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Happy Polar Bear 2010

2010-01-01T14:03:00.001-08:00

Molly wore her swimsuit but I wouldn't let her take her coat or hat off! She did take off her polar fleece pants and we carried her, running into the water as a family. She loved it and was very brave as she got splashed with cold water from the other Polar Bears. As you can tell from this photo, she thought the whole thing was very fun. Maybe next year, I'll let her wade in up to her knees. But I'm still making her wear the coat and hat! ;)

Happy Christmas Eve

2009-12-24T22:50:00.000-08:00

After a festive evening and leaving cookies and carrots out for Santa et al, Molly finally went to bed. And she was asleep by 10pm!

Carousel 2009

2009-12-06T21:41:00.001-08:00

What a fun day we had! Fueled by the treats left by St. Nicholas, we went to Seattle Center to see the holiday train and play at the Fun Forest. We also made it to Westlake for our annual ride on the Holiday Carousel. Remember last year?

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T23:26:00.000-07:00

And the winner is......SUPER GIRL! After dressing up as a unicorn at Pumpkin Prowl and for Village trick-or-treating, a princess (a striped one) at the preschool party, Molly announced today at 2:00 that she was going to be Super Girl. She was happy with how the costume turned out. I was happy that I had a whole bunch of red felt left over from last year's beach ball costume.

Happy Birthday!

2009-09-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

Molly is three years old! Here she is celebrating with her buddy, Mya. Notice the purple cake. :)

First Day - Part 2

2009-09-17T14:09:00.001-07:00

You may notice the different purple dress. This had been in the purple Dora backpack that we brought to school. So this was my biggest fear -- Molly will have an 'accident' and it will traumatize her for life, she'll never want to go back, and I'll get a stern talking-to about Molly not being potty-trained. (Which she has been for several months but recently has been having 'accidents'.) Molly said "I had an accident. That's okay." And the teacher said brightly "Her purple dress is in the bag. It didn't happen until the end of the day. We'll work on it."

Phew.

As far as I can figure out, Molly learned two things. She learned how to sing the goodbye song. "Goodbye, Jack! We'll see you next time!". And she learned how to whisper. "Gato is a fish and you shouldn't touch him because (sotto voice) he's a very quiet fish". Then Molly took a bite of her special first-day-of-school-pink-cookie and whispered "This is a very quiet cookie."

What a great day.

First Day - Part 1

2009-09-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

Molly woke up this morning and said "Can I go to preschool?". Good timing, I thought. She remained optimistic for most of the morning (except when we had to stop reading books to get ready for school). When we arrived, Teacher Natalie told Molly that everybody uses the potty and washes their hands when they get to school. She said "Do you want to go use the potty?". And Molly jumped up and shouted "YES!" with gusto.

When we got into the potty, she did great but I noticed a HUGE insect on the floor. Keep in mind that her preschool is in a park and the bathroom doors are often open so this is probably a daily thing. I thought she'd freak out (because I probably would've if I wasn't trying to be 'cool') but she looked at it and said "There's an ant at my preschool!". I explained that ants want to learn things, too. Molly was fine with that.

Pickup is in a few hours. Stay tuned...

Molly starts preschool on Thursday!

2009-09-15T23:21:00.000-07:00

We're gearing up for preschool around here. Trying to get the excitement of "school!" without the scariness of "school!". It's a challenge but I think Molly's looking forward to it. Mostly.

At the beach

2009-06-30T22:51:00.001-07:00

Here's Molly at the beach after an exciting hike through the park!

Hiking in Discovery Park

2009-06-30T22:47:00.001-07:00

Molly did a great job hiking down. And even stopped to pose in this lovely tree. :)

Visitors from Arizona

2009-05-26T17:43:00.000-07:00

Molly had a great visit and was treated like the princess that she is! Thanks for coming up to Seattle, Lynne and Paul. :)

Monkey and the Engineer

2009-05-10T11:34:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T11:32:00.001-07:00

Enjoying the great Mother's Day breakfast that Steve made us. :)

Dancing!

2009-05-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

The Joy of the Pocket

2009-04-25T21:09:00.000-07:00

Nothing better than overalls with lots and lots of pockets. Some of them just the right size for storing flowers.

Flower Girl

2009-04-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

Oh how Miss Molly LOVES FLOWERS. I had wanted to take her to the tulip festival but I don't think there's anyway I could have her run through a field of flowers without being able to pick them. That would be way too much temptation for her. So far, she's been very good about not picking Corey's tulips (our neighbor) but she sure talks about picking them a lot. Fortunately, Molly enjoys picking other various weeds/perennials that we've got in our yard. Her bouquets are quite beautiful.

Meeting Great Grandma Ella

2009-03-20T16:53:00.001-07:00

We went to Arizona and Molly finally got to meet Great Grandma Ella. She crawled right in to Ella's lap and asked to hear a story. And Great Grandma willingly obliged. It was really sweet.

Molly!

2009-03-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

Because a family member (who shall remain nameless) complained that we don't have enough close-ups of Molly on the site, here she is in all her Molly Glory.

Playing with Dash

2009-03-01T08:42:00.000-08:00

Steve took Molly for a daddy-daughter outing. They met up with friends at the Children's Museum (always a good choice). Here's Molly and Dash pretending to be firefighters and Molly playing with the costumes at the play theatre at the museum.

Naptime

2009-03-01T08:39:00.000-08:00

Well, not really but Molly did enjoy pretending to take a nap in the middle of the floor the other day.

Maybe She Should Fly A Jet

2009-02-04T18:44:00.001-08:00

It was a Saturday, nothing to do and Youngens' Choice, so Molly picked the Museum of Flight. We got to go aboard a concorde and an old air force one. And so many more. We thought the planes were pretty cool and the bowl of fruit in the cafeteria was good too.

Happy 2009!

2009-01-01T18:13:00.000-08:00

We celebrated year number 4 as a Polar Bear Family. Molly got her hands wet and got a Badge of Courage for her great effort. Happy New Year, everybody!

(Polar Bear 2006)

(Polar Bear 2007)

(Polar Bear 2008)

We Got Snow!

2008-12-16T23:50:00.001-08:00

Here's Molly enjoying the snow! And she's actually wearing her mittens!

(Remember this?)

Holiday Carousel

2008-12-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

They set up a carousel each year down at Westlake. It's a wonderful, festive thing to do! Here are Molly and Daddy, enjoying the ride.

Justin Roberts Fan

2008-11-21T23:02:00.000-08:00

We are big Justin Roberts fans in this household. He played at The Vera Project in Seattle last week and Steve took Molly to it. I missed it (my show opened that night) but it sounded like a great time. Molly got a concert t-shirt and apparently didn't want to leave. Sounds about right. We'll be sending fan mail to Justin any day now.