October Upate

Cowbaby


Wordgirl, Sheriff Henri, and Hazel.


Bess' belly.


Bess just finished knitting these for Hazy.


Holy cute.

Birthdays, Baptisms, Blessings and Back to School

Harriett got baptized.

We all stood in front of a tree.

Hazel got blessed.

Henri turned 4.

Hazel was happy.

Harriett started 3rd Grade.

A Donut Eaters Official Public Service Announcement

Bed Bugs




Cute? No.
Imaginary? No.
Make for an adorable goodnight rhyme? Not once you've had them.

Facts About Bed Bugs

• They are not a myth, actually they were nearly eradicated in the 50's and 60's by DDT.
  
• They have increased in number 50 fold in the last five years alone.
• You can get them from a hotel just by putting your luggage on the floor.
• Newly hatched bed bugs are tiny and transparent.
• Bedbugs get their reddish brown color after they feed on blood.
• They inject their hosts with a numbing agent so they don't feel the bite and and anticoagulant to increase the blood flow.
  
• Signs that you have bed bugs include tiny blood spots on your sheets and itchy red dots on your skin (sometimes in rows or clusters).
  
• Females lay up to 12 eggs a day.
• Poisons don't effect them.
• They can hide in a space as thin as a single piece of hair.
  
• IKEA furniture does not repel them (in fact they prefer wood and fabric).
• The only way to kill bed bugs is with heat (boiling water and steam work the best).
• If a hotel room is infested with bed bugs they strip and clean that room as well as the room above, below and on either side of it.
  

In short: Bed bugs are tiny, evil vampires that are practically indestructible. Be warned. We learned the hard way.

8 and Hair

So Harriett turned 8 yesterday. Craziness. We had a small party on Saturday. The kids went somewhere else to play (a bounce house), we bought a cake, bought pizza and she only had three friends. Best party ever.


In other news we shaved Henri's head. He has been wanting to shave his head just like dad for a while now. It was a little sad. Luckily he is still pretty cute.

11 Things I Love about Bess

1. Makes cute chubby kids.
2. No speako Spanishio.
3.
4. Closet Hippie.
5. Beautiful smile.
6. Canadian.
7. Best mom ever.
8. Lacks self control at all the right times.
9. "The Jazz need to start getting some boards."
10. Book obsession.
11. Thinks old men are cute.

Happy 11th Anniversary Bess. Thanks for sticking around.

Thunder Thighs

We've been crap bloggers lately. This chubbiness should make up for it.

Christmas for Bess

My friend Reed came over in a snowstorm, just three days before Christmas and took these shots so that I would have something to give Bess for Christmas. I think they turned out great.