Quotable Sadie, Part III

"Daddy, where your hair go? Oh, I know! It's on your eyebrows!"

Look-Alikes!

tie dye twins
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

It amazes me how much Sadie and Dan look alike. Sadie's coloring is very fair, like I am (the poor thing gets slathered in sunscreen daily!) but her features are like her daddy's.

Here, Sadie is wearing a tie-dyed dress/tunic that we got at the Norwich Farmer's Market and Dan is wearing a tie-dyed t-shirt that Sadie made him for Father's Day.

Not Hesitant

One think you can say about Sadie is that she is not hesitant to try new things. On Saturday evening, we went to the Norwich Green for a summer solstice concert and fair. She wanted to take part in everything.

She wanted to walk on this beam with the fire juggler. He asked her if she wanted to do it, she said yes and went off without a backwards glace to Daddy.


She climbed through a set of arches in the kid's play area.


Her favorite thing was probably the Morris dancing. One of the dancers showed her what to do.




She lined up with the other dancers.


And she managed to do it pretty well!


Do you notice that she is not wearing shoes? She saw an older girl who was barefoot, so Sadie immediately removed her own shoes.

Beach Girl

Saturday was the annual picnic for Sadie's daycare. It was at Storrs Pond in Hanover, a big potluck BBQ on one of the swimming beaches. You can't tell from this picture, but it was only about 60 degrees on Saturday...it felt like a September day. But Sadie was not deterred. She even swam in the pond!


On another note, we're going to be walking the Prouty this year. The Prouty is an annual fundraising walk for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center up near us. If you're interested in sponsoring us, please comment or email me for more information.

Lunch with Friends

We had a fun playdate this morning with Sadie's friends Tavyn and Natalie. The three toddlers played so nicely together. At one point, they went up to Tavyn's room to play with some toys and the three moms were sitting in the living room chatting together. We were all amazed to have kids who are old enough to go upstairs and play by themselves! It's hard to believe that a little more than two years ago, they were newborns, just laying on the floor at the Fourth Trimester group.

After playing, the kids shared a potluck lunch. It's so fun to see what kids will eat when they see others eating. Sadie devoured a turkey and cheese sandwich, hummus, pita, edamame, red peppers, watermelon and Tings. Normally, she will separate a sandwich into meat, cheese, bread, etc. before eating it, but since Natalie and Tavyn were eating it the regular way, she did too. Natalie and Tavyn tried and liked the edamame, one of Sadie's favorites. Even Brenna joined in the kids' lunch. She liked the pita bread.

I love the small Ikea table and chairs. I really want to get a set if we get ourselves to Ikea anytime soon.

Things are Growing

whiskey barrel, flowers chosen by sadie
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Our flowers are all looking great. The veggie garden is still in the early stages. The tomato and pepper plants look good. We're hoping the seeds will come up...we had a lot of heavy rain after Dan planted beans, cucumbers and radishes, so we're not sure if the seeds made it through the downpours.

Sadie chose the flowers for the whiskey barrels herself. I wasn't sure how her choices would all look together, but it looks really nice. It's interesting that she picked a lot of red flowers. Usually, she gravitates towards anything purple.

We had a tree guy come today to take a look at the two big dead trees in the back yard. They are going to come down sometime in the next couple of weeks as are some other partially dead trees.

Sandbox

sandbox
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Last weekend, we set up the sandbox that Nana got for Sadie. She had a lot of fun playing in the sand. The mosquitos had a lot of fun biting her while she played. I put on bug spray, but must have missed a particular spot on her leg, because she got 5 bites all in that area. The rest was fine. Now, we have a citronella torch set up near the sandbox for future playtimes.

Our Little "School Girl"

(Sadie's school picture, 2.5 years old)

Yesterday, we had our parent-teacher conference at Sadie's daycare. We met with Stefanie and heard all about how Sadie was doing.

She is great! Some highlights were that she plays well with other kids and by herself, she is able to initiate play on her own, she likes trying new things, she loves to get messy and she loves being outside. We knew all of that about our girl!

We learned that she drinks from a regular cup with ease (at home, she still prefers a sippy or a straw cup) and that she uses a fork and spoon at school lunch (she doesn't always at home). Stefanie said that Sadie knows all the school routines by heart and will prompt the teachers if they forget something or deviate from the routine. Yup! She does that with us as well.

