Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Meet Ryan

Liv's new guinea pig! He is 2 1/2 months old and is just so sweet.



Sunday, June 21, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Cats & Art

Milo has been jonesing for some outdoor action so Liv supervised him in the yard today. He was more interested in chomping on the grass than running away. (I'm certain I'll be stepping in green puke at some point tonight.)






















And with it being the end of school Liv brought home tons of cool projects. She decided she wanted to hang some in her room.

Sunday, June 07, 2009

June 5th and the Family (title chosen by Liv)

The baseball game that wasn't:












And the day at Oakland Beach that was beautiful:














And then there's this:



Sunday, May 10, 2009

Friday, May 08, 2009

KHS Award

Super short, but cute, clip of Liv receiving the KHS Award at school. She was nominated for being KHS - Kind, Hardworking and Safe. I like the little nose crunch she does at the very end!

(And yes, I realize that this little doozy of a clip leaves a lot to be desired in terms of my video career.)

Saturday, April 25, 2009

April Photos

Random moments during the month of April. And yup, that's Liv in a dog house.















Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Jolly About Her Roger

Thanks again Kath - she was totally stoked to be wearing skulls and crossbones!

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Sweetheart Dance

Last Friday was the annual "Sweetheart Dance". I have to say that I'm amazed at how many kids/parents go *completely* overboard with the whole thing. For example, manicures, pedicures, professionally done hair, prom-like dresses and ginormous wrist corsages. It's elementary school, people. Elementary!

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Seals!

Yesterday we hit Rome Point and saw some seals!

Check out the pictures here.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Aquarium

Had an amazing time at the aquarium yesterday with Mike and his kids. Apparently that is THE destination on Valentine's Day. Crazy!

The harbor seals were as cute as ever as were the penguins and turtles but I think I have a new favorite: the blue-spine unicornfish. It acted as weird as it looked.

Click here to see some photos.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Little Blue Penguins

I'm in love with her penguin drawings. So damn cute.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Jackson and Jamy

So...Liv has created an imaginary brother and sister.

First there's Jackson, Liv's twin brother. He has a mohawk. Per Liv, "he's funny; he's a good joke teller; he's a very good brother; and he's fun to play with."

Jamy is the older sister. She is in college. She is often not at home.

Jackson's been around for a while now (I think since Oct. of last year). Although he's not a constant (in that he's mentioned every single day) she does take him seriously as evidenced by the below drawing she did for school where she was asked to draw a picture of her family. (What I want to know is why I don't have a body. What's up with that???)



















Liv tends to bring Jackson up at random times. Last weekend when I took Liv to get her haircut I overheard her tell the hairdresser that she has a brother. And then the other night she asked me out of the blue where Jackson was.

Jamy is a more recent development. She doesn't come up in conversation as often as Jackson. When she does it's more often in the form of an announcement like "Jamy is going to a party" or "Jamy is over at a friend's house".

It took a little getting used to these two being brought up from time to time but the idea of them seems harmless enough. What I do find unsettling is the fact that she picked names that both start with the letter 'j'. Is she a Duggar wannabe?

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Happy 8th Birthday Liv!

In the spirit of Ralph Edwards, here's a little birthday retrospective:

8/2001









7/2002









3/2003









7/2003









10/2004









8/2005









9/2006










7/2007










6/2008

Friday, December 26, 2008

Monday, December 22, 2008

Snow!




















If Liv doesn't look that happy with the snowman it's because she isn't. We had total creative differences when making this and she later dubbed it as "Mr. Crazy".

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Nice!