Cute Picture Day
That's right... it's cute picture day. Why? My day was spent relocating our office from it's previously new location to the next "cage" down. There's been some break-ins and theft in the "dungeon" where the office is, so some changes were necessary. Then, following the move, I fixed another bug in the Bindings Controller and completed a proxy server and forking daemon for database access in "the project". But, really, no one wants to hear about that exciting stuff. So... today is cute picture day.
The first picture is Lauren and a boy named Cabe at Ron's Funeral. Cabe is usually a handful, so his mother was surprised that Lauren was ordering him around.
The second picture is from a bike ride Lauren and I took last week. We saw two raccoons, a dead nutria, and this family of geese with baby goslings. The geese were definitely the cutest of the bunch. 
The last picture is of Lauren during that bike ride. That day, she made great progress on learning to brake in addition to riding very fast. That's important since you should know how to stop if you're going to go!
cute PINK bike! pink is definetly the best colour for a bike
Comment by brooke — 04/25/2005 9:24 PM
Glad you think pink is fine. I made a strong effort when Lauren was first born to make sure there was a color variety in her clothes, her room, and her toys, instead of just pink and other pastels as people want to get for girls.
Inevitably, Lauren has chosen pink as her preferred color, so I bite my tongue and often go along with pink to support decisions and to avoid compounding the situation with father-daughter dynamics.
Even so, I still make an effort to get the whole family to shop "both sides" of the children's section (as you can see from her clothes in both this bicycle picture and the other one) since girls should not be limited to pastels (and the cultural attitude bias that pastels bring).
The same goes for me, of course. I broke from my black t-shirt uniform recently and wore a new pink button-up shirt. Lauren said, "Papa, what are you wearing". "Oh, this is the new shirt I bought." "You're kidding me. That's mama's shirt." "No, really. This is my new shirt. Don't you like it?" Definately sensitized to pink, isn't she?
In any case, I'm happy you can appreciate the pink bike.
Comment by Michael — 04/26/2005 12:45 AM
I know what you mean. Every time I try to introduce a little pink into my life, whether it be as part of my wardrobe, my hairstyle, or my artistic endeavors, I end up getting a lot of weird looks.
Comment by Tvindy — 04/28/2005 3:03 AM
Let me know when she outgrows that one- I think the one Nicole outgrew is just bigger than yours! I'm almost positive it's pink, too.
Comment by blu — 05/22/2005 10:29 AM