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Sunny’s totally photobombing Kaki’s moment.

Big sisters, huh? Always hogging the spotlight. Not that I’d know anything about that.

This makes my heart swell with happy.

Bedtime stories and nose-picking with the Fairy Godparents. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

Fortunately, the only one digging for buried treasure was the two-year old. Promise.

I could watch moments like this for days. They have no idea how lucky they are to have one another.

But one day, they will. Kimmy and I can attest to that.

For more pictures of our trip, and general photo-documenting of our life, give me a follow on Instagram. I’m hooked. It’s great nurse session entertainment. I don’t know why I resisted the calling for so long.

Probably because I’m now buried in my phone, editing images on 3-4 photo apps, all day long. This shit is straight up addicting. And all those $0.99 purchases are eventually going to add up.

Curse you, Apple! You’re my tennis ball.

If you know our bat shit crazy retriever Ursa, you’ll understand why that metaphor is so powerful.

Anyway, South Carolina is pretty gorgeous, no?

Just out on a fall walk in The Berks.

We’re off to the Poconos to see James’ family for a couple days. When we return, I have pictures, stories, and video of Sunny meeting her idol. As in Elmo. Complete with Kevin Clash.*

Prior to her rendez-vous with Elmo and in honor of what would be Jim Henson’s 75th birthday, Sunny posed with cupcakes featuring her two favorite Sesame Street characters. Elmo, of course. And “Monster Cookie,” primarily because he’s blue, her favorite color.

*Kevin Clash is the dude man who created Elmo – the voice, the puppeteering, etc. Needless to say, it was a pretty special meeting. To be honest, James and I were more emotional about it than her.

I love this photo. For so very many reasons.

We went to the Vineyard. It was grand, albeit cloudy and breezy.

I am wiped out from island life, so here’s the trip in pictures.

It was a wonderfully lazy Saturday. Doda arrived fresh off a red-eye from Boulder, and we spent the morning hanging around the house, visiting, knitting, eating, and peeing on the potty. Yay for us!

In the afternoon we ventured out to the beach for glorious rock throwing (Sunny’s most favorite activity) and then for ice cream. Now we’re playing with toys from my childhood and preparing our bellies for fresh seafood consumption.

Life by the beach, y’all.

WARNING: In today’s photo dump, there are glimpses of a toddler during her naked bummie potty training time. And my mother in what appears to be a burka. She’s just shielding her face from the sun, because a hat or sunglasses would have been too obvious.