SoCal Girls: Susan and Frank are Visiting!

We've been very happily busy with Uncle Frank and Aunt Susan visiting for 2 weeks. We are probably not the best hosts though as we are also assiduously ridding our house and environs of clutter in anticipation of putting our house on the market. Yes, that's right. It's official. Chris will be commuting bi-coastally to his new position in MA while I manage the homestead here in SD.

We're trying to get this house sold by October, but in this market it seems like a longshot. Evicting the rodents that had set up house in the garage was a start, but SD was hit hard by this awful housing bust and houses are not selling in our neighborhood.

Bah! Enough bad news. Here are some pics before I collapse into bed.

Cari got her doc band. She doesn't mind it TOO much, but she's going to get hot in this house during August and September. My poor baby.

The girls in her "playpens."

Lani. What a face, huh? Sweet as she often is, she is also going through a terribly bossy stage. Her face is often gathered into a frown these days. I think I'm seeing a preview of the teen years. Yikes!

More pics of the girls hanging out in their "mommy's too cheap to buy real playpens" playpens...

Ummm! Plastic bins are so tasty!

Chubba wubba. Those arms are sooo chubby!

The other day Cari gestured the sign for "milk" and said "mmaaaa" while sitting in her high chair. Could it be?

Lani showing off her beach body at Imperial Beach, which is just across the Tijuana River estuary from Tijuana, Mexico. We took a day trip during the week with our guests. The beach was so peaceful that afternoon, although we did see the bottom half of a seal washed up on the beach. Not sure if it was eaten by a shark or a boat propeller. It was weird and a little sad.