Minky & Me

I am surprised that three months have gone by since my last post. The winter was very busy in terms of my school work. In May, I graduate from my program. Woo hoo.

I cannot wait until the last day of school on June 20th. In addition to being finished with my degree, we have two exciting trips planned: one to the Azores and one to Quebec.

In February, Coco turned four. I still can’t believe it. She is so big now, much more like a little girl than the baby she was just a little while ago. I still carry her around but not easily. I wonder sometimes how old she will be when I can’t really pick her up anymore.

She remains quite the wordsmith and I am regretting that I wasn’t better about writing down some of the funnier things she said this winter. One of the things I haven’t forgotten happened a few weeks ago. Layr took her out on her bike. As they rode away from the house, she said she was sad that I was staying inside. Layr said, you love your mommy a lot, don’t you? Oh, yes, she replied, I love mommy so, so much. Then, so daddy wouldn’t feel bad, she told him that she liked him.

On Easter, she got some gum in her basket. She loves gum, or, rather, she loves the idea of gum since she never has it. Tristan happened to walk by right after she popped a piece in her mouth. She looked up at him and said, “by the way, I’m chewing kid-gum.”

Coco got a fish tank for her birthday. We have six fish now. Three of them were born in the tank and escaped being eaten by the molly (or vacuumed by Layr). It’s an aquatic miracle.