hmmm…“sleepy head”…
that reminds me…
more “from the archives”…
i submit…in installments…for my viewing pleasure…“the sleepy head chronicles”…
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how can you tell if your little one has had a good night’s sleep?
just take a look at their “sleepy head”, of course!
– march 22, 2006
dear wee’um,
i came across this picture of you today…
cutie you, when your “dathith” were still so new…and your little world was all of a sudden so very, very big…and all in focus!
for days and days you explored your world…just…like…this…
made me melty then…
makes me melty now…
very sincerely,
me (your ever-melty mama)
– pumpkin hunting on sauvie island (october 22, 2009)
dear donut day,
i love you.
i love my two chocolate glazed donuts and my milk left in the freezer for just so long…
‘cause this…
this little i just can’t relate to…
say…where’d he run off to, anyway?
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i’m sorry, but i don’t…
…ever…
…remember…
…oatmeal…
…being this much fun!!!
– june 29, 2007
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oh…that frizzy sleepy head…that ever-present goose egg…those endless silly faces!
seriously…where’d he run off to?!?
great…
now i’m gonna need three donuts…
very sincerely,
me
me in “the cathedral”…
and then…at 3:28…
arms thrown out…head tipped back…singin’ along…
…me all silly–happy…watching those glorious raindrops falling from the heavens…feeling them splash on my face…
oh…but then…at 5:00…
~ happy, happy shivers ~
someday!
seriously?
dear colic,
man…you really sucked!
the first three months of baby’s life are a blur of fussing, crying and time spent curled up in the fetal position…
and you were no cakewalk for him either!
but, boy…once we kicked you to the curb…just look what happened…
that? that’s one happy baby right there!
smiley, squishy and utterly chubbalicious!
colic? what colic?
we are so over you!
very sincerely,
me
– hannah’s image
dear gramma mary,
your tree’s starting to wake up…that tree you loved so much…
i’m sure that where you are…the trees are infinitely more beautiful…
but your tree…when she’s full awake and all abloom…her more pink than green…
she’s awfully heavenly…
how you loved all these kids…your kids…
how you’d “get a kick” out of watching them play under…and in…your tree!
she’s “gramma’s tree”…even to those littles who only know you through pictures…
a glimpse of her and thoughts of you spring to mind…
lovely, happy thoughts of you today…
very sincerely,
me
– hannah’s image
what a great day that was…when that pesky old fence blew over that one windy day last spring!
how wonderful when they begged and he said “yes”…leaving it down…that whole glorious summer…them and their next door buddies running back and forth at will!
how sad when those ominous clouds of fall and winter swept through…and with them…that new big fence!
how pathetic…them…the children of the east and west…having to play through…
…and over that fence!
him…the unwitting ruiner of all their hopes and dreams for summer…
them crying out…“mr. jason…daddy…tear down this fence!”
– hannah’s image
dear birthday boy,
last night, as your “ah’ma” tucked you in, she said, “goodbye, 4-year-old william.”
confused…you asked, “are you saying goodbye because i’m going outside?”
“no…,” she replied, “i’m saying goodbye because tomorrow you won’t be 4-year-old william anymore…you’ll be 5-year-old william.”
“oh,” you said reflectively…and then…
“will i still be cute tomorrow?”
ohhh, yeah…definitely!
you are the cutest little spectacle-wearing, lisp-bearing quipster of a sweet william there ever was!
happy birthday, 5-year-old william! we love you much!
very sincerely,
me (your adoring birthday-buddy mama)
dear boy o’ mine,
thanks for making all that nummy sketti sauce and dinner last night.
you made your mama’s life a little bit easier…again…
the freezer’s full…my heart’s full…
and if you ever move out…you’ll rip it right outta my chest…
very sincerely,
me (your grateful mama)