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I mentioned a few posts back about how my favorite part of being in California was just hanging out with my friend Siri and her family.  I got to take lots of pictures of the baby!  I also got to do lots of snuggling, and I even took Baby K…

The day before I left California drove out to the desert to visit what was sort of a zoological garden exhibiting desert life.  There were cacti galore in all shapes and sizes, and lots of interesting animals that thrive in dry environments.  There were also several snakes in the arms…

Kidlet 4 is very much a boy.  He’s also a thumb sucker, and a healthy little guy.  Mr. Sneaky Pants is very excited.  The Banana is wistful . . . happy but wishing she could have a sister too.  She still really just wants two babies.  Ya Ya is sort…

I should have realized from the map how close the Penns actually live to the mountains, but I was quite surprised to wake up in the morning on my second day there, and see large mountains so close by.  In the afternoon of my fourth day in California, we took…

She has the hardest time waking up from her afternoon nap.  There is a half hour of pure grogginess, often accompanied by a bit of grouchiness.  But look at those rosy cheeks and that crazy hair.  How can you help but to scoop her up and snuggle, even if she…

Really, and truly, the greatest part of my trip to California was just hanging out with my friend Siri and meeting her baby, Kari, and playing and reading with some of my favorite kids in the whole wide world. (I have lots of pictures to share about that soon).  …

When I finally arrived back home, all the kidlets and Dr. Peds were waiting for me in the airport with gigantic tagboard signs and big smiles on their faces.  It was such a welcome sight, because although I had an AMAZING and wonderful time in California (I have so much…

I’ll be away from my computer for the rest of the week.  On Monday I’m flying to California to visit some of my favorite people:  my friend Siri and her tribe.  I’m packing my carry on and my camera, and I’ll hopefully be back with lots of fun images and…

Ya Ya had the week off from school for Winter Break, and it went well.  We slept in each morning a bit longer than usual.  Ya Ya got up and watched Little House on the Prairie nearly every morning before I got down to make breakfast.  Auntie Dot gave her…

It turns out that she lays golden eggs, and is very valuable to the King, Queen and Princess, so they pay their favorite knight a lot of gold, bags and bags of gold, to keep her safe and protected.  She lays many golden eggs on her birthday. She’s a happy…