Purdyville

Deirdre’s hair keeps getting longer and longer. Being the one in charge of haircuts, I made the executive decision that Deidre was going to grow her bangs out. This, of course, means that her bangs are usually in her eyes right about now. She has her own stubborn opinions about her hair. You brush the [...]

Today we went shopping. Wait–hold everything. Back up. Deirdre is obsessed with babies. She looooooooooves babies. Babies are wonderful. We recently had a baby visiting over here, and Deirdre wanted to adopt it. She held it as much as we would let her and was fascinated by it’s tiny hands (tinier than hers), and soft [...]

Deirdre also likes sitting on the potty, but she just doesn’t “get” it. It’s like “Sitting on the Potty is so much fun!!” but she has no clue that there might actually be a REASON for sitting on it. She likes picking out her clothes. She has very, very, very insistent one word sentences, which [...]

Deirdre is also a birdwatcher, and she is better at it than me! The most recent incident, in a long string of them, was tonight. She was sitting on my lap, and suddenly started saying “Whit-whew, whit-whew, whit-whew!” and pointing over my shoulder. Following the direction of her finger, I noticed our CD entitled North [...]

The Willow Tree’s Demise The willow tree that is close to the house fell down in a forceful but short storm we had recently. It was not surprising, considering the base of the tree was getting carved out with rottenness. It had been a landmark on our property; especially more of a landmark once our [...]