A [guilt] trip

"Why do you come home so late?
You want to talk to your friends and not come home to your bestest kids."

Corinne just had to play the guilt card after one of Mommy's golf nights.

"This is the bestest day ever of my young life."

It is amazing to see Corinne's reaction to a blue lolly pop after a haircut.

"When I go to bed tonight, I am going to think about loving Paul again."

Rob & Paul

These are the fine gents siding our house. That there is Paul on the right with Rob on the left. Corinne appears to have a thing for hard working chaps with a pony tail down to their waist.

"Daddy, when I get home I am going to dress up like a yellow dinasaur with spikes. Won't that be cute?"

Indeed.

"I wish I had a baby brother to beat you [Nick] up."

...touché...

"Mmmmm. This place smells YUMMY!"

This was Corinne's first sensory perception stolling into Dad's favorite wine & liquor store...

Corinne's 1st Self-Portrait

Corinne insists that those are eyebrows, not, as her brother interprets, horns!

Corinne's 1st Portrait of Nick

Corinne's 1st Portrait of Nick

"You know why you're the bestest Dad?"

"Because you don't snore too loud in your room."

"I can't stop looking at Ben."

Corinne is coming to grips with her first infatuation experience...

Bikin' in Front of Blue House

Bikin' in Front of Blue House

Stonybrook Park, Dansville, NY

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"Ta-da! Here is another [stuffed] animal for your house!"

yeah.

Miss 2003

Miss 2003

Corinne was nominated to present Jerri a rose representing the year 2003 of the 20yrs since Jerri organized the Families of FANA of WNY.

"Mommy, I love you...

...all the way to L-M-N-O-P."

"I don't like you and your ugly eye, too!"

Well the sympathy card didn't last long from the one that dunked me into the tank, now did it? This after some reprimand...

"But that's my favorite color!"

Much to Corinne's encouragement, Daddy took on the dunk tank at the FANA picnic today an lost big time to the tune of 5 stitches under the eye and 3 more in the corner of the eye. Unfortunately, Corinne had to witness the profusion of blood and water. So, anxious that the tender child (riiiight) wasn't scared for life herself, she retold the story to Diane:

"It (Dad's eye) was Red. It was very, very red. But, that's my favorite color!"

Okay, she and I will be okay... ;-) ...not winking, just swollen a bit.

"Mooooommmy, come and look at my ploppies!"

Hard to believe how sweet that sounds...

"I fooound your sunglasses! They were under my butt!"

Having left my sunglasses on Corinne's seat while packing the car and departed in a cloud of frustration having misplaced them, Corinne broke the tension with her discovery (without her soft Cheeks breaking the sunglasses).

"Can I call you 'Ugly'"?

Corinne chose this response while Mommy was demanding an apology from Corinne for saying: "Mommy is stupid."

She is definitely a Pip.