Savannah in Pink
Savannah Marie
3/21/2012 4 1/2 years old
Oh, I just love this picture! Savannah in her favorite pink “fancy dress” with an apron on, helping me chop strawberries. Pure sweetness in one picture.
Three Little Jewells
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More Savvy and Mud
I’ve posted before about Savannah’s horror of mud & dirt. (http://threelittlejewells.com/2012/02/27/poor-savvy/) Last night, (3/4/2012) Kip and I were sitting up late watching the logging show on the History channel. Savannah came down and we let her sit with us for a few minutes. She was absolutely grossed out by the swamp loggers- she said “Mama, why are dose men gettin’ in de water and gettin’ der clothes dirty?!?!” She did not think that was at all entertaining! A few minutes went by and I started telling her about fancy lady spas and how some women will actually pay money to have their hair, faces and bodies washed in mud. She was silent for probably a full two minutes. (I think she was to horrified by the idea to actually speak) Finally, she looked at me and very seriously told me “Mommy, if you did dat to me I would haf to drop a house on you.” Ha! I guess she didn’t like the idea and that was the absolute worst thing she could think of as a consequence.
More Build-A-Bear
Mary got Build-A-Bear money and a coupon for her birthday. So while Kip & Nathan were at work on 2/25, I took the girls out for a girls day. There were very patient with the many errands we had to run. But, finally, we were finished and off to BaB we went.
Mary got a purple bear and Savvy picked out a Koala.
Lyra was there but I didn’t get a good picture of her. Barbara came for dinner that night- I think Savvy was excited! 
Poor Savvy
2/21 To know Savannah is to know that she has an absolute horror of mud. She doesn’t like being dirty in general and she REALLY doesn’t like mud. While playing outside she fell in the mud- you can see below she was quite traumatized about this. And what a mean Mommy she has- I grabbed the camera before I cleaned her up!
Thankfully, Daddy came home and helped to calm her down. We peeled off the muddy clothes and gave her a nice bath. Cleanliness, and thus happiness, was restored.
OTHER TRAUMA:
On 2/24 I took the older two children to the theater while Ms. Barbara stayed with the two little girls. I took Mary & Nathan to see “Freedom Train”, a play about the Underground Railroad. We had front row seats and the play was fabulous. Mary & Nathan both enjoyed it so much- we just finished studying the UR two weeks ago so this was perfect timing. On the way home, Ms. Barbara called me. Savvy was swinging on the swingset when the upper beam that holds the swing broke- down came Savvy and down came the beam! It was rotted through and broke in several large chunks- one of which caught Savannah’s hand when it fell. The area on the outside of her pointer finger, down towards her thumb was shredded with rotted wood splinters driven all through. It was extremely swollen & an angry red. I called our pediatrician and he asked me to bring her in right away. The nurse commented to met that it appeared infected even though it had clearly not been enough time for it to get infected. Dr. Young cleaned her hand thoroughly and pulled out several splinters, some that were driven vertically in her hand. The redness and swelling was noticeably improved within an hour or two- I think the rotted wood was irritating her hand badly. I forgot to take theater pictures before we left in the morning and intended on doing it when we got home. However, because of all the trip to the pediatrician, I didn’t get pictures of them. Nor did I get any of her hand. Oh well- we’re going to the theater again in March so I’ll get pictures then!
Fancy Girl
(Friday, January 6, 2012)
Finally, I am back!! After a busy holiday season, lots of family sickness & our cat dying, I got seriously behind in everything. I’ve been working hard to restore the house to order and I want to get back to freezer cooking so I’ve been working on constructing menus, etc. Also, Nathan’s 7th birthday was Tuesday, 1/3 so I was busy with his birthday dinner & getting ready for his first kid birthday party tomorrow. I’m going to steadily work through pictures tonight and backdate them as I post them. Hopefully I can catch up!
December 9, 2001- Savvy is such a fancy girl. A few months ago she started to go into the bathroom at the end of naptime to “do her hair”. The picture below is a MILD example of her work- it is not uncommon for her to come down in the afternoon with a rainbow of 10 or more different colored bows or clips in her hair. She also raids her dresser for all kinds of treasures that go with other outfits- removable collars, shorts, tutus, etc. to pair with her “outfit”. She is something else.
December 14, 2011
Tea Party
Saturday, December 3: While the men were at work, we ladies had a tea party. Strawberry lemonade & Pepperidge Farm gingerbread cookies. Such a perfect Saturday morning with my favorite girls.
I had a bad dream…
