Airplane

here are a couple of pictures from our plane trip this summer. It looks like we are having fun...we were sort of.

Not Walking

Today I decided to refuse to go walking until the weather is below 80 degrees. Though today was 80 (again!), the mosquitos left us alone so that we could spend some time in the back yard.

She's been wearing this swimsuit around her waist the last
few days. Good thing.

Five minutes after these pictures, she got very muddy and
we approved. 

Hanging Out Again

Here's a little video of Evangeline and her dad hanging out the other day while I was at the doctor. Back when it was still cool enough to wear a jacket.

Ugh.

Our camera is out of charge, and no one has managed to find the cord. But the excitement of the day was when I took Evangeline for a walk at the Battleground and locked my keys, phone, etc. in the car. Luckily, I had decided the other day that I'd better memorize Kyle's phone number. And luckily he answered (and someone let me use their phone). So, he came and rescued us, but not until after we'd taken a walk in the yucky 82-degree weather while The Girl astutely identified birds, trees, squirrels, doggies and babies.

Bubbles

We had a nice but too short visit with grandma and grandpa M. We got to go see a movie and eat out while Evangeline got to have fun without her grouchy mom ruining everything (as pictured below in a photo taken by her grandparents).

Bubbles! Freedom!

Total Domination of the Huggies Box

This blog has previously lamented the ubiquity of Huggies boxes in photos.

Evangeline got the upper hand on the Huggies box today.

the littlest hobo

"I am not going to spend your money on booze and cigarettes."

Yes!

Evangeline speaks for us all in this picture. You see, the last two days the high in Greensboro was 60 degrees.  60. Our walk one day was 90, and the next day it was 60. Hooray. It is supposed to get a bit warmer later this week, but that hasn't stopped us from smiling about 60 a lot.

Jacket, long pants, and socks!

Just So You Know

When Evangeline says "boo-yay" it means she wants some water.

Back To The Gardens

I took Evangeline back to the Botanical Gardens today. It was a little different than last time. I had to run after her a lot more, and she walked by herself the whole time until she got tired and didn't want to walk anymore. She also took a turn on the playground, which didn't have slides that were dangerous enough for her.

Hm. Flowers.

Aha.

I'll just run over here...

This is all they got?

She's also been drooling and doing this face a lot.
Which led me to believe she's getting another tooth.
I was right. 

Sunday Cuteness

hair

With hair like this, she can only be a composer or feminist liberation philosophy professor.

Grown Up Stuff

Today Evangeline got a taste of the grown-up world by helping me deal with all the lovely basil Kyle grew for us. Then she wondered why she was watching President Obama on TV.

This is pretty fun...

...can we be done now?

Consulting Elmo about politics.

A boy's dress.

Evangeline donned a dress that belonged to her great-great-great-grandfather John Ellis Coulter. He was a businessman in Connelly Springs, NC, who was a pious layman, teaching Sunday school at the church. So, here she is, wearing his dress.

Labor Day Field Trip

For a Labor Day outing, we went to a gristmill just outside Greensboro. The weather was very nice, and we saw lots of flour and fermenting persimmons and a kitty cat. We've still got pictures to catch up on from our weekend in Chattanooga, and even pictures of the reunion in Illinois. Tomorrow probably won't be as exciting as a gristmill, so I"ll put them up then.

She is really good at pointing out stuff.

Rust!

Worried.

Flour!

Flour!

Best part of the visit. Who wouldn't love getting tickled
in the face with a feral kitty tail?

Hanging out.