miyo quote

"Holy Crap! Do you have Koolaid? It's really, really cool! Would you get it for me?"

miyo won't leave the camera alone

miles will be a singer in a rock n roll band

Miles has recently been singing the David Bowie song, 'Suffragette City', but pronouncing it "Summerjett City". Then on Sunday I heard him singing the tune with the words, "Chocolate Chip Smoothie".

Today after school while not doing homework, he is listening to Green Day, I heard him say, "In the town of Memphis!" along to one of their songs. I asked if those were really the words, and he said no. Then he asked, "What's Memphis?"

we had babies!

A robin and his robiness have made a home on the light in front of our front door. One of the eggs was laying about 10 feet away from the nest, so I picked it up and put it in the nest. They didn't kick it out, but I'm wondering if it is the one that hasn't hatched yet. They weren't hatched last night, I checked, then this morning two ugly little sweethearts appeared sans egg and feathers. I try really hard to not go in and out the front door. But you can see the mama came upon me checking them out while standing on a stool (I'm assuming it's the mom). I felt bad, so I quick took a picture of her too (but apparently not bad enough) and went back inside. Miyo tried to stand on the stool as well but, as you can see, came up short.

sprinkler fun

miyo's babies get names

These are Miyo's babies that I bought her in Chinatown, San Francisco. The one is larger and can carry the littler one on it's back in a little sling. I asked her what the larger one's name was and she said, "My friend." I told her that she should name it Snow Flower. She said, "No, her name is Butterfly Snake". Then I asked what the doll's baby was named. She said, "Beautiful Snake". I think she either really likes snakes or was thinking the dragon pattern on the silk clothing of the doll is a snake. Either way, I am now the proud Po Po (grandmother) of Butterfly Snake, and great-grandmother of Beautiful Snake.

where does she get this stuff?

Miyo picked me some lilac from the backyard. I put it in water in a coffee cup and put it on the coffee table. After two days it was dead so I put it in the compost bucket I keep by the kitchen sink. Miyo was helping me make a pitcher of Koolaid, and she looked into the compost bucket with shock on her face. She yelled at me, "HOW DARE YOU PUT THAT IN THERE!" I called Shene and Ben and told them so they could laugh. Miyo got on the phone with Ben trying to tell her side of the story, "It was streamly streamly dead." I believe she was saying 'extremely'. Then she told me, "He say, 'that's not cool'".