Apple Peanut
“PEANUT!” Ess exclaimed ecstatically from the back seat of the car.
Our confusion gave way to realization: Ess had chewed through to the middle her of apple and saw its seeds.
Some things we eat, some things we don’t.
Picking Leaves
“PEANUT!” Ess exclaimed ecstatically from the back seat of the car.
Our confusion gave way to realization: Ess had chewed through to the middle her of apple and saw its seeds.
Some things we eat, some things we don’t.
When the music ends, since it is usually playing from a music library or a streaming radio station, Ess expects another piece to begin playing:
“‘nother hong coming!”
She says it to Mykala, she says it to me. It’s very sweet. I do not recall her once getting upset when we couldn’t make another song start playing. It might be the only thing Ess feels particularly patient about right now. Our very toddlery toddler.
“What does it mean when something is fragile, Ess?”
“You hold it very very gentle and close to your HEART.”
Ess, you are growing up so fast. I love you.
The most toddlery morning: find your almost year-old Easter dress in the closet, put it on over your clothes, then eat a banana on the couch in the sun.
That silicone green half-sphere is a soft-boiled egg maker. Ess uses it as a bed for people. Her Playmobil Friend is in there, and she’s telling me about the mama and the dada taking care of Friend.
There was a giant aquarium in front of us, hence the blue cast.
Mykala has been growing amazing broccoli and bean sprouts. Ess LOVES them and eats them like she’s a little rabbit. Notice how Ess is holding Doctor Toonie’s wing.
Ess decided that Marge the monkey was only going to be able to sleep if Ess arranged every single one of the available towels and washclothes in a tasteful melange about the outside of the crib. Lately, Ess also takes a stuffed animal, puts it down for its nap, and then piles layer after layer of blankets on them. She takes very good care of her charges.
Mykala saw Ess’s head poking up above the back of the couch and immediately ran in to investigate.
This one requires a little explanation. Mykala was out and I was home with Ess, and she needed a bath. But Ess insisted that this picture of Mama (made for a musical Mykala choreographed; we don’t just laminate pictures of ourselves around here) follow her around for her bath. So, the picture watched over Ess while she was in the tub, and came along while she got dried off and warmed up.
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