Overheard Last Night

Daddy: Do you want to sing with me?

Margot: I can't sing.
Daddy: Yes, you can. Why not?
Margot: I can't sing ... without my guitar!

(... and runs across the room to get the Rock Band guitar we've assigned to her.)

Margot's Second Birthday

Margot turned two last Friday, so we had a little party over the weekend.

Naturally, there was cake - with blueberries, Margot's favorite:

... and presents:

(Thanks to Great-Grandpa Bob for Bobby the dog!)

One of those presents was a cool car - strangely, also called Bobby! (Thanks Auntie M and almost-Uncle C!)

Aine thought the car was cool - good enough to follow it and Margot around the yard...

... or even to share a wagon ride with.

Soren and Brady followed Margot (and/or her cookie?).

Danny liked the cookies too.

In case the cake and cookies weren't enough, there were also cupcakes. Soren enjoyed one.

Sam the puppy visited from next door, to play with Elisa among others. She wore him out.

Sigrid just liked sitting on the lawn (or the lawn blanket, even though it prevents her from eating grass).

We hope that everyone had as good a time as we did!

A New Take on A Classic

Margot now sings all the time. Generally the songs are ones that she makes up that list the people in her life or things that she likes to do. Going to the playground with Murray, Lisa, and Bob feature prominently.

Here is a video of a more traditional song that Margot picked up. Check out her version of Rock-a-bye Baby. You get the gist of it from the first clip.

The second clip is a longer version of the song and involves some wonderful conversation interaction with Adam for those of you who haven't seen her in a long time. You get an idea here about how much of a talker she is and how she understands absolutely everything.