It's QUESADILLA-SIZED.

So tonight I threw Poppers in the backpack for the walk around the block. I wasn't going through another walk where daddy-is-the-bad-guy like yesterday. That was exhausting. God Bless Kelty. I threw her in this thing and she loved it.

Lucy talked the entire time we were out, like usual. Lots of it was 3 y/o gibberish. Making up phrases like that rhyme with "going to the creek" (where we walked to) like, "Glowing to the pleak"; "Snowing with the sleek" or my personal favorite tonight "kabloomin' to the ball-eek".

On the way home, 1/2 way back, this occurred:
L: Tree, free, dee, that's a big one [points to a very small tree].
A: No it's not. That's a itsy bitsy little one.
L: No dad, that's a spider.
A: You are correct. Isty Bitsy is a spider, not a tree.
L: That one is big. That one is small. That's a medium one. That one is bigger than daddy. That one is like Molly. And THAT one is quesadilla-sized.
A: [after laughing my @$$ off w/ the neighbor who also heard this]... Excuse me? How big is that one? [pointing to the same shrub]
L: Oh, that one? [She shrugs a shoulder and lazily points to it again] Oh yeah, that one is quesadilla-sized.
A: [Holding back the laughter because her face was DEAD serious]... how big or small is "quesadilla-sized" exactly.
L: [walking well up into our neighbor's yard, placing her hand chin high and over the shrub], Clearly Dad, it's this high [and rolling her eyes like 'duh, you should be able to see this w/o me coming into the yard and SHOWING you!']

Oh boy... can't wait for the teenage years. "Kabloomin'", "Clearly" [with attitude] and "quesadilla-sized" all in one walk. This was a GOOD one.

I love you Lucy Cooke. I love you beyond belief. Also, you and your new pink scooter your Mom bought you are just a pair made in heaven. You love that thing even if you're well... let's just say "still figuring it out" ;-)

And Molly Pops, you rode in that Kelty the whole trip. I have bruises on my head and bite marks in my shoulders (you little monster); BUT you were definitely more kind than yesterday so THANKS for that ;-) I love you too... also beyond belief.

Love, Dad 22 March 2011

Also, we're on the countdown now final wks for Baby #3 and we're super-duper excited. Like "OMG" excited. Cannot stinkin' wait. Aunt Kasie and Mimi (Grandma Jen) are making plans to be in TX for the big day and surrounding day(s)! Yay!