About 8 years ago

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Stupid blogger won't let me use blogdesk. Argh. Go there, see the Beany goodness.
Maybe it is time to move off of blogger.

Bean and Haru

August09_1673 (Medium), originally uploaded by jyllianm.

A most adorable morning watching cartoons.
Girl cats are usually not too affectionate, but Bean has special powers

Bean's city

Bean's city, originally uploaded by jyllianm.

The Bean enjoys legos. She has decided she needs the "big kid" legos like they have at her after school program.
She likes legos more than dolls I think.

Halloween party talent show

Halloween party talent show 3, originally uploaded by jyllianm.

Bean and Syd at the Halloween talent show.

I realize I haven't been keeping this up and I feel horrible about it. Explanations are at my blog http://pywacket.org/wordpress.

There will be more forthcoming.

The Bean organized a talent show which was...interesting. There was a sword fight, a comic, she sang, a dance and other bits. It was of course adorable. Every year the kids put something together for us. Usually a parade, now it is a talent show.

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Halloween party talent show 3

Halloween party talent show 3
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Bean and Syd at the Halloween talent show.

I realize I haven't been keeping this up and I feel horrible about it. Explanations are at my blog http://pywacket.org/wordpress.

There will be more forthcoming.

The Bean organized a talent show which was...interesting. There was a sword fight, a comic, she sang, a dance and other bits. It was of course adorable. Every year the kids put something together for us. Usually a parade, now it is a talent show.

first day 2nd grade_1663 (Medium)

first day 2nd grade_1663 (Medium)
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Here's she goes to school! 2nd grade, how did that happen so fast? It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Happy that she's growing up so smart, kind and beautiful and sad that the time goes by much quicker than you think it would.
This is the first time I've missed a first day and it hurt my heart. I was doing my first day of student teaching though and that was a good thing.

Emily curtsies

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Can you see how much we like the faire? Em knows to say "Huzzah" and "God Save the King," and of course to curtsy when granted an audience!

Emily and King Henry

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

This is such a sweet faire. And the King is always so nice.
A big hug for him.

Emily and the Lady Veronica

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Every year (this would be the third now!) we drive up to Muskogee to go to the Castle Fair in May. It's full of very kind people who take time with the kids, which makes us all very happy.
Em did the quest for Princess Margaret's lost hair ribbons and we found them all. At the end she gets to meet King Henry (viii) , the Princess and many ladies.

I love how she firmly believes that everything is real when she enters the faire. Just like her mom.

Muskogee Faire 2009

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Only about the sweetest picture ever taken. This young gentleman was part of the faire and encouraged Em to try a Maypole dance. He was very sweet and she was very determined. I think our heads exploded at the cuteness.

Haru naps with Bean

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Haru has a sweet nap with her Mama Bean. She and Bart like to snuggle up with the girl and have a nice long snooze.

Bean goes to the junior class

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Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Oh but it has been a while hasn't it? There has been so much going on. The end of first grade, going up to the juniors class in Tae Kwon Do, summer camp and a visit to California.

This is Emily getting her junior yellow belt and moving up to the big kid's class. She hasn't done a lot of TKD this summer because Mom has been in graduate school and she's been going to a summer camp where she swims, and hikes and plays soccer and other wild things all day.

Bean's new hair

Bean closeup
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

The Bean's cute new haircut. She pretty much designed it herself. She calls herself a "tomboy girly girl," because she likes a lot of the same stuff the boys do (spooky things, video games) but would rather wear skirts and dresses.

We call her fiercely cute.

Fancy Lady

Fancy Lady
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Another in the hat dressup photo group. She said she was a "fancy lady."

Sweet face with hat

Sweet face with hat
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

The Bean still loves dressing up. I hope she does for a good long time. Here she's wearing the very first Halloween outfit (a princess dress and cape made for her by her Uncle Matt) that was of course much too big for a baby but worked somehow anyway. She's worn this outfit 3 out of her 6 Halloweens :-) She was also wearing one of my old cloche hats.

beanbat1

beanbat1
Originally uploaded by jyllianm

Emily makes a fearsome batgirl. Her choice this year. She got to wear her costume to Tae Kwon Do too. Very cool to see her kicking and punching like the real batgirl.