It was nice to hear that Sadie's teachers enjoy her as much as we do.

PS For anyone wondering about Sadie's portrait, I should give credit where credit is due. It was taken by Jennie Harriman, a photographer and art teacher here in the Upper Valley. Her website is fastanticalforest.com.

Happy (Belated) Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to Daddy, Grandpa and Bob-Bob!

Dear Daddy,
Happy Father's Day! I am so happy you are my daddy. We have so much fun together. You always make me laugh with your funny games. I love it when you bark and crawl around like a puppy, and when we play tackle. I am a lucky girl to have a daddy who loves me so much.
Lots of love,
Sadie

Summer Traditions

One of our summer routines is to go to the Lebanon Farmer's Market on Thursday evenings, after work/daycare. We love walking around, looking at all the stalls and seeing friends. This is definitely the place to "see and be seen" on Thursdays and we usually run into at least one person we know.

First, we walk around and try all the free samples. We always buy a medium sized bag of kettle corn and usually some produce, especially salad fixings. Another favorite is the samosa lady. Dan likes the beef samosas, Sadie likes the potato ones and I can't decide which I prefer. Sadie calls the samosas "quesadillas". Not sure why they remind her of quesadillas, but whatever.

Another tradition is Dairy Day at the Co-op. This fun morning is full of free samples, fun stuff for kids and wagon rides.

Ice Cream with Grandpa

dairy twirl
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

We went to Dairy Twirl with Grandpa and Grandma.

Sadie always wants the same thing when we go for ice cream: "Pease give me vanelya with rainbow spinkles on it in a baby cone!" She will eat regular ice cream but much prefers soft serve. Grandpa got maple soft serve with chocolate dip. The maple is so good. Sadie's opinion of maple ice cream: "It's pancake-y" and then a displeased face.

It's a stage!

flying cracker
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

When Sadie saw these steps on the side of Rocky, she immediately said "It's my stage" and climbed up to perform. Here, she is making her cracker fly. It's one of those Pepperidge Farm ones shaped like a butterfly that seem to appear at all Dartmouth catered events. She also sang some songs and danced around up there!

We were at a reception for Grandpa's 40th college reunion.

Boston Children's Museum

big dig worker
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Dan took Sadie to the Boston Children's Museum with Kara, Lauren and James last weekend while I went to Kristin's baby shower. Kristin looks lovely and is very excited about her little girl on the way.

Sadie busily explored the museum and saw a lot of very fun exhibits with her aunties. Here she is driving a Bobcat. We have quite a few cute pics from the museum which I'll post over the next few days.

Summer Morning

Sadie and Natalie had a playdate this morning at the Montshire.

We had a great time playing in the water and since we arrived right as the museum opened, it wasn't overly crowded with school groups.

The two girls have a really nice friendship. We followed the Montshire with lunch at Boloco in Hanover. Sadie and Natalie both had tortilla and cheese wraps and Sadie drank nearly all of my smoothie. After lunch, Sadie fell asleep in the car before I had pulled out of the parking lot.

Smile

Sadie looks very much like a little girl sitting on her new deck chair. She likes to use it in the house, but we'll bring it out to the deck when it's sunny and warm.

Sadie had a school picture taken last week. It came out really well. When we get the prints back, we'll post one. The photographer told the children to say "fish cookies!" as she took the pictures. Sadie now likes to say "fish cookies" whenever I take the camera out.

We pick up our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box today. We are splitting a share from Luna Bleu Farm with Isaac, Laura and Andy. Today's delivery is supposed to include lettuce, spinach, scallions and bok choy.

Walking together

Sorry for the lack of posts in over the past few days. It's been busy as I try to wrap up the end of the academic year at work. Also, we've had lots of rain and I don't get as many good pics of Sadie in the bad weather.

This picture is from when Sadie, Nana and I visited Great-Grammy and Big Grampy in mid-May. It's a sweet one.

It says "Sadie"

it says "Sadie"
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Isaac came over tonight for dinner and when he played with the Fridge Phonics, Sadie renewed her interest in them. After Isaac went home, she lined up the letters very carefully, put her big magnet S in the front of the line and announced, "It says Sadie!"

Actually, it says Srimkfopwehzletgvxdybzja.