Almost Two

Joyce and I are making some bread right now on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Joyce's friend Raina just gave her a whole bunch of new clothes - some of which she is sporting here. Anytime we get clothes from Raina, all clothing items become "Raina shoes" "Raina dress etc." You'll notice Pink Pig is still in the picture. Pink pig sometimes gets dressed too now. Pig is also the way Joyce processes the world. You can bet anything Joyce is experiencing these days she's consulting Pink Pig about. Food, going to the bathroom, dancing, enjoying some music - anything. If I ask Joyce, "Do you want to go to the library?" she immediately turns to pink pig and asks, "Pig want go library? C'mon" Turns out Pink Pig is a great way to make sense of the world.

Joyce is as interested in my graduate reading as she is in her own library picks. Favorites these days are Blueberries for Sal, anything Curious George and a strange little mouse or rat (?) named Maisy. Joyce loves to read any Sandra Boyton book about Pookie; Pookie is a pink pig too and Joyce has the books memorized.

We read a lot of books lately about camping and tents and so we decided to set up a tent in our living room. It stayed there for almost a week and we had a good time. Even when our hair was charged with static and stood up around our head like a halo we still enjoyed.

Joyce welcomes any and all visitors for her birthday celebration tomorrow. We will be having New Orleans style red beans and rice and king cake and Joyce and I drove down to the Amish yesterday to get her present. She fell asleep so she doesn't know yet that she is getting a broom that is just her size for her birthday. We really go all out on presents around here.