My Loves

Phoebe:

Acknowledging that stuff we are doing in your life to help make it better, is making it better (cryptic…)

While I was lamenting my jury duty…Phoebe said: “are you talking about jury duty? It is your responsibility as a citizen to serve on a jury.” (dumb social action unit in school)

Calling Newt Gingrich, GREEN GRINCH and yelling at the tv screen.

You were so excited about the Kim Possible Attraction at Epcot. It was so cool to see you get into being a spy.

We named you Phoebe Radio because you did a lot of singing on our trip.  We could tell your mood based on what was coming out.

Your energy propelled us through the Disney Theme Parks…especially the first day when Lolly was struggling with a fever.

Teaching Lolly some new swim techniques…like humming so she can breathe out of her nose.

Being excited about and willing to ride all the scary rides.

Negotiating what we would do next on our vacation….it was really clear thinking–we needed that!

Lolly:

Really wanting to learn to crochet, but your attention span just isn’t there.

Whenever you know about a trip or vacation, you want to talk about it every single day leading up to it.  You even mentioned it in your Dad’s birthday card

While checking for the lice, you said: “I really don’t want to do this.”  As if we have a choice here. As if I want to do this…..

I’m a thinking machine.

I beat (her 5th grade crush) at chess. Big smile. “He smiled at me while we were playing.”

I explained to Lolly that I made sure I didn’t put makeup on one morning because I was giving a makeup workshop for the moms at her school. She looked closely at me and said: “You look horrible. You need a little fixing up.”

After putting sunglasses on: “This feels like flip-flops on my nose.”

At Disney, being most excited about swimming in the pool in the afternoon each day.

Being such a trooper when you woke with a fever our first morning.

Me:

Phoebe is working on a social activism unit in school, in which she needs to write a speech covering women’s rights. I suggested her opening statement: “Just because we don’t have a penis, doesn’t mean we don’t have a brain!” She explained to me that would be inappropriate.  See, I teach her these things so that she can keep track of me, not herself.

Jason:

Hey, thanks for cleaning out the heater filter, the heat works WAY better now.

Always being willing to do what the girls want to do. Example: Princess Breakfast!

Playing Chess and The Barbie Game with Lolly.