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Three

Happy Birthday, dear Esme! Ever since birth you’ve been keeping us — what? — awake, alive, aware. . . . May you continue to stretch your own skills as well as ours.  

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And just like that

Her second haircut, and she’s looking the almost three that she is.

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2

In honor of Esmé’s 2nd birthday, here’s a series of portraits of which I’m sure she’d approve.   Happy birthday, vehicle-loving one.

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Today

A very rough day saved by the activity of putting beans into a cup.

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Ride the bicycle!

I hear it many times a day: Ride the bicycle! Ride the bicycle! Wear bike helmet! Bike helmet! See bicycle! See bicycle! etc. etc. etc. This girl is serious about bike riding. So we go nearly every day, and it’s hot but the breeze blows in our faces, and it’s bumpy but also very flat. [...]

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Baby swap

One of my favorite things about baby swapping (in case you’re wondering, this is when one friend-parent watches the two babies so that the other friend-parent can have some free time) is that it’s very fun to see the babies make friends over time. Iona and Esmé have been hanging out since Iona was 5 [...]

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Dancing

Yes, we do some dancing around here — in the kitchen, in the hallway, wherever the spirit moves us. Esmé’s no exception. Shown here with musical cash register, which she carries around like a boombox.

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Dress me up

Esmé has come into an adorable stock of my dresses that fit her right now. Since we went to this fancy hotel, courtesy of Mama’s brochure writing, we broke them all out. This one was originally my mother’s. I love it. And yet, it doesn’t seem to suit Esmé just right. It’s weird how that [...]

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First pool

It was a big hit. Mama & Papa were tired long before she was (as usual!).

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