The weekend in review

Let's start with what's really important to parents--the art of potty-training. Oh yes, we've been potty-training for months now, but there's no rush. We're embracing the process as it comes and Jasmine is happy to go along. She loves wearing her new big girl panties and has no hesitation in using her potty on suggestion. But going out in public without a diaper? I think not.

She's a poser and why not? Sporting pigtails and infinite cuteness, I'd probably pose too.

We went to a benefit Sunday afternoon to assist the victims of Auburn's unprecedented fire. Over 60 homes were destroyed in a modest and unassuming neighborhood, right in downtown suburbia. We, up in the forested foothills, expect and dread this kind of thing but in downtown?Anyway, J wasn't ready to jump in any bouncy houses this time, or slide along the waterslide but she sure enjoyed watching...

and eating a snow cone.
Can I just say that her blossoming personality and infectious giggles are the main course in our household these days. We are in a post-surgery, almost full-recovery honeymoon and J is clearly enjoying her new mouth too. She is eating with gusto and vigor, loving things that go crunch (albeit soft crunches), trying to articulate words (with little success so far) and is sleeping through the night. Oh, the simple things in life, a good night's sleep being so alluring and elusive.

Now if we could just get the drooling to stop...