6 Months: Wiggle Bug

6 Months: Grandma

Grandma & Grandpa are in town for Halloween!

2.5 Years: Baseball Player

Ladies and Gentlemen, now batting... the catcher... number 17... the Monkey Moon... Auuuuuuguuuust FAUUUUULKnerrrrrr!






Bonus picture: Lela with Daddy a couple of weeks ago:

2.5 Years: August's Stories

When Mommy tells August a bedtime story, it's usually a Prince August story. Prince August always leaves the castle on horseback, with the whole family in tow. He named all the horses. His horse is Jock (not Jaques). Lela's horse is Belle (or perhaps just Bell). Watson always rides Pinky. Daddy's horse is named Jet and Mommy's horse is Jig (and not Chartreuse).

Adventures then ensue.

Lately, he's been riding Belle and leaving Jock for Lela instead.

When Daddy tells a bedtime story, it's almost always a story about "one boy named August" and frequently ends at Fenway Park, where a most surprising announcement is heard after the 7th inning stretch:

"Ladies and Gentleman, your attention please. Now batting: the catcher, number 17... The Monkey Moon!... Auuuuuuuuuguuuuuuust FAUUUUULknerrrrrrrr!"

(and the crowd goes wild with excitement!)

6 Months | 2.5 Years: Scenes From Our World

New look for the blog today to celebrate that Lela is 6 months old today! Backlog of photos and video from our world, including our family visit to the ER last night. August banged his forehead onto a toy box and opened a very deep gash over his right eye. Poor kid, that's twice in two months. Too many. I love him so much, it just breaks my heart that he feels any distress... which he very much does during suturing. It's not the pain, it's that he doesn't like people messing with his face/head or any part of him, and being held down is trauma.

Video of Lela: bouncy chair and evening-time visit with Mommy:


Video of August: running around at the mall, play date with Nora, Duke's birthday party:


Two photos of Lela (sort of old by now):



August with good friend Grady, sharing a Bel Air, a few weeks ago:


And swinging on the tire swing with Maureen:


Sleepy Bee:


August last night at the ER. Poor kid. Tough guy.


The Watty Woo by the play mat:

5 Months | 2.5 Years: Updates

Parent-teacher conference today at August's new school. Unsurprisingly, August is a star. His caring good-natured attitude has won his teachers over. They clearly like him (I think best of all, but I wouldn't dare blog that... ooops, I just did it!).

He's a love bear.

On his way to school:


In the classroom:



Lela is growing up too. She's a smiler. And a cutie. Has a tooth, working on more all the time. Loud. LOVES to watch her brother do stuff, the more physical the better. She thinks he's HILARIOUS!

Peeking at you:


Crib:


Lela is getting much the same treatment as August as regards nicknames. Today I slapped together a little flow-chart to demonstrate how we arrived at some of her nicknames. So if you wonder how we got from "Lela" to "Dazzle Baby", this is how.

Click to enlarge:


The ones with asterisks are August's baby-talk versions of their root names ("Bussey" = "Butterfly", "Wiggle Bug" = "Lady Bug"). Of course, if you try to speak his own particular dialect of baby talk with him, he'll correct you immediately.

"August, let's go... me loo".

"No, don't say that word, say 'me & you'".

"Oh... 'me you'"

"..... no me loo!"

Ever the mischief maker!