-half-year-old
mode; mood goes from fierce storm to sunny happy beach day in
about a half second. I attest that she can shriek for an hour
non-stop (at least) without getting a sore throat. She can also
be the sweetest child under heaven. Ella, meanwhile, continues
to be the smilingest baby ever.
Lara's first hairpiece. Note Dora dress.
Nymphs
I brought Lara the Dora backpack I bought for my high-concept but low-implementation Halloween costume. (I wore the backpack, and I was supposed to be Dora, but no one got it. I also carried a map.)
Carly and Ella
I love how Ella props herself up on her elbows
It is so easy to get Ella to smile and laugh!
Brightness
Ella sits up (from a reclining starting position, no less)
Kathi talking to Linda - admittedly this is hard to capture in the picture. We have the theory that Ella (six months) is cutting her first tooth.
Carter, from across the street (4 years old).
Studying the Chinese take-out menu on a Friday evening
Ella is really not involved. She is learning to crawl, starting with scooting backwards.
She seems to like her forays into crawling
Kathi is suspicous
Time to consult the Chinese cookbook for interpretation of some items on the take-out menu. We ended up with Szechuan Beef, pot stickers and eggplant in garlic sauce for mrm.
This crawling around takes a lot of concentration
The kidlets fit inside the yellow moon pillow
Diane, the mother of 3-year old Michael, whose birthday we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese's on Saturday, December 16
On the merry-go-round
Mommy cranks the cart ...
... and Lara flies through the air
Time for pizza
Distracted by one of the million or so video screens, clowns, whirring machines, blaring horns, flashing lights ...
Dreaminess, or is she tired already?
You can't tell, but, Lara is inside that yellow car that floats 8 feet of the ground
It's connected to a high-up cage in a net
Natalie, who lives two doors down from Kathi and Rainer
Lara is transfixed by the Hungry Monster (she fed it any number of tokens, to no apparent effect)
Lara is crawling down from the airways
Self-portrait of Santa in seasonal hat
Lara kept climbing up and down this contraption, then scampering along the "pipes" hung from the ceiling that connect to a slide (that she inexplicably refused to go down - she'd climb back down the way she got up)
Lara in the sky way
The sleep of the innocent
I love her little hands
Marianne Mueller, mrm@sonic.net
Last modified: Sat Dec 16 13:14:54 PST 2006
Lara's first hairpiece. Note Dora dress.
Nymphs
I brought Lara the Dora backpack I bought for my high-concept but low-implementation Halloween costume. (I wore the backpack, and I was supposed to be Dora, but no one got it. I also carried a map.)
Carly and Ella
I love how Ella props herself up on her elbows
It is so easy to get Ella to smile and laugh!
Brightness
Ella sits up (from a reclining starting position, no less)
Kathi talking to Linda - admittedly this is hard to capture in the picture. We have the theory that Ella (six months) is cutting her first tooth.
Carter, from across the street (4 years old).
Studying the Chinese take-out menu on a Friday evening
Ella is really not involved. She is learning to crawl, starting with scooting backwards.
She seems to like her forays into crawling
Kathi is suspicous
Time to consult the Chinese cookbook for interpretation of some items on the take-out menu. We ended up with Szechuan Beef, pot stickers and eggplant in garlic sauce for mrm.
This crawling around takes a lot of concentration
The kidlets fit inside the yellow moon pillow
Diane, the mother of 3-year old Michael, whose birthday we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese's on Saturday, December 16
On the merry-go-round
Mommy cranks the cart ...
... and Lara flies through the air
Time for pizza
Distracted by one of the million or so video screens, clowns, whirring machines, blaring horns, flashing lights ...
Dreaminess, or is she tired already?
You can't tell, but, Lara is inside that yellow car that floats 8 feet of the ground
It's connected to a high-up cage in a net
Natalie, who lives two doors down from Kathi and Rainer
Lara is transfixed by the Hungry Monster (she fed it any number of tokens, to no apparent effect)
Lara is crawling down from the airways
Self-portrait of Santa in seasonal hat
Lara kept climbing up and down this contraption, then scampering along the "pipes" hung from the ceiling that connect to a slide (that she inexplicably refused to go down - she'd climb back down the way she got up)
Lara in the sky way
The sleep of the innocent
I love her little hands