Jeana took this picture yesterday at lunch. I guess with boys you get them wearing underwear on their heads. With girls, you get tights. Maybe she was trying to be like the dog in the song “Do your ears hang low?” The real unknown is: Kate’s face is expressing a) humor and delight at the silliness of her sister, or b) anxiety and frustration because she’s strapped into her chair.
The weather continues to be odd in Austin-rain, rain, and [you guessed it,] rain. Each time the TV is on, I feel like there is a flash flood watch message scrolling across the bottom of the screen. I was coming home from scouts tonight and saw a rainbow appearing dimly in the north eastern sky. The sunset was a strong orange against the storm clouds in the west. Pretty soon, the rainbow was really bright and I could see it start and end. By the time I got home, a second rainbow had appeared also. The girls were excited to be outside, although Kate was unsure what to look for in the sky. After a few minutes she said, “luhlo” (i.e. color) when she realized there were colors in the sky. Once she recognized the colors, she started saying rainbow along with us.
We prefer not to encourage our kids to kiss on the lips, but Eskimo kisses are acceptable. We call these “noses” in our house. We also do “eyes” in our family, which are butterfly kisses with your eyelashes. I was trying to get Kate to do them with me but she got a little giggly.
