What did you say?

This cute little monkey has had a lot to say lately. On Monday she marched into the kitchen and said, "Damn it, I saw a pider(spider) somewhere." I was so shocked I asked her to repeat herself, (plus, it was pretty funny to hear her say it) and then called her father so he could hear what she had to say. She followed that gem up with, "Damn it, I'm having a hard time." She continued to say "damn it" until I told her it wasn't a very nice thing to say.

Sings(Things) to do Work

We've been busy here with projects the last couple of weekends. Brent and Etta built this raised bed for our "garden": tomato and cucumber plants. Etta was especially helpful when it was time to add the steer manure to the bed, "I like cow poopoo. It's sinky." After everything was finished Brent grilled, we had a great dinner on the porch, and Etta sang us a "sake song" (snake song). "If you see a blue sake it means you are going nigh-nigh. La la la, sake song." This was sung in a high-pitched voice while she rocked side to side and waved her arms in the air. Oh yeah- it was a lullaby.
This weekend it was some lattice for bougainvillea in the backyard. Etta knows that all projects in this house begin with a 2 hour trip to Lowes. Apparently Lowes is a great place to poop, when we bought the washer and dryer she wedged herself behind some appliances to do her business. Brent tells me it was the vacuum cleaners this trip.
Working with Daddy's "sings".
Brent removed his shirt this morning while they were working, someone followed suit shortly there after
and it quickly turned into the outfit below.
I know ya'll are wondering what I did while all this was going on. I was very busy growing a baby.

City Kids

I ran across this one today and had to put it up. I'm not sure how old Neva and Etta are in this pic, but I love it. Neva's dad had recently taught her to smell her feet and say, "Pee Ewww". Here she is outside the market at Valencia and 24th teaching Etta. I sure do miss Neva and company, and that awesome city.