Friday photo: 7-10

7. FAVORITE

In case you were unaware...my kids look exactly like their dad. This picture on Ida's night stand is Matt at age 3 or 4(ish) with his beloved dog Jenny. The other picture is me at about the same age--we had very similar haircuts.

And in case you were unaware...Matt is my favorite person that I've ever met. I've met a lot of people, you know.

8. YOUR SKY

This isn't a great picture but I like it because it reminds me of pulling up the shade every morning in Lars and Ida's room. Every morning the east side of our house is flooded with sunlight. (It also reminds me that I need to wash the windows.) I love, love, love winter morning light. And I love the silhouettes of bare trees in the winter. I can do without snow but I have become addicted to the changing trees of Virginia's changing seasons. Loaded with "popcorn" in spring, lush and green in summer, flaming orange and yellow in the fall, and even dead in winter they're stark and beautiful.

9. DAILY ROUTINE

Fancy, huh? Sometime in the past couple of months Theo got it into his head that he needed "monkey slippers." Not just any monkey slippers but monkey slippers featuring the Paul Frank monkey on his "monkey shirt." He mentioned it so often (e.g. "Mom...I think I need some monkey slippers") that I finally took him seriously and told him he could earn some monkey slippers. He is getting pretty good at his "jobs."

Of course Ida needed a chart too. (or "shawwt" as she calls it) I asked her what she wanted to earn after her chart was full and she suggested, "Um...maybe a toy just for me to play with."

10. CHILDHOOD

Anyone else play with Lady Lovely Locks? Oh how I loved those dolls. Lady Lovely Locks, Mistress Raven Hair, Maiden Curly Crown, and the brown-haired one I can never remember the name of. I don't have any of the dolls left but I do have this funny plastic bowl. Sometimes Ida eats cereal out of it but most of the time it is in the play kitchen in Theo's room.

Oops--the (evil) black-haired one was Duchess Raven Waves. Maiden Fair Hair was the brown-haired one. There's a Facebook page.