Kate's new look

Kate has a favorite shirt that she wears 3 or 4 times a week, meaning we wash it 3 or 4 times a week, too. When we went to the zoo, she got a Dora hat which she insists on wearing backwards. Here she is at the zoo on Wednesday:

This is what she looked like before swimming today:

Bet you thought they were taken on the same day, didn't you? Any bets as to how many more times I can take pictures of the same outfit?

Should we go...

Me: Should we go swimming?
Kate: Nope.
Me: Should we go shopping?
Kate: Yeah!!

Five minutes later we were in the car.
Two minutes after that she was sleeping.
An hour and a half later she awoke at the pool and was ready to go swimming. No recollection of the shopping that never happened.

The salesman

Keanu: Mommy, do you want to buy some balls?
Me: How much are they?
K: 3 dollars.
M: What if I want to buy more than one? How much is it for 2 balls?
K: 2 dollars.
M: Ok, then I'll buy 2.

Favorite words of the day...

Dank you, Mommy
- Kate, while helping her wash her hands.

Sky-blue pink

was Dad's favorite color.

He would have loved the sky this past Saturday night.

We were at the beach playing in the sand not long before sunset and, oh boy, did we get a spectacular show. The sun peaked out from under the row of dark clouds that had brought some respite from the beating-down sun earlier in the day. And then we watched it drop ever so slowly into the sea "to go swimming," Kevin told Keanu. The steady lowering and eventual inevitable looming ahead.

And then we were left with the promising and familiar sky-blue pink. A sight I'll always associate with Dad. However his sky-blue pinks were always looking over rows of cornfields or newly plowed fields. The sky is still the same, no matter which corner of it we happen to be looking upon.

Thinking of you, Dad