happy mother’s day to me

my second mother’s day. this year i get to hear her say “mama!”.

poor mr. potato head

“i surrender!” admittedly, i did help, but rebecca was definitely the mastermind.

stepping into my shoes

her new thing: clomping around in our shoes. it’s harder to clomp around in daddy’s shoes, so she’ll just stand there, feeling proud of herself.

cake!

cake… always a cause for celebration! especially when we were planning to order one piece and then found out we could have two FREE pieces of cake because it happened to be a saturday. in case you’re wondering, they were as large as they appear, and we chose coconut and chocolate strawberry shortcake. we ate read more »

noodle vs rebecca

conquering korean jajangmyeon (black bean noodles).

mini grocery shopping

the mini cart at trader joe’s was available so rebecca decided to “help”. at full capacity, on our way to check-out.

sunny day, everything is A-OK!

waiting for daddy after work on franklin street on a sunny day.

easter egg hunt 2012

today we participated in an easter egg hunt, hosted by the chapel hill preservation society at the historic horace williams house. we were there with many other children from the community, all ready with their baskets. after a countdown, it was survival of the fittest. poor rebecca, left in the dust! she didn’t seem to read more »

unc basketball museum

last week we visited the basketball museum on campus, featuring the tar heels and the carolina basketball program. admittedly i’m pretty ignorant about basketball at unc, but even i recognized a past unc player… michael jordan! actually, unc has produced dozens of nba players: it started with a video: in the museum: in front of read more »

ca ca ca!

rebecca discovered the exciting new world of ducks… “ca ca”! basically any similar type of bird (eg. chicken, swan, goose) will elicit excited “ca ca ca’s”. she even “ca ca”-ed at a piece of tissue that she thought was reminiscent of a duck. it actually kind of did. our recent trip to vancouver was pretty read more »