It's been a LONG time....
I think it's been about three weeks since my last blog entry. It's been a steady string of illnesses at the Grigg household. Sadie has been ill five times since starting pre-school, and whatever she picks up, I tend to get it next. Somehow, Redmond is impervious to illness- it must be the immunity building exercise of working with kids every day.
In the past few weeks I've had two ear infections, vertigo and conjunctivitis. I feel like a toddler!
Chicago was fun! I enjoyed seeing friends, doing my poster session and meeting up with vendors and seeing new products. I missed my family, but it's just too difficult for Redmond to find a substitute in May, so I have to attend this conference alone. I think Chicago is one of my favorite larger cities. There's so much to do, a lot of green space, and a certain Midwestern lack of pretension I appreciate.
Pictures and videos...
20 minutes before I had to head off to the airport, Sadie decided to strip off her clothes and play in the mud. We had to hose her off!
I wish we had better video of this... We've been reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to Sadie, and she's become obsessed with constantly asking us if we would, if we could, with a "fill in the blank here". Sometimes, she'll ask over and over for about five minutes, and will invent things like "Will you, will you (she doesn't quite have that part perfected) with a dinosaur? Will you, will you, with a bird house?" By the time I grabbed the camera, she was almost done this time, but you get the general idea.
We went to Pippa's second birthday party this weekend. This little clip gives some idea of the general chaos of these birthday parties.
Pippa's little sister, Rowan, is a great, big, adorable baby. She is 8 months old and actually wears a larger diaper size than her two year old sister. Sadie was fascinated with the "big baby".
Most of these pictures were taken at Pippa's party...
Sadie eats a wild strawberry found in the grass... We didn't catch on film the subsequent spitting out of said strawberry.
Sadie contemplates whether she wants to go outside or hover near the food table. I have to just mention that Sadie is going through a phase where she is voraciously hungry every couple of hours. She is particularly obsessed with blueberries, and I have purchased about 3 pints of blueberries in the past week! You'll see her eating in many of these pictures... I don't know if she's getting ready to go through a growth spurt or what, but we hear "I HUNGRY!" all day long.
Josh holds Emily and James' baby, Rowan. Rowan's sister Pippa is the birthday girl.
Pippa and Sadie play with a tiny fort. If you've seen the movie "Spinal Tap", this fort reminds me very much of the tiny Stonehenge that descended onto the stage.
From left to right, someone with a plate, Molly, Pippa, Emily and Missy.
Lila strikes a pose. When Sadie saw this picture, she exclaimed "It's Lila! She's so cute!"
Sadie running around with another child's Pooh Bear.
Sadie just enjoyed a small sunflower butter and strawberry jam sandwich. Yum!
Sadie and Pippa play at the tiny fort. I believe Sadie is eating something else.
Sadie finally managed to get her hands on a chocolate cupcake. We had to stop her from smearing her chocolate covered hands on Emily and James' furniture.
Post-chocolate cake. With the brown mustache and beard, she resembles the cliche of a French Existentialist. She just needs a beret and to say "Merde" every five minutes.
Josh and Molly.
James and Pippa, the birthday girl.
Lila, playing the bongos.
Emily feeds Rowan.
Alex and other kids head out to the backyard.
The next day, Sadie, Redmond, my Dad and I went to a local park. We have a thousand playground pictures, what's a few more, eh?
Sadie runs back and forth across the swinging bridge. Actually, I get a little nervous with this bridge because it can become slippery with just a light sprinkling of rain.
Sadie goes down the big kid slide.
And races back up again....
This is another one of the many "Pee-Paw pushes Sadie in the swing" pictures.
And finally, this picture is a wee bit cranky, but the sign on the side of Sadie's crane said it all that day....
In the past few weeks I've had two ear infections, vertigo and conjunctivitis. I feel like a toddler!
Chicago was fun! I enjoyed seeing friends, doing my poster session and meeting up with vendors and seeing new products. I missed my family, but it's just too difficult for Redmond to find a substitute in May, so I have to attend this conference alone. I think Chicago is one of my favorite larger cities. There's so much to do, a lot of green space, and a certain Midwestern lack of pretension I appreciate.
Pictures and videos...
20 minutes before I had to head off to the airport, Sadie decided to strip off her clothes and play in the mud. We had to hose her off!
I wish we had better video of this... We've been reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to Sadie, and she's become obsessed with constantly asking us if we would, if we could, with a "fill in the blank here". Sometimes, she'll ask over and over for about five minutes, and will invent things like "Will you, will you (she doesn't quite have that part perfected) with a dinosaur? Will you, will you, with a bird house?" By the time I grabbed the camera, she was almost done this time, but you get the general idea.
We went to Pippa's second birthday party this weekend. This little clip gives some idea of the general chaos of these birthday parties.
Pippa's little sister, Rowan, is a great, big, adorable baby. She is 8 months old and actually wears a larger diaper size than her two year old sister. Sadie was fascinated with the "big baby".
Most of these pictures were taken at Pippa's party...
Sadie eats a wild strawberry found in the grass... We didn't catch on film the subsequent spitting out of said strawberry.
Sadie contemplates whether she wants to go outside or hover near the food table. I have to just mention that Sadie is going through a phase where she is voraciously hungry every couple of hours. She is particularly obsessed with blueberries, and I have purchased about 3 pints of blueberries in the past week! You'll see her eating in many of these pictures... I don't know if she's getting ready to go through a growth spurt or what, but we hear "I HUNGRY!" all day long.
Josh holds Emily and James' baby, Rowan. Rowan's sister Pippa is the birthday girl.
Pippa and Sadie play with a tiny fort. If you've seen the movie "Spinal Tap", this fort reminds me very much of the tiny Stonehenge that descended onto the stage.
From left to right, someone with a plate, Molly, Pippa, Emily and Missy.
Lila strikes a pose. When Sadie saw this picture, she exclaimed "It's Lila! She's so cute!"
Sadie running around with another child's Pooh Bear.
Sadie just enjoyed a small sunflower butter and strawberry jam sandwich. Yum!
Sadie and Pippa play at the tiny fort. I believe Sadie is eating something else.
Sadie finally managed to get her hands on a chocolate cupcake. We had to stop her from smearing her chocolate covered hands on Emily and James' furniture.
Post-chocolate cake. With the brown mustache and beard, she resembles the cliche of a French Existentialist. She just needs a beret and to say "Merde" every five minutes.
Josh and Molly.
James and Pippa, the birthday girl.
Lila, playing the bongos.
Emily feeds Rowan.
Alex and other kids head out to the backyard.
The next day, Sadie, Redmond, my Dad and I went to a local park. We have a thousand playground pictures, what's a few more, eh?
Sadie runs back and forth across the swinging bridge. Actually, I get a little nervous with this bridge because it can become slippery with just a light sprinkling of rain.
Sadie goes down the big kid slide.
And races back up again....
This is another one of the many "Pee-Paw pushes Sadie in the swing" pictures.
And finally, this picture is a wee bit cranky, but the sign on the side of Sadie's crane said it all that day....
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