blocks

I saw a very cool (flat out amazing) video the other day of a young child playing with blocks, and it brought back a lot of memories.

I realized
1.) I don't have any pictures of us playing blocks from when she was that young
2.) We don't play with them much anymore because they are scattered between five or six different toyboxes!

So, I gathered them up as best I could. And we have both been having fun playing with the ones I could find! A lot have been lost to the dogs between then and now. MamaNOTE


random block pile


balancing a few random blocks



Love that expression, 'Mom I'm busy!' She didn't keep up with this pattern for very long as we ran out of green blocks but then she kept adding other smaller and smaller parts to one side until she decided to start stacking cubes again.

Esmes favorite book ever

I know I'm going to need this info. I just don't know when the book will be in such condition I can no longer reassemble and tape it back together. It is her favorite book - and there is always something else to find in it. It is also HUGE and heavy. There are so many stories with simple words and good pictures and characters. If I recall right it was fifty cents at a yard sale way back before she could even pick it up!

But the name is so hard to get right!
The ISBN numbers are
# ISBN-10: 0307165515
# ISBN-13: 978-0307165510
The name is Best Read-it-Yourself Book Ever
Author is Richard Scarry

I'm not asking anyone to get this book - we have one! I have posted the ISBN on the blog before but somehow can't find it to search for it, so making another post all of itself with a tag.

They are super cheap (three to five dollars), but I'd rather let this one live out it's last days and only replace it once I can't fix it anymore. So far duct tape and clear packing tape have saved it several times.

A blurry sundress

It's been raining all day. I fixed most of the problems with the sundress, and it fits really well with the exception of shortening the back straps just a smidge more on one side (tomorrow). She was playing with her mama and baby dollhouse dolls and they were hugging, and giving 'whee ride' (bounce baby up in the air). It was late and dark and she was active so it was hard to catch a picture that showed the dress well, but I tried anyway.


Blurry picture, but the dress is a success.



Playing with her dollhouse mommy and Playmobil baby
while sitting in our mail crate near the office desks

She ate 'chicken foop' and French bread for dinner, which is an accomplishment for her. It isn't one of the 'Esme-approved' food groups. I asked her to show the puppies how you eat foop, and she took that as a challenge ;)

Some ladies on a bulletin board I belong to suggested we take Esme to the nearest Target and show her a line of dolls called 'Our Generation.' They are about the price range I'm thinking is feasible for a birthday present and Esme would actually get to see it and approve or not etc.. That sounds a lot better than ordering something that she might not like! I'm sure we'll make it Jackson in the next few months to let her take a look.

They also suggested this doll : Little Mommy Hopscotch - which is not really expensive and just about right for Esme. She said it was a pretty girl and she liked her shoes, too... this kid has a shoe fetish!