Nora is crazy about Grandma, but I think she might be even crazier about Grandma’s trampoline.
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Andre
For one brief, sunny day, a glorious chicken named Andre was part of our lives. RIP, little buddy.
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on the wagon
The night of Nora’s birthday, the Smiths took us out to Mimi’s for dinner and then gave Nora the awesomest wagon money can buy and a new set of Grandma’am’s adorable homemade flannel pajamas.
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Nora insisted on putting the pajamas on right then and climbing into the wagon–and really, wouldn’t you, too?
Fine Lady
My cute grandma brought over a beautifully wrapped birthday gift for Nora. Let me take you through the sequence of events here.
1) GG remains completely stationary and expressionless the whole time Nora opens her present.
2) Aw, it’s a dollar-store ‘Barbie!’ Nora insists on unwiring all the ill-fitting accessories from the box immediately.
3) Wow, her dress is a bit…revealing. No underpants, huh?
4) I take my first good look at the doll’s packaging.
5) Wait a second, are those photos of actual liquor bottles?
6) This is clearly stage lighting. And…is that a POLE?
7) A stripper Barbie. GG HAS GIVEN NORA A STRIPPER BARBIE. I guess that makes sense, since the series of dolls is called Fine Lady, and this model’s name is Beauty.
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All I can think of is that these ended up at the dollar store when some importer didn’t look too carefully at what he was buying until it got here. As far as the Chinese factory where they made, they must be laughing at us right now…and/or they just think that’s what Americans like.
Labor Day
For Labor Day, Sarah and I rode our bikes to Sugarhouse Park with Nora in the Bobike seat, and met up with our friends for a picnic (dress code: wear white). There are more pictures on Valori‘s Facebook here.
Technically, on the way home, my top-heavy bike overbalanced and it tipped over with Nora in the seat, scaring her half to death and gouging out part of my ankle. Luckily Blake was leaving the park just after us in his car, and came and picked her up, so she didn’t have to ride in the bike seat the rest of the way home. I hope she’ll remember how much fun we had before that instead of the more traumatic falling part.
Baby Elephant
Blake, Nora, and Dawn braved the crowds at Hogle Zoo to see the newborn baby elephant playing with her mom. Of course, no zoo trip is complete without a ride on the carousel. Finishing up at Chili’s was just the icing on the cake.
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sleepy
Who hasn’t fallen asleep while reading a book on the couch?
Goops
Nora was absolutely sure of one thing: that there was a bad guy in this book.
Elmo walking
Nora has a musical Elmo book, the kind with the buttons you push at certain parts of the story, to add sound effects. It was a gift.
PLUS:
1) Patented ‘Elmo’s walking music’ dance
2) Coy ‘I’m ignoring that camera’ face
3) Fierce bear roar.
Those three things are my gift to YOU.
Liberty Park
The Liberty Park carousel: creepily tailor-made for all your amateur-horror-movie-filming needs!
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