Ellie Rolls, anyone?

These were filmed on June 22nd...Last Friday.

Welcome Winston!!!!

In case y'all haven't heard, Martin became a big brother last Wednesday. Winston was born in the afternoon, and everyone's great. With any luck we'll have our own first hand report soon. Until then, enjoy the reports coming from the Svoboda camp, and Winston's crew.

Welcome, kiddo. Ellie & Viv have a boy in their gang now.

A new friend added

B has met some nice ladies with kiddos in the area. So with no further introduction, I bring you Zane & Evie. Their blog has also been added to the list on the left...

I'm so dissappointed in you...I'm gonna cry, now.

What, you thought I was kidding?

Ellie has this amazingly expressive little face. And she uses it all the time. When she moves her eyebrows, sometimes her hair moves... When she smiles her eyes crinkle, and her face glows...and when she frowns...oh man, can she frown.

Her lower lip goes out and poofs up. Her upper lip hibernates somewhere deep in her mouth. The outside edges of her eyes take a trip south. And then she looks at you. And you are ashamed. Random thoughts pour through your brain...

"Why, oh why can't I live next to her crib, so I'm ready to scoop her up and give her cuddles whenever she wants?"

"I thought she was smiling... I only looked away for an instant, and bam...she's sad!!!"

"What did I do? What did I do???"

"I want her to smile again. I need her to smile again. Please don't cry!!!"

Then the frown disappears. And I'm back in control. Seriously, her frown is that powerful. Or maybe it's that I'm her dad?

Gabby antics

Joe found Gabby like this the other day, and she said, "I'm Mama."

Gabby loves corn on the cob. The other night, I left her eating dinner while I tried to soothe Ellie to sleep. When I returned a minute later, I found that she had dumped an entire tub of sour cream on the table and smeared it all over her corn. Yum!

Moods of Ellie

The girls in yellow...

A picture from earlier this week: