egg salad and pitta bread and naughty crisps
i mean yummy crisps...
i spy with my little eye
24 April 2011
going to check out the garden...
uncle drew, lilah, aunt ashley, and little jack
lilah looks like aunt ashley's child here,
and everyone is busy looking in different directions
little jack found a door to (try and) open
lovely lilah is a very happy girl because she's walking with uncle drew
down to business
the camera didn't have enough memory space to capture lilah completing the whole thing, but it takes her just about 5 minutes to get this 24 piece Mimi puzzle finished.
surely this is normal...
17 April 2011
say something silly
one of the best games is to say something the way Mummy says it and then say it the way Lilah and Daddy say it...
this day, it was "water." which, as an american, comes out wah-der. which is hilarious. because saying it waw-er is normal, accepted even, in these parts. unless you're hearing it pronounced properly, which does happen occasionally, and it sounds just as it is written, with a nice, crisp T in the middle.
Saturday drive to Rowardennan
this is the Rowardennan Youth Hostel. you, too, can stay here at a very reasonable price and enjoy the tranquility of Loch Lomond and the amazing pub grub at the Hotel down the road.
at the pier, looking out to the water. it would have been faster to get the ferry across the loch, but we drove out, and along the way, we passed through (these are real places, people) Milngavie, Strathblane, Drymen, and Balmaha, to name a few.
lilah totally rocks the outdoor look.
9 April 2011
Having pizza in the 70s
After our play date, we took advantage of the sunny spring weather (quite a rarity in Scotland... it even smelled like spring!) and went for pizza at an outdoor cafe...
Unsuspectingly we were transported back to the 1970s.
Surprise for Lilah
Aunt Ashley has her finger on the pulse of all the different Children's Activities (plays, performances, art events, concerts, et cetera) that are happening in Glasgow.
Yesterday, at 6pm, totally last minute, Aunt Ashley and I organized to meet up at the Scottish Youth Theatre to see their production of The Princess and The Pea this morning at 10:30. I'd go so far as to say that was the most last-minute planning I've done in years.
It was also the best idea ever!
Here's Baby Jack ( who is about a year younger and yet a bit taller than Lilah) and Lilah looking at the poster for the production. This is when Lilah found out what we were there for. What you can't see is the huge smile on her face!
Lilah is quite happy to pose for anyone taking a picture.
Aunt Ashley, Uncle Drew and I noticed that our kids were the most runningest of all the kids in the foyer. How do people get their offspring to sit so quietly?
Overall, we give 2 big thumbs up to the performance, the actors, the stage, and the music. It was a lovely way to spend a Saturday morning.
Thank you Ashley, for pointing this out to us! We love you!
4 April 2011
Lilah needs her own camera
rock star
again with the perspective!
the real reason lilah got hold of the camera in the first place... cause mom wanted to sleep for five more minutes. bad mom! bad!
this balloon has an LED light in it and was acting as a night light for us. all that was missing was the disco ball.
don't get lilah any more barbies.
ever.
thanks.
view around the table at the top of the garden
steven's rockin the sweater-for-a-hat look and terry is just laughing at him
this is such a great example of the Johnny/Elena dynamic: Johnny, present in t-shirt and sunglasses, and Spanish-blooded Elena, wrapped up in a sensible down jacket. the difference between the way Scots perceive weather and others perceive weather is thus:
because the sun is out and it's not raining, (that's no reason to assume) it's going to be warm
lilah, as you can tell, is inherently scottish
a visiting californian: the lovely and wonderful Steph came up this weekend to say hi. she and terry were also suitably wrapped up for the brisk, but nice spring cake-eating weather
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