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12 September 2006

More Shamless Boating! I also want to boast in a sham-free manner. →[More:] I sent my Mom this email today and felt like sharing my happiness with you lot, too (edited a bit for tense, etc):

These days are almost magical with our two little girls. Ev is sparkling so much you can almost see it. I want to grab her and hug her ALL the time, but of course, she'll only tolerate that once in a while. and barely then. Sophie is becoming such a great kid, not a little one anymore. She's so kind to Ev almost all the time (just enough jerkiness to make me rest assured that she is real) and Ev dotes on Soph. It's all Jen and I can do to just sit back and watch them sometimes.

Oh, I don't think I remembered to tell you, but we setup one of the single beds for Soph. I installed the rainbow canopy I bought for her at IKEA and she is thrilled. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we ended up with two beds in there soon. Ev was quite enchanted. Sophie is referring to it as her "SK bed", and hasn't left it yet in the middle of the night.

I wish I had some more current pics at flickr to refer everyone to, but you'll have to settle for a couple of sort of recent ones. We've been too busy loving life to photograph it, it seems.

First Day of School

My daughter, Captain Jack Sparrow

Evelyn, pimped out, feeding a chipmunk

Evie, making some goofy faces

post by: richat at: 15:03 | 9 comments

Lovely and wonderful! It does my heart good to hear you talk about your girls that way.

posted by Specklet 12 September | 15:17

Wonderful!

You dote on your kids nearly as much as I dote on mine :)

posted by mike9322 12 September | 15:18

Yup, I'm a big time doter. I do dote.

posted by richat 12 September | 15:25

Awesome pics, richat. I love hearing the parents here talk about their kids.

posted by gaspode 12 September | 15:28

So do I. In a sort of twisted way, it makes me jealous because it's something I never had from my own parents.

posted by essexjan 12 September | 15:42

My kids are cuter than yours!

posted by dg 12 September | 17:41

No way dg! I insist we have a cute-off (of course certain mechazens are not allowed to enter themselves) to decide this!

On second thought, having seen many cute and likely more importantly, happy, children on mecha flickr pages, I think I'll cancel the cute-off.

EJ, I was very lucky, and had a great mom who modeled some fantastic parenting for me. I have a brother 10 years younger, so I got to watch with a sorta mature eye. I didn't do so well in the dad department (that's a whole story of it's own) but I am a lucky man. I have many wonderful women in my life.

I am glad that some of you can vicariously enjoy parenting through my own offspring. It's a great thing to be able to share. I like to enjoy my friends' dogs personally. Oh, and that's WAY less dirty than it sounds.

posted by richat 12 September | 18:10

There is no way you have a kid cuter than this:
≡ Click to see image ≡

And I have three more in my arsenal. You can't win, don't even try.

posted by dg 12 September | 21:27

I see your cute and up the ante with mine:

the girl in front of our new fridge

one of my favorite pics of her

posted by frecklefaerie 13 September | 10:59

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