Santa Fe

We went to Santa Fe, NM

the desert is so strange and beautiful

Scott and Louise read books on the plane

Louise runs even faster (we didn't think it was possible), when she's on a moving walkway.

Luke and Natalie got married.

She looked like an old fashioned Italian bride who walks through a hilltop

town with villagers following her making music.

Louise wore a satin dress that was the color of a New Mexico sunset

She and Lila were the belles of the ball (at least until bed time)

A good night dance with daddy.

But the trip was most exceptional for 2 best cousins

who danced to Mariachi music together,

ate red and green chili sauce on their eggs together (not really),

and co-piloted a trip to the moon together.

Apt. Sandbox

Noodles, adzuki beans, and bulgur in Adidas boxes.

I'm So Excited that the Celtics Won Last Night That I'm Wearing My Very Own Basketball High Tops

Daddy Daughter Day

Central Park Zoo

Swimming Polar Bear

Cairo and Louise: snacking, floral clad beauties

Flying

Sleeping Off a Big Memorial Day

Louise Meets Miranda July

On our way to the new playground in Union Square park we happened upon an outdoor installation of Miranda July's interactive sculptures and Ms. July herself. As a fan of her short stories and art/performance/video, I was a little star-struck.

She and her media entourage thought Louise was really cute, especially when she perched herself atop the works and mugged for the cameras.

Cousins!

Louise got the rare chance to lunch with her two best cousins last week in Boston. Addie, who's almost 3 and Lila who's just three and a half months older than Louise are the main characters we talk to on our pretend phones and talk about when we're heading north for a visit. What a lucky girl!

As you can tell these girls were a silly squirming troika of love, nearly impossible to wrangle into form.

Union Square Sandbox

Nearly Healed and Ready for Yoga

As soon as I roll out my yoga mat Louise starts flipping around and standing on her head. I think we can take that as a sign that she's feeling like her old self again.

Hot City

Swinging in the Shady Suburbs

Wounded in Action

I'm almost too ashamed to show you these pictures... The terrible/horrible/sick-inducing injury that is warned about in all the parenting handbooks happened to Louise.

By just glancing away for a minute in a room that contained both our bouncing baby girl and a scalding hot thermos mug of green tea, there was time enough for Louise to curiously tip the cup and its molten contents onto her face. Luckily, it's only a superficial burn but the hours after the accident were the saddest I've ever seen. In pain and without the words (or profanities) to describe her feelings, Louise stomped her feet in a running motion and shook her head "No! No! No!" It was awful. Needless to say, the last few days at the playground have made me feel like a bad parent. I've been explaining to passing strangers about hot tea... and how it happened in a second... and that's why she's wearing a raccoon mask of sun block and Neosporin.

The good news is that nothing keeps Louise down. In spite of the stares and finger pointing she's been playing with her usual gusto at the playground, raccoon mask and all.

Weeze's First Haircut

Perhaps my cute new do will distract the viewer from

this disgusting ketchup stain on my sweater.

Watching the Celtics at our local

Keepsake

"I said playground not haircut!"

Yup, we did it. Finally, after 15 months it was time to lop off the bangs

that went down to Louise's chin. Now she can see.