Georgia's Quote of the Day

"Pie pie pie! I like pie! I like butter! I like sugar!" She said this as she watched "Marfa" (Stewart, of course) prepare and bake a blueberry pie.




Here is our attempt, my first at a traditional homemade crust. I usually choose a crust that you just press into the pan.

I gave it a go. I think it will taste good, even if it is not the most beautiful pie ever baked!

Today, G and I picked up Tante in Wilmington and met Aunt Kathy at a park in Powell to play at the Splash Pad. We were able to enjoy the park for almost an hour, until it was shut down due to a predicted thunderstorm. We chose to wait it out under the theater roof, where we met another 3-year old, Gaby, and her father. The girls ran around the stage and got to know each other. We all gave up after about an hour, though, when the rain started to fall in earnest. We spent the rest of the afternoon at Tuttle Mall where G climbed around on the space-themed children's area. She had a great, great time. When we picked Brian up from work, she said, "Daddy, I had so much fun today!"

Puppet Show!

With some aid from Martha Stewart and her new Michaels craft line, G & I created some puppets today. Clearly, the bird and lion were made from some of Martha's kits, but we took inspiration from the enclosed instructions to make two pigs (a baby and a daddy who wears glasses), a bunny, and a monkey.

Happy Independence Day!

Apparently, G is celebrating freedom from clothing!

This morning, we were watching Venus Williams eventually beat Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon and G said, unprompted, "When I grown up I want to be a tennis-er." Brian's heart swelled with joy, as he had already decided that a tennis scolarship will send G to college.