Mabel Molanphy

We had a pret­ty good week­end with Mabel. We spent all day Sat­ur­day run­ning around the city look­ing for an apart­ment, and while that was­n’t par­tic­u­lar­ly fun, tak­ing Mabel to a café was. She snarfed a yogurt par­fait that was lit­er­al­ly big­ger than her head – and loved every minute of it. It was fun to fol­low her around and watch her inter­act with peo­ple. Mabel tru­ly knows no strangers – every­one is her friend.

Yes, I am shov­ing this in my face. Jeal­ous much?

Today (Sun­day) was equal­ly fun. We went for a short walk this after­noon (it was too cold for a long one) and after play­ing hide/seek and chas­ing each oth­er up and down the hill next to our home, it was time to water her plants. She care­ful­ly and lov­ing­ly gave each of them some water while mama sat behind her laugh­ing at Mabel’s unfor­tu­nate crack – which mama claims she inher­it­ed straight from her daddy.

And here’s some water for you, and you, and you…

Mama laugh­ing at Mabel’s lack of bum to hold her pants up.

Also, it’s impor­tant to note the plate of rocks, twigs, leaves and food next to the plants. That is Mabel’s “habi­tat” which she cre­at­ed for all her insect friends. (Told ya, she knows no strangers.)

Mama’s favorite day of the year has always been when the pri­ma­ry chil­dren sing. They make me so hap­py with their sweet hap­pi­ness. I prob­a­bly cried all through Mabel’s first pri­ma­ry presentation. 🙂

We had a fun Father’s Day, spoil­ing Dad­dy from wake-up time to bed­time. He got new socks, choco­lates, break­fast, a room full of bal­loons, FHE all about how awe­some dad­dies are, a car wash coupon, spe­cial draw­ings from Mabel, an iTunes gift card, a bracelet, a ring, among lots of hugs and kisses. 😉

David’s favorite gifts were the Father’s Day Pri­ma­ry pre­sen­ta­tion and her descrip­tion of why she loves her daddy.

Just out and about with mama and mak­ing sure the waves keep their distance. 

Mabel At Crissy Field from David & Rebec­ca on Vimeo.

Okay, tech­ni­cal­ly it was the dress rehearsal, but the actu­al per­for­mance is on our Sab­bath Day, so we made this the “offi­cial” cel­e­bra­tion. Uncle Greg and Aunt Melin­da were kind enough to come and watch with their kids, as well. Despite the sound sys­tem fail­ures, Mabel loved it and has been wear­ing her leo­tard ever since!

I’m Late, I’m Late!

April Show­ers