At Least She's Honest

Kateri was sleeping peacefully in her swing when I left the room. A few minutes later I heard her fussing and came in to find Audrey standing over her smiling.
"Why is the baby crying, Audrey?"
"Because I kiss her too hard"
"Where did you kiss her?"
"Everywhere!"
Still smiling, she went to her self-imposed punishment in her room

During a conversation yesterday about why she was having a hard time listening she said, "I only want to be good sometimes, the other times I going to be funny and naughty."

Kateri is getting fat

She looks like Lili did as a baby when she's being serious...and when she smiles she looks like Jabba the Hutt.

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Lili has been practicing her All Saints Day Presentation. This year she has chosen Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in honor of her new baby sister. Her favorite aspect about the life of Blessed Kateri is the miraculous disappearance of her smallpox scars upon her death. She is already fantasizing about the audience reaction to her next experience in the spotlight and asked me the other day, "What if when I say, 'her scars disappeared, everyone in the audience went like this >GASP<"

Audrey's Halloween Plans

Apparently Audrey is planning on being three different things for Halloween...I guess she will do a costume change every couple of blocks...or maybe it is all part of a plan to hit up the same houses three different times. Anyway, she wants to be Yoda, Darth Vader, and Lucy Pevensie...here's a little preview. Nanny sent the Darth Vader costume, and when Audrey tried it on she burst out, "Oh my---I look GORGEOUS!!"

Daddy's mini me

Kateri Loring

Kateri Loring Speier arrived on August 29th. She was 9 pounds even, 23 inches long, and looks just like her Daddy! It didn't take long for everyone to fall in love with the newest member of the family.

"Labor Day"

Here is Lili's quote of the week.
She can't wait to go back to school, which doesn't start until Sept. 2nd, and we are of course all anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new sibling, who is due on August 22nd. This was our conversation this morning:
Lili "So I start school the day after Labor Day, right?"
Me: "Yes"
Lili: "The day right after Labor Day?"
Me: "Yes,"
Lili: "I really hope the baby comes tonight so I can go to school tomorrow."

Here's hoping our own personal "labor day" comes before Sept. 1st!!!