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Ellie don’t care

melaniefonder — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:49:02 +0000

Much like the honeybadger (earmuffs!), sometimes Ellie just don’t care in music class.

No-nap Saturday (& Sunday)

melaniefonder — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:52:31 +0000

Except when being driven around.

Books of the month – December 2011

melaniefonder — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:27:23 +0000

JANE was the clear winner the past few weeks, though Yummy Yucky has made a late Christmas surge into the mix.

Me … Jane by Patrick McDoonnell
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

2011 in review

melaniefonder — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:46:08 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Let’s get it started

melaniefonder — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:52:55 +0000

in here …

E & cousin C had quite the dance party tonight. That’s what we call awesome-sauce.

Off to Wisconsin

melaniefonder — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:10:05 +0000

For Christmas 2011.

Decked out in her Packers’ finest. (Christmas night game score: Packers over Bears 35-21.)

Merry Christmas Eve!

melaniefonder — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:07:23 +0000

Santa arrived while E was being driven around for a nap (a result of no-nap Saturday!).

Telling Grandma Mary about Christmas.

Boooooooooks. Thanks, Uncle Anders.

Open, open! Thanks, Grandpa S.

Read, read, read. Thanks E, A & Z!

I love my owl! Thanks, Grandma M.

Santa swung by, too. Merry Christmas!

21 months

melaniefonder — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:25:47 +0000

To the day, is how long we made it without a trip back to Holy Cross Hospital. But E woke up not feeling well, and her fever went higher and she stopped wanting to do anything, including drink any liquids, so we took her in for a check. She might have croup. Today her fever was mostly better, but she is still wheezing and generally feeling lousy. Here Daddy is singing “Desperado” to her while we waited for the doctor.

E’s big night out

melaniefonder — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:26:36 +0000

Naval Observatory. 12.14.11

St. Nick

melaniefonder — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:42:34 +0000

Here’s a (long) thank you for the bear book, Grandma!