follow up, plus random silliness

Following up on the last post: I would like to thank everyone for the nice comments, pep talks, and advice you gave us. Just the "don't worry, you're doing fine" comments were worth their weight in gold. So thank you very much.

I'd just like to add that I wasn't really trying to whine "poor us" all over that thing, although in reading it later, it kinda looks that way. I was really trying to a) amuse & entertain, as always, and b) educate those of you with no kids who wonder what the hell we do all day and why we are sometimes cranky. ;-)

Oh, and a special comment for Ambrosia: do not worry... it is all worth it - many, many, many times over. :)

One other item of gratitude: HUGE thanks go out to the lovely, lovely people at the Holistic Moms Group who have brought (or will be bringing) us dinner - Kelly, Kim, and Majica. It has made an enormous difference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Meanwhile...

Aria got a couple new word friends for her birthday. First Bee, who here gets an introduction along with the others...



...who were later joined by Dog at Aria's birthday party:



Also, earlier in the week, Aria and I got out her paints and made a big mess. Watching this makes me wish I could be three years old over and over and over again. I can't get over how entranced she is in the feeling of squishing the paint through her fingers.