It reminds me of a book entitled Zelda and Ivy. Two fox sisters at play. The older on says to the younger one “let’s doozy up your tail.” The big sister decorates the little sister’s tail. A cute book.
My sister had that hair. My husband had that hair. Why, oh why didn’t my children get that hair? Straight, thin and mousy brown must be a dominant gene. Just ask my mirror.
P.S.
Love the face painting. The kids under it are cute, too.
my 14yo used to lock himself in the bathroom and paint indian “war paint” all over his face using my black and brown eyeliner. at least they are making themselves pretty…..scrubbing it off later with lotion and vaseline was always a joy! =)
ps. my daughter just commented that she loves the look of your blog. “it is very tastefully laid out”, she said.
best wishes and God’s blessings as you and your beautiful family await your new baby in this new year!
(A roundup post with links to my notes and reviews)
Hey, what happened to all those booklists you used to have in your sidebars at the old blog?
They're still accessible at melissawiley.typepad.com, where this blog lived from January 2005-March 2008. You can also find all my Lilting House posts there, or try the search bar here. All my previous Bonny Glen and Lilting House posts have been imported to this site.
Every day is complicated, messy, and full of friction. And every day has glorious or cozy moments worth celebrating. I seldom bother to chronicle the friction and the mess because writing time is fleeting and precious—and childhood even more so. I’d rather capture the small joys that I might forget—or take for granted—if I don’t take time to set them down in words.
(Excerpt from this post about Real Life, quoted here because I don't want anyone to be under the impression that things are always perfect around here! Heaven knows we are anything but. Perfect, frictionless, orderly? Nope. Happy? Most of the time!)
Be like the bird
Who, pausing in flight
On limb too slight,
Feels it give way beneath her,
Yet sings,
Knowing she has wings.
—Victor Hugo
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“Exploration,” says John Stilgoe, author of Outside Lies Magic, “is a liberal art, because it is an art that liberates, that frees, that opens away from narrowness. And it is fun.”
Yes: it is so, so much fun, and that is why I write these posts all chattery with excitement over this or that connection the kids made today. (Or that I made myself!) I know I get carried away, but that’s the point, isn’t it, that way leading on to way has carried me away?
And yet—and yet—I think we are at once ‘carried away’ and made more fully present in the now, more rooted, by these relationships between ideas about things past and future. The joy of connection makes me want to celebrate this moment, this brief encounter with wild-haired child and broad-trunked tree, bus going by, sign on church wall, Scottish warlord creeping over the tower wall and startling the English soldier’s wife who has just put her babe in arms to sleep by crooning that the Black Douglas won’t get him. Child, laughing, shouting “Dinna ye be sae sure aboot that!” across the courtyard outside the library. How can I not celebrate this freedom?
Worth the waddle.
It reminds me of a book entitled Zelda and Ivy. Two fox sisters at play. The older on says to the younger one “let’s doozy up your tail.” The big sister decorates the little sister’s tail. A cute book.
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 5:12 pmYou know, that’s awfully sweet. *smile*
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pmMaybe you should just keep the camera on or about your person at all times to reduce the need for waddling. Great photos.
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pmSo sweet
You need a FLIP camera as a baby gift -
http://www.amazon.com/Flip-Video-Ultra-Camcorder-60-Minutes/dp/B000V1PXMI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231290399&sr=8-2
Then you can have audio!
(oh, the reason I mention it is because it’s the size and weight of a cellphone, easily tucked in a sling)
Happy birthing, I’m sure this one will be as cute as the others – you two seem to have a magic formula!
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 6:10 pmlove it! That fourth picture looks so much like I remember Jane. I did a double take.
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 6:59 pmLook at those luminous curls, that luminous smile. Adorable!
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 9:07 pmWe are a household of straight-haired people…so all those curls are so beautiful and interesting!
Oh, they were having so much fun! 
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 9:19 pmadorable… I would have done the same thing!
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 10:11 pmWe have that same little pink shirt with the watering can and peas! The 4yo calls it her “gardening shirt.”
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 10:17 pmOh so very, very cute!
And all those golden curls are a joy to behold!
Posted on January 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pmOh my! Rilla is a miniature Beanie!
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 12:14 amMy sister had that hair. My husband had that hair. Why, oh why didn’t my children get that hair? Straight, thin and mousy brown must be a dominant gene. Just ask my mirror.
P.S.
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 7:34 amLove the face painting. The kids under it are cute, too.
my 14yo used to lock himself in the bathroom and paint indian “war paint” all over his face using my black and brown eyeliner. at least they are making themselves pretty…..scrubbing it off later with lotion and vaseline was always a joy! =)
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pmps. my daughter just commented that she loves the look of your blog. “it is very tastefully laid out”, she said.
best wishes and God’s blessings as you and your beautiful family await your new baby in this new year!
Darling babes & halo hair. Worth the waddle!
Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 5:06 pm