Wordless Wednesday: The Gap

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So I ask the Pill to smile nicely because the gap is not going to last much longer and I hardly have any pictures to show for it.  This is what I get:

Soon it’ll be too late and I’ll be taking bunny rabbit pictures.  But she doesn’t care.

Wordless Wednesday: 6yo Makeovers

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“Did you know that Esmé did this face paint all by herself? Well, she did. I think her kitty face is cute.”

~as dictated by Esmé

Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkin

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Going through our latest pumpkin patch photos (to be posted soon), I found these gems from three pumpkins ago (the year of Esmé’s peanut pumpkin) in my “to post” folder.

Life sited on intergalactic pumpkin alien, visible only through telescope?

Pumpkin astronomer sure is cute....

Wordless Wednesday: Mr. October

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Wordless Wednesday: Picnic

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Photos taken last spring…

Wordless Wednesday: Back to School

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Last year, when Esmé was a sweet, compliant 5yo and I wanted a back-to-school photo, we just went into the backyard and snapped a couple, and I got this.  Easy peasy.  And I loved it…

This year – my, how much difference a year makes!

For starters, the ink ran out while I was printing out the fabulous “I am a … grader” printables.

And then, there were no apples on our trees this year.  Not a one.  Something about bees, I guess?

And then… and then… – I have this monkey to deal with!

Seeing her initial reluctance, Flame decided to help start things out with a pose for us…

And then I got shot after shot of outtakes.  Dozens…  Here’s just a sample:

I thought maybe if we switched it up to 3rd grade, Miss Esmé’s level of maturity would go up.  Not so…

Maybe a change of locations to the pear tree?  Not.  Simply a distraction…

I give up.  This is the best I got for you, shadows and all…

Wordless Wednesday: Post-It Marketing

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I think Esmé has mastered the Post-It marketing concept.  I keep finding notes like this all around the house…

Wordless Wednesday: Summer Farewell

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Wordless Wednesday: County Fair

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Wordless Wednesday: For You!

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Happy Wednesday!

WW: A Butterfly Net

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It’s an idyllic autumn day…

Little girl is on the hunt with a pink butterfly net…

“Look, Mom!  I caught something!”

Now, that is just lovely…

“See, I can hold it!”

“It’s a friendly snake!”

“You hold it!”

“Can we keep it?  Please???”

Uhn uh…

Wordless Wednesday: Goldfish Granola

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This is what you get when you put your four-year-old in charge of the granola-making operation:

It’s pretty good, actually…

We use this granola recipe, which makes no mention of goldfish.