Ess arranged mama monkey (left) tucking in Marge the monkey (a.k.a. Monkey-Mao) before bed.

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Ess loves this shirt so much that we’ve had to explain washing to her because it isn’t clean every single day. It still hasn’t gotten a hole in it, but we’re concerned about the day it does.

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Next year, I bet Ess will say it without any prompting.

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Now that is one impressive accidental color-coordination. Highly visible, very safe: I approve!

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At the shores of the St. Croix river, just off old downtown Stillwater.

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I haven’t been yet, but I hear Ess goes for explores with Mykala in the pocket of trees on the trail near our house. She insists on picking up all of the leaves and branches off of the path.

In this picture, she’s wearing her turtle backpack, which she packed with a crew of animals, figures, stuffed vegetables, and other supplies she felt necessary.

I love this picture.

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