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Vacation

June 22, 2009 jennifer Musings on Life and Beauty

On Saturday we arrived at our annual vacation spot: Newport Beach CA.

It was raining, but that didn’t stop my kids from charging headlong into the ocean.
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Whether they preferred the water or the sand, they were so excited!
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I love the way the beach offers something for all of them:
waves to conquer, shells to collect, or just a massive sandbox in need of a king.
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I think you could say we’ve missed the beach.
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Except for our youngest, who doesn’t remember last summer.
She had some concerns about the enormity of the situation.
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But with a little effort, we loosened her up a bit.
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We even coaxed a smile out of her.
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By the end of the week, she’ll be charging right in without concern for her safety.
It’s going to be a great week!

Peanut Butter and Jam, three year old style

June 4, 2009 jennifer Main Dishes, Musings on Life and Beauty

My three year old asked for a sandwich at a random time of day.
He wanted to make it himself.
I said yes.
I just wish I’d grabbed the camera sooner.

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There is some peanut butter underneath all that yummy strawberry jam.
But it just wasn’t enough jam, I guess, because he laid it on.

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Of course, he needed to taste every spoonful just to make sure it wasn’t poisonous or something.

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Oh no! Will he get the drip?

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Phew.

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Lick those lips!

Then he had to spread it like only a 3 year old does

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Next comes the lid.

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And he had to make sure it wouldn’t come off, so:

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Gratefully he stopped before the whole sandwich was crushed.
But he had squeezed so much jam out that he was now afraid to pick it up.
But hungry enough to eat anyway.

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Eating like that is only so much fun, so licking his finger kept things interesting.

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Leftovers, anyone?

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Watermelon baby!

June 3, 2009 jennifer Musings on Life and Beauty

My 17 month old has two favorite foods right now: watermelon and strawberries.
At our Memorial Day barbecue she spotted a plate of watermelon slices on the table, and that was it.

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The feasting began immediately. Her shirt was done for on the first bite.

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This little girl is not very polite about how she eats her watermelon.

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She prefers to really shove it in her mouth so she can use her 4 teeth to eat quickly.

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Just look at those clothes! I’m not sure how much she ate. At least 4 slices, which is a lot of watermelon for an 18 pound baby.

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When she started hugging one piece so she could eat the piece that was falling off, we had to laugh. And check out the juice running down that chubby little right arm!

And I ask, what says summer better than a little girl feasting on watermelon while wearing the perfect picnic pants?

Soon she was literally drenched in watermelon juice and her Dad ran her inside for a quick bath. But what a fun feast it was while it lasted!