Toodee's Adventure

Athena took Toodee for a walk. As you can see, she got dressed up for the occassion.

We went out on the dock to watch the sunset.

Toodee felt like the situation was getting precarious, so we decided to head home.

(She can't swim.)

Athena thought we were big babies so she ditched us for a minute.

We regrouped and headed home for some ice cream.

Athena + Annabelle = HILARIOUS

"Hey Annabelle, lemme see that real quick. I wanna show you something."

"OK, are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"Oh yeah..... I know what I'm doing."

"HEY!!!!!!!!!!"

Don't worry. They were still friends after that. They ganged up on some spiders.

Hi Boyfriend!

"Oh, don't mind her, that's just my mom. She's cool."

"Now watch me freestyle dance for your viewing pleasure."

Can you tell what she's doing?

If you guessed "Trying to scratch her ear like the doggies do" you are correct.

She said: "Baby itchy!"

THE Outfit

Now in video... purple boots, boy's Superman skibbies, goin' nuts in the yard. I LOVE this kid.

I photograph her too much, I know.

Athena has my sense of humor

Every time I said "BOOGER!" it killed. I'm thinking about starting a stand-up routine.

The man who wrote many of the speeches for President George W. Bush is now working on his memoirs.
The book will be called, "Me Do Bad Job."
- Conan O'Brien

Isn't this kind of hypnotic?

(The horse was mine when I was her age.)

Just Athena and her dad kickin' it in the garage.

Don't tell PETA

Painting puppies.

ODB's skunk

The painted crew.

Yep, she's 2 alright.

2 Years Ago.

1 Year Ago



I loves me Da!


Cousins RULE!



We are a GOOD lookin' family, no?
(I wish I had biceps like that. Alas, it's just squashed against my boob.)




She happily shared Brobee with Evan ONLY
because she loves him.

Her yearly birthday hat photo :)

I can NOT believe the title of my email is "Your Preschooler."

I do not have a preschooler.... I have a baby, right???

Handling Big Emotion:

Two-year-olds give the biggest hugs, flash the biggest smiles, and yes, throw the loudest, most spectacular tantrums. Because they live in the moment, their feelings are especially transparent. It's tempting to want to keep things happy for your child at all times. But it's also important for her to experience emotions like sadness, frustration, and anger without always being "rescued" by Mom or Dad, so she can learn to cope better with small setbacks. (I'll work on that I promise.)