Grace's thoughts

"They are flying away from the wind.  The crows and birds and the pigeons and, actually, the birds.  They are all flying away from the wind."

 

"Eric belongs here, Daddy, in our house.  He belongs in our house."

 

"If Mommy was a bird, and Daddy was a bird, then I could be in a egg."

Haircut

After waiting a long time between haircuts, yesterday I finally had my shaggy mane trimmed back to a short, neat haircut. Grace looked at it and said, "Daddy you got a haircut."  "Yes," I said.  Then she reached out and touched my newly sunlit ear and said, "Did you do that so that I could touch your ear?"

Bears

Bears, you are on notice!

Hammered TV

Don't miss our friend Mark Anderson's new weekly downloadable TV series on fixing up a house - Hammered TV. He has three episodes now and is planning on continuing, with the support of his loving wife, Amy Anderson. Their motto is: "If we can understand your question, we'll probably answer it."

No Doll

Grace noted today that "Santa didn't bring me a doll."  She is even making excuses for his negligence: "The doll was too high.  Santa couldn't reach the shelf.  And the man wouldn't help him get the doll down."  "My doll is blue.  My doll is a tiny doll," she explained.  In Santa's defense, when she sat in his lap she asked for a motorcycle.

Pez

Nelson received a Pez dispenser shaped like the Emperor from Star Wars. Grace looked at it and said, "Look, Daddy. A really ugly woman."

Family Christmas

Top Left: Barbara looking out window
Top Right: Smiling boy and Betty
Middle left: The Chef
Middle: Jared and his rubber chicken
Middle Right: Michele
Bottom: Jared, Eric and Jaime

Family Christmas

Top: Jaime, Eric and Jared
Middle: Milt
Bottom: Sleeping Eric

More Christmas Grace Pictures

Manic Grace

Grace went positively manic on Christmas, with so many people and presents. She couldn't hold still and just had to run in circles.

Santa Came

Grace "riding" her gift from Santa Claus.

Dear Santa

Grace's letter to Santa Claus, dictated by Grace.

 

Dear, Santa:

How have you been. 

How is all your reindeer? 

Why do you go down the chimney? 

Enjoy the cookies. 

Leave me some presents, please.  (The addition of "Please" was highly encouraged by Mom.)

XXXOOO XXXOOO.

 

Love, from Grace.

MerryCosel Part II

Grace is really excited about MerryCosels,.... until, that is, they start moving.

PEPS Holiday

You wouldn't want to run across this group in a dark alley on Christmas Eve. It would be a Santarchy.

MerryCosel

Aimee confused Grace when they went downtown, calling the carousel a merry-go-round and a carousel. So Grace adjusted quickly and called it a MerryCosel.

I want...

Grace's favorite phrase is "I want something that I want."  She says "Daddy, I'm hungry."  "What do you want to eat?"  "I want something to eat that I want."  We have this conversation several dozen times each day.

Striped Dog

Grace asked Aimee, "Maybe I can get a striped dog?"  Aimee told her no and that we didn't have any money for a striped dog.  "Maybe we can buy some more money," Grace suggested.  "And then I can have a striped dog!"

Splashing

It's wet wet wet wet wet wet.  On the way home from preschool Grace was very excited with all the rain on the roads and squealed in delight anytime we hit a big puddle and splashed water high in the air.  The good news for her is that it looks like we'll have lots of puddle splashing opportunities this weekend and beyond.  Wet wet wet wet wet.

Halloween Blues

Grace appears to have caught on to the whole Halloween candy scam.  Everyday she announces that we're going trick-or-treating tonight.  And then we explain that Halloween won't come until next year. 

Who is the... Pieman?

Aimee has jury duty this week. Grace and I drove Aimee to downtown
Seattle this morning since it was pouring - waiting for a bus in a
downpour is miserable. On the way to the courthouse, Grace said "The
Pieman is bad." We don't know who this mysterious pieman is, or what
he has done. Or, come to think of it, if "Pieman" even approximates
the spelling of the concept in Grace's head.