road rash

dylan.  didi.  dilly.  duey.  dil.  piggie.  and now, road rash.  she is one tough peanut butter cookie.  that last nickname is courtesy of dada.  (my mind stumbles upon poor baby or tough girl.)  dada seems to think the double-r is more appropriate.  and you know, it's really quite true.  you should see the way she (literally) gets tossed around by her big brother, only to get up and screech at him or run after him, flapping her hands around his face.  she may not be up to his height just yet, but pound-for-pound, she's got some size, and i really really cannot wait for her to throw it around.  jb deserves anything she can muster up, and i'm not stopping any of it!

moments after "the great fall of 2011"

so over at a girlfriend's house, dylan decided to try out the porch steps on her own.  of course these things happen in a flash, as i had turned my back for a 1/3 of a millisecond, only to see her spill onto the sidewalk, forehead first or maybe nostril first.  she had a big lump on her forehead near her hairline, but that quickly diminished throughout the day.  the nose, however, just looks plain nasty.  a week later, and she's still flaunting an ugly scab.

 a day later...

she can climb!

 so proud.

 little miss road rash

and i almost forgot; the reason my child is half-naked in the above pictures - we let our kids eat in the truck.  am i alone in this?  for us and our family, it's a nice way to keep the calm.  fussiness?  here's a snack cup of goldfish.  tired of the goldfish?  here, try a fruit snack.  this was dylan's first experience (that i know of) with the "fruit" snack (aren't they just like candy gummi bears?!)  nevertheless, d loved them.  i thought she loved them super-fast too because before i knew it, she was screaming into an empty bag.  after our return home and the usual brush-off of crumbs, i spot two strawberry fruit snack stuck to her torso down her shirt.  and, i mean stuck.  i had to point to them and maneuver her head south for her to even notice them.  kids are hilarious.  

now a week later, looking much better...