7/5/2002 12:59:57 PM|||Amy|||Lauren stood on her own for as long as a minute yesterday. She also had Cheerios for the first time. She took a very lady like approach. She grasped the Cheerio between her index finger and her thumb, then nibbled delicately - not allowing her teeth to make contact with her fingers. Then, of course, she let the Cheerio drop to her lap as she is still in the analytical stage of deducing how the cereal may best be directed to her mouth after the initial tasting.

We took William to see Fourth of July fireworks. I think he liked them, but he didn't appreciate the noise. I'm thinking of taking the two of them to San Francisco to see my sister, but I need to find the time and the nerve to fly with two little children in times such as these. Drunk pilots for God's sake! On one hand this story is funny, but on the other, well... it's just not.|||78590967|||