Pleasing Mom

Katharine keeping her cool while Lia loses hers.

World's shortest Jedi.

Everybody's cuter when dressed up . . . or sitting in a basket.

Julia and Eli (Katharine too) got new rain gear from my mom. They love it, but occasionally beat their umbrellas into swords.

Katharine sometimes makes the mistake of letting me do her hair.

Speaking of hair, Katharine loves to run her hands through it. Here Eli's getting the treatment.


Here's Katharine coping with sartorial confusion by wearing both the shirts she wanted.

Back in March, we celebrated Lia's 27th(!) birthday. We gave her a handsome clock (my pick) and some candles (Julia's) and threw a surprise party after my Institute class. Here's Eli giving a snuggle to the birthday princess.

Lia wearing a shirt my mom made (!) and standing in front of her birthday flowers.

Katharine harbors no doubts about who owns the place around here.

Katharine's running after the camera in this picture, not the photographer.

Katharine meets Julia's "ombellico."

As you can see, we all love Katharine. Charmingly, she's learning to reciprocate.