here they are

LA

We're in LA this week and taking lots of great pictures. Unfortunately, the memory card on the camera we took does not work with the laptop, so, alas, there are no pictures to post right now. But I can tell you things are beautiful, the girls are lovely and as cute as ever. Zach found a great apartment to rent *right on the beach*!!! It's an awesome "home base" for all our visiting. So, imagine beautiful pictures of Zach & Molly playing on the beach while Clara & I nurse in the cozy apartment. And then we'll post them next week.

On the drive down Molly had lots of questions about LA and the beach. We'll be staying "in" LA. We'll be staying "at" the beach. She wants us to show her where LA is. Well, LA is a place. It's a city. Like Berkeley is a city. It has roads, houses, buildings. Hmm. So then she wants to go in the beach. You can't really go "in" the beach. Oh. Is the house in the beach? Is the beach in the house? Is this piece of paper LA? So many questions this girl has.

fire school day

Molly likes to talk about something called "Fire School Day". It may have something to do with this YouTube video we like, or about wearing her fire truck boots to school, or it may just be silly talk. Today it was because she made this fire truck at school...

friends

What's Molly up to these days? Well, she's been busy being a big sister & growing up. I caught her this afternoon making friends with another kid at the park.

She's been acting more and more like a big kid. She makes logical statements and requests, and if I had more brain power now I would repeat some of them here. She's also getting more and more of a handle on language, but still has some really endearing mis-uses of words. My favorite right now is "because". She uses it in the "right" places often ("I don't want you to do that because I don't like that") but also uses it where we might typically say "and so" ("I drink water because I make pee pee"). I enjoy these turns of phrase and I'm in no hurry for her to grow out of them.

still life with a baby

butterball

You're 8 weeks old now! (and still full of stripes and getting a little grin-ey)

i can see clearly now