Pia

"Aunt Liz, would you braid my hair? Grandma always braids my hair and it makes me beautiful. Even more beautiful."

Watching Mama and Bernadette make Daddy's birthday cake: "This is a great life. Hakuna Matata!"

P: "Why do you always want to wash my hair?"
M: "So it will be clean and shiny and beautiful."
P: "I don't want it to be beautiful! I want my hair to be plain!"

After hugging Bernadette: "I'm a kind girl to her."

"When I'm a grown-up I will do as much work as I can. And I will get married when my wedding dress gets bigger."

M: "What else did you say today that I wanted to write down?"
P: "I don't know. Hello?"

Christmas at Marilyn's house



unwrapped 2019



Chewing on it

siblings 3 and 6

Marilyn's birthday

Mara's book

"Mama, I wrote a book!"

"You did? What's it about?"

"It's about you and me."

Black Squirrel Night

Laura Ingalls, angel, fairy princess, Lady Galadriel, and Master Chief

(The lion was not in costume on this occasion, being headed for Wichita with his parents.)

Birthday feasting

Gideon is 1

Halloween

exploring (August)

Isaiah is 11

Garden of the Gods July

A short hike (July)

Reunion (July 27)

Pia

"The kitties are nervous about me because I am a lion."

After getting her shirt and leggings on: "I am all set!" Her mother points out that she still needs to put her dress on. "Oh, then I'm not all set. I'll never be all set."

Favorite exclamation in just about every circumstance: "Oh, for Pete's sake!"

Bath day

Mara: "I am snuggling down into the warm blanket of bubbles."

Mara Joy-ful

So. Tired.