The title pretty much says it all:
That's our daughter, a dance-loving, fall-and-get-up-again, pink-wearing, blue-is-her-favorite-color, adventurous, life-living little girl.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Ziplining in a tutu
Daddy here.
The title pretty much says it all:
That's our daughter, a dance-loving, fall-and-get-up-again, pink-wearing, blue-is-her-favorite-color, adventurous, life-living little girl.
The title pretty much says it all:
That's our daughter, a dance-loving, fall-and-get-up-again, pink-wearing, blue-is-her-favorite-color, adventurous, life-living little girl.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Continuing to explore the world
Daddy here.
While I was mowing the front lawn this afternoon, Caroline decided that today was the perfect day to try climbing the tree in the front lawn:
This was, to the best of our knowledge, her first attempt at this. But this first attempt was also a first success:
That was as high as she got, as the tree didn't offer viable purchase beyond that point, but she was quite happy to get where she did.
It's wonderful to see that Caroline's sense of adventure and can-do-it-ness remains strong.
Bonus bit of information:
Caroline decided last week how to tell the difference between boy stuffed animals and girl stuffed animals: girl stuffed animals have hard eyes and boy stuffed animals have soft eyes.
And now we know.
While I was mowing the front lawn this afternoon, Caroline decided that today was the perfect day to try climbing the tree in the front lawn:
This was, to the best of our knowledge, her first attempt at this. But this first attempt was also a first success:
That was as high as she got, as the tree didn't offer viable purchase beyond that point, but she was quite happy to get where she did.
It's wonderful to see that Caroline's sense of adventure and can-do-it-ness remains strong.
Bonus bit of information:
Caroline decided last week how to tell the difference between boy stuffed animals and girl stuffed animals: girl stuffed animals have hard eyes and boy stuffed animals have soft eyes.
And now we know.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
When Mommy's Away...
Daddy here.
Sarah had an evening dinner/meeting/gathering tonight, so while she was able to have Happy Hour with us before leaving, dinner was just Caroline and Daddy.
So we had gluten-full, yeast-risen pizza that was topped with, among other things, cheese and sugar-sweetened chicken sausage. All of the above are no-no's for Mommy's diet.
During our weekly grocery shopping this morning, Caroline picked out what she wanted on her pizza: shredded Colby-Jack cheese, green olives, green bell peppers, and something called "Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage" which is flavored with apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. All this went on a homemade pizza crust with Kroger-brand pizza sauce.
This is a combination that I probably never would have come up with, but it was really, really good.
Here's a shot from assembling the pizzas (we made two of them) before baking:
And here's the baked result:
And here are Caroline and Dixie, Jr., enjoying the results:
The pizza was a hit (though in the middle of the second piece, Caroline declared that "I've had enough peppers" and removed them from the rest of the pieces she ate). That she liked the pizza is also notable as she has for a very long time now had an aversion to melted cheese. She was initially mildly distressed that the cheese had melted on the pizza during baking, but after trying it she declared that she did like it.
We both had fun making, constructing, and eating the pizzas, so we might very well be witnessing the beginning of a Daddy-Daughter tradition for the evenings Sarah's away for dinner gatherings.
I'll try to remember to post any future ventures into pizza creation!
Sarah had an evening dinner/meeting/gathering tonight, so while she was able to have Happy Hour with us before leaving, dinner was just Caroline and Daddy.
So we had gluten-full, yeast-risen pizza that was topped with, among other things, cheese and sugar-sweetened chicken sausage. All of the above are no-no's for Mommy's diet.
During our weekly grocery shopping this morning, Caroline picked out what she wanted on her pizza: shredded Colby-Jack cheese, green olives, green bell peppers, and something called "Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage" which is flavored with apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. All this went on a homemade pizza crust with Kroger-brand pizza sauce.
This is a combination that I probably never would have come up with, but it was really, really good.
Here's a shot from assembling the pizzas (we made two of them) before baking:
And here's the baked result:
And here are Caroline and Dixie, Jr., enjoying the results:
The pizza was a hit (though in the middle of the second piece, Caroline declared that "I've had enough peppers" and removed them from the rest of the pieces she ate). That she liked the pizza is also notable as she has for a very long time now had an aversion to melted cheese. She was initially mildly distressed that the cheese had melted on the pizza during baking, but after trying it she declared that she did like it.
We both had fun making, constructing, and eating the pizzas, so we might very well be witnessing the beginning of a Daddy-Daughter tradition for the evenings Sarah's away for dinner gatherings.
I'll try to remember to post any future ventures into pizza creation!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Learning to dance
Daddy here.
Caroline has started a dance/movement class this fall, having expressed a strong desire to learn ballet. She's had a great time with the class, and at this past Monday's make-up lesson, she picked out a set of tap shoes from the "Take a pair, Leave a pair" box.
Here's what she did with them this morning:
Caroline has started a dance/movement class this fall, having expressed a strong desire to learn ballet. She's had a great time with the class, and at this past Monday's make-up lesson, she picked out a set of tap shoes from the "Take a pair, Leave a pair" box.
Here's what she did with them this morning:
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