All about Alice

Quiz: Which member of the family is not utterly spent at this point in the schoolyear?


Right. In honor of Alice's being the family member who is still going strong--and also because she is such a delightful little creature these days--the first post in weeks is dedicated to her. Just don't expect too many words: I'm out of them.

Such a good photo shoot of our goldfish-loving toddler--and one of the only recent photo sessions that captures some of her typical expressions, her sunny mood, and her sparkling sense of humor--that I couldn't choose the best shot. Feel free to tell me which you think is the keeper.



It wouldn't be summertime if we weren't on the softball field, ice water in hand


At our last Princeton reunions. Alice enjoyed the puddles...


...but several hours in started to question the endless parade of self-admiration.


She adores biking and daily toddles toward the storage shed making her winsome appeal, "Bike? Bike?" On occasions when I say no, she doesn't pitch a fit but instead attempts a new tack. "Hat [helmet]. Hat? Mommy hat. Alice hat. Hat! Bike?"

Yesterday, when she was up and raring to start the day at 4:45am, she and I wound up biking up to campus, where we watched an army of workers towel off every rain-soaked seat at Nassau Hall in preparation for graduation a few hours later.


Because when you're one, sledding (in a bike helmet wielding a garden trowel) seems like a perfectly logical Memorial Day activity


We couldn't leave Princeton without getting Alice out for some tractor riding and animal sighting at Terhune Orchards


She is an attentive mother to her dolls and if she can't bike, would most like to be walking her babies around the neighborhood (by herself if we're not quick enough to join the party!)


Finally, from our bike rides and strolls around town, I offer some words in lieu of those I'm lacking.

A notable stone from the local cemetery


And rather too much information for staid Palmer Square, don't you think?