Gram asked if the wee Princess still performed with the dog bowls. We weren’t sure at the time, but then she pulled this one out of her hat.
Off to a relaxing evening concert August 16, 2009
Our drummer friend Dave McDavitt, that sometimes plays in my band, played a free town center concert in Reston with his 12 piece Afrofunk band, Chopteeth. We thought we would go for a few hours, see a couple of shops, have a little dinner, meet up with our other drummer friend Ray Yrure, who also plays in my band, and his daughter Isabelle and just relax. Well, let me tell you… it was not too relaxing! and a lot taxing!
Juliet had a blast running around in circles to the music… the circles were really 50′ ovals – she wore us out.
Ray and Isabelle had to come much later than expected and when they did Juliet got a big surprise. Isabelle brought two other babies her age and their fathers. Had Susan not been there it would have been quite the site! Four bewildered Papas with 3 baby girls an 1 baby boy! Alas, Mama Suzie was there to keep us in order.
To da Zoo Too! August 4, 2009
We finally made it to the National Zoo! Susan had been asking for the last year especially since we have such found memories of the Dallas zoo.
The only things that JuJuPea didn’t like was the heat and octopusseseses.
She found the wall of animals and immediately took to the wolf and owl. At the end of the day we went into the giftshop and she found a few friends including a 4 foot panda… yep, we made a big scene when it was time to leave.
Computer time with Juliet’s lap(body)top August 4, 2009
Juliet has always been fascinated by our computers. Fascinated and frustrated! As a matter of fact, she will shut your laptop if she feels she’s not getting enough of your undivided attention. She also likes to touch the keys… mimicing her parental units.
So…. I took Susan’s old broken iBook, put a basic system, a few parts, and a wee program called baby banger that allows her to mash the keys without fear of too much damage. Each key results in a colored shape appearing and the computer speaking the name and color of the shape. This was the first day she got it…
–like her little ikea chair and table set? Grandma Dorie took her to Ikea to pick that out.
