Quote of the Day: It's not raining outside, it's sunning outside.

Well, I just figured out what the problem is with teaching children the subtleties of colors. Alex just asked me for light blue frozen blueberries. Yeah, those normal blueberries are so dark and brooding that she wanted light blue ones instead. Makes perfect sense to me. And as it's my job to always do what she asks, I will now attempt to breed her some light blue blueberries that freeze well. *sigh*

All ready to go out for a bit of shopping and a doctor's appointment. Clearly excited.

Cat Food Song for Custard

"Cat food.
You eat it in your bowl,
And then you eat it.
Cat food."


She's a musical genius. The fun part about this song, not counting the words of course, was that she did actually sing it, and I'm pretty sure Custard was listening intently. She also did a song about catnip.

"Catnip.
indistinguishable babbling and a few lalalas
Catnip."

Or something like that. I can't wait until her baby brother comes to do backup vocals or perhaps plays guitar for her. It'll be awesome. :D

F Pancake

Alex was very proud of eating her pancake into the (rough) shape of an "f", so I decided to take some pictures. Her pride in workmanship really shines through here, don't you think? And no, we don't normally feed her animal crackers for breakfast, they were residual from last night. And the pancake probably has more sugar anyway. :p

Righto, well, apparently all that hard work this morning has made her extremely dirty, and she needs her first of a million showers. Not to mention that she's got her syrupy hands on my leg as I'm writing this. So, off to another exciting day of who knows what.

Alexandra Bug Tamer

Alex has loved bugs ever since she first discovered them, and stink bugs hold a special place in her heart. Probably because they love our house. In any case, she mostly squishes them with her extreme love, but today she decided a gentler approach was appropriate. Here's a picture of her "pet" stink bug. He has no name, but he still has all his legs and is not a pancake yet, so I'm pretty sure he's happy. She's obviously very proud of her bug taming abilities, and excited to learn that live insects tickle with their tiny feet. The best part - no stinkiness yet. :)

Daddy Hard at Work

Good thing he has cashew backup babysitters... ;D