Lorelei drew this little house. I thought it was cute.

tete Cait

We miss our Tete Cait a lot. She has become one of the most important people in our lives over the past couple of years. We've helped one another through a lot, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. She is an incredible woman, a beautiful mother, and even even better Tete. Lorelei and Addison are so blessed to have her in their lives. And even more blessed that she puts up with them. ;)

We ♥ you, Tete!!

duck, duck, eeewww.

It's becoming somewhat of a tradition to take the girls to English Springs park whenever we're in town to meet up with Uncle Justy. It's a great park with lots of grass and playgrounds, and the best part- the duck pond. While I think its disgusting, the girls find it amazing. With each visit our time is taken up with feeding the ducks our snacks, lots of running and playing tag, and a few too many close calls when the girls get too close to the pond's edge. While they'd be just fine if they fell in the shallow water, their stench would be much worse than words could explain. In fact, we could just ask my sister, Caitlyn, about that one. I believe she took a swim in that very pond.

Lorelei sits quietly holding out crumbs of bread and crakers to the ducks. I believe she thinks she will make friends with them and get to bring them home with her if she can convince them to get close enough.

Addison, on the other hand, finds much more joy in chasing them and scaring them to death. One time I asked her what she would do if she caught one. Her reply, "I'm gonna squish 'em and shake 'em!" She sort of reminds me of Elmira from Looney Tunes. She loves animals to death. Possibly very much more literally than we'd all like.

The first time we went to this park with Uncle Justy, Addison was about a year and a half old. She went running after everything that moved, keeping Uncle Justy on his game since I put him in charge of chasing after her. At one point, she bent down and was playing in the mud- and by 'mud' I mead dirt with a high concentration of duck fecal matter- by the pond. When Uncle Justy scooped her up into his arms, she took a handful of 'mud' and smeared it into his mouth and on his face. Eeeewwwwww.