Meredith Carson... Across the Pond and Back Again...

My friends and I agree; half birthdays are killers for the under fives.  Did no one ever warn you about the " Terrible Two-and-a-Half s"?  No? Right now Lili is approaching her fourth half birthday (which means she is just about three and a half), and we have all been riding the emotional roller coaster with her.  One moment she may be wearing a pirate hat and collapsing into fits of giggles as she salutes and exclaims, "Lili Carson: reporting for duty!  DOOODIE?!? What's duty?"  The next moment she is a crumpled, heaving mass of blond hair, purple fleece and snot on the bedroom floor, inconsolable over the fact that her mama didn't salute back in the proper manner. Here are a few photos I took over the course of five minutes yesterday helpfully narrated for your entertainment. "Here you go, my love.  Would you like a bowl of cereal?"   "No? Cereal isn't pushing your buttons right now?"   "Come o...

Anyone who has spent any significant amount of time with my Lili will inevitably comment on what "expressive eyebrows" she has.  We often find ourselves laughing (or occasionally feeling admonished) by her very serious faces.  Above she is pictured taking a brief pause from her kazoo playing to non-verbally ask, "What you talkin' bout, Mama?"  Another photo for the scrapbook is posted below.  I finally took Emma and Sophie to the Taco Bell for the first time ever in their dear little lives, and boy were they impressed.  Emma is a big fan of the low fat "Fresco" menu, of course, and Sophie just wants to sample everything.  Say "Nacho Cheese!" Happy 90210, Friends!