Family Ruin

"Are we almost at the York Ruin?" Tessa asks from the back seat.
Maybe she DOES remember reunions past.


These are my aunts. No really. Matilda, Gertrude, Maxine Putz & Mertyle. The scared the crap out of Tessa this year! I tried to explain that they were her "great" aunts, but she wasn't buying it.

Habit Forming

Today is the first day of Tessa's life as a drug addict.
Sad, really.

Beep Beep

Tessa is playing with the stethoscope at the doctor's office.
"I can hear my heart beeping!"

"Picking" What You Want For Lunch

We are getting out of the car at a restaurant when Cassidy asks Tessa, "Tessa! Are you hungry!"

"No. I ate my buggers."

Tessa climbs down from her booster seat and announces, "I have to go potty." As she's running from the table she yells back, "DON'T WORRY MAMMA. I KNOW WHERE THE BATHROOM IS!"

Mamma watches.

Tessa darts off, pauses, yells back, "WHERE IS IT?"

A few patrons laugh.

Breakfast in Bed

Mamma has insomnia. She took a nap w/Tessa, only Tessa woke up and went to make Mamma breakfast in bed. Tessa slaved over her toy stove making a yummy breakfast of eggs...REAL EGGS! Link.

Tessa's First Parade

Audubon Days Parade. Link

Why children should be seen, not heard at the dinner table.

"Mamma you gotta get old."

"What?"

"You gotta get old! Like your neck."

"What?"

Tessa points at her own neck, "Like your NECK. Look at your arms."

Mamma looks down at her arms.

"Your arms are old."

"Eat your squash."

"I don't LIKE quash."

"Exactly."