Beautiful girl in beautiful sunshine...

Dipping is half the fun...

Dancing with Daddy... an all time favorite thing to do...

Francesca has a new sign, she points to herself emphatically three or four times. We haven't figured out what she means yet.

Good morning from Francesca and her shades...

Devon rode across town on her cool new trike bike to see us! Francesca says she wants one now.

your turn!

fun with free yard sale sun glasses...

nighty night... all tucked in...in favorite sleeping position...little angle dreaming of bunny rabbits and swings...and drinking water all by herself...

Little Violet Girl Runs Around on a Saturday

Recent activities NOT pictures are: spilling half a glass of mommy's water on herself because she insisted on taking a drink all by herself thank you very much, withOUT mommy's help... AND going to the park with daddy, running around, splashing in a mud puddle, bumping her head (but she's ok now), swinging and frolicking...

"down came the rain..." ("and washed the spider out...")

The most relaxed toddler in the world.

Good morning! Little Francesca girl is off to school!

VIDEO-random slice of Francesca life

She runs! She climbs! She wriggles! She roams! She's Francesca of the Awesome Energy!
(Also, she's wearing the cute Maid Marion outfit...)

Francesca has her bedtime book all picked out.... goodnight!

How did it get to be bedtime already?

Francesca relaxes a lot at dinner....

Francesca relaxes a little at dinner...

Flying with daddy... fun for both pilot and aircraft...

Playing with daddy

sweet napping baby snores softly

Some light reading...look, a kitty cat!

Drumming away on a Sunday morning...

Shadow was moving faster than Francesca--amazingly!

Christy brought over some books for mommy and her dog, Shadow!

Francesca helps daddy and mommy sing, 'itsy bitsy spider'... she is doing the spider part in this picture.

Upsidedown baby!

Earth Day Photos of Francesca

At Growing Seeds all the kids planted flowers and herbs in raised beds. These were posted on the internal Growing Seeds website. Enjoy--and happy belated Earth Day!

Two videos from the past month: Maid Marion and The Chalk

Francesca and the Cat in the Hat

Francesca likes to read after dinner.

Francesca discovers it is hard to turn the pages of a magazine while you are sitting on top of it.

Here is a sweet baby with clean hair and clean Tigger PJs and a bottle of lotion.

Sometimes you just don't want to put your pants back on, you know?

Francesca decides she doesn't need reading glasses quite yet.

Francecsa helps daddy by bringing him the kitchen towel.

Francesca examines daddy's glasses very closely.

Someone climbed up on the chair all by herself. It was a determined act. She had to try 15 or 20 times. This kid is amazing. That can be another nickname, by the way...'The Amazing Kid'...

shoes on please!

Francesca is home from school! (We are not sure why she has on a different outfit, could be anything from poo to pool to paint....)

All ready for school, daddy!