For several weeks, C liked to say “How about that, Dad? How about that?” But now I’m the one saying “How about that, C, how about that?” in hopes that she will say it, too. So it was on the way to work this morning that I said “How about that, Charley Pie, how about that?” Her response?

“I’m a pie!!!”

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Stuff that is never caught on video

After the hug, I put my work in the boss’s office and then chased after C, yelling “I’m going to get you” while she shrieked with glee. I lifted upside down in the air above me while tickling her. When she got down, she begged for more, so I swooped her up and plopped on the visitor’s couch by the front door, where she laughed and laughed and begged for more tickles.

A few minutes later, I helped my mom take her out the door. Today is grocery day, and C gets to drive the “car” at the grocery store while my mom does her weekly shopping. As she was going out the door, she looked up at me and said “daddy go with us?” I said I wish I could, but I have to work. She blew me a kiss as my mom walked out of sight.

I have it pretty good.

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The tickle monster just attacked

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We went to the zoo

(Of course it came out more as “togeter,” which is even cuter.)

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Makes your heart melt

• It’s blue! (referring to any color)
• Don’t let C fall down and hurt C’s self! (I guess she’s becoming aware of cause and effect? or has she fallen one too many times?)
• Let’s play a game! (what game?)
• C has a question! (which we’re still waiting for.)

And yes, the Bug refers to herself in the third person. I’m not sure, but it could be her daddy’s fault.

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What she’s saying now

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C’s first boppy

For a few days, C asked repeatedly if she could wash her hands. She said they were dirty!

She also spent a lot of time last week asking for Elmo; I said yes way more than I probably should have.

But Elmo did teach her to brush her hair:

C loves this duck. Here she is watering the driveway with the duck.

Did I mention that C loves the duck? I couldn’t get her in the car Thursday without the duck accompanying her:

C went swimming, but first she had to fill the pool (in the yard at our office):

We did have some downtime last week:

And some silly time (C does yoga!):

Ok, now I really must find my desk.

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Back in childcare – cute toddler photos

Anyway, flickr has some really good features, such as easy sharing and unlimited uploads and bandwidth for only $25 a year. But it has some pretty big negatives, too. It doesn’t have a lot of customizability, for example, and the organizing features are just terrible. I spent an hour yesterday trying to tag photos that were supposed to have been uploaded into a folder and weren’t. And at the end of tagging dozens and dozens of photos, I had four photos that were correctly tagged.

Anyway, we’ll see how this goes. I have a fourteen day trial. All I know is there’s got to be something better out there than flickr. If it looks worth it, there are several tools for importing your flickr pictures. Obviously I’ll want to try them before paying!

Edit: here’s a pretty cool article about the family business.

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Maybe ditching flickr; trying out smugmug

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Unclear on the concept

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A few more cuteness pictures