dear grandparents,

Now I know you’ll be seeing Penelope in a few days, and to just anyone, these videos are neither here nor there. But let’s face it, the grandparent brain isn’t wired like just anyone. You crazies love uneventful Penelope videos.

And I mean that lovingly.

Besides, you want to recognize her when you see her, right? So here you go, a few recent-ish, long videos of our wild-haired toddler girl:

1) e-dad (a portion of my evening is usually devoted to showing penelope any picture of dad that i can find. at her own request. and by request, i mean demand. oh and most activities these days involve some sort of pretend refreshment.)

2) swine flu (this captures the beginning of penelope’s hand-washing/sanitizing/moisturizing obsession. she loves to wash her hands, rub in lotion, etc.. even if it’s just pretend. note the excess is always rubbed on her pants, even the pretend excess)

3) misinformation (sometimes casey likes to run misinformation campaigns in our home. like when he taught penelope how to turn a flashlight on and off… by singing, and then blowing it out, of course…)