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May!


Timothy turned 2 on May 6th and enjoyed a red fire truck cake (not much left!) Elisabeth enjoyed eating a hot dog like a "big girl." It has opened up a world of opportunities.



Oh, look, there's even pictures of Laurel and John on this blog! We're the mature parents.

(ed. note: my daughter must be getting older, because we aren't taking nearly the number of pictures we used to! hence not many updates on the blog. Sorry! I could tell you lots of stories though! Today Elisabeth and I were standing in the bathroom (we spend a lot of time in there lately) and she closed the door. Then she said, "This is how we're going to get out" and went to open the door. Then what she said must have reminded her of a book so she said, "Hi, Mommy, this is how we are going to get out." I was confused until I remembered Mike Mulligan and his steamshovel: "Hi, Mike Mulligan! How are you going to get your steam shovel out?" I laughed and laughed, then so did Bitsy. Later at lunch she asked me to cut her broccoli. "Cut it with a carving knife. What's a carving knife?" (Any guesses what else we've been reading? Mother Goose Rhymes while she sits on the potty). So needless to say, we love books.

Maybe we'll have more photo opportunities soon.



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