in the middle of the franklin girls

 

being Liberty (it's an obsession)

 

"This is a statue of a knight."
(later)
"It WAS a knight standing on a pedestal, but it was BERT."

 

mama and cedar

 

favorite perch

 

even with a baby between us...

 

"remembering" being a baby

 

"she's a baby"

 

"my name is violetta. i'm a knight. trick or treat."

 

batman flying

 

"batman"

 

super heroes

 

costumes by cedar

 

special outings with daddy

 

the baby came...and flowers, and food, and grandmama!

 

riding the S.L.U.T.

 

at the farmer's--3 days before becoming an older sister

 

"i want to watch the movie of jane and michael and bert and mary poppins all went up the chimney bert was cleaning"

 

the coast-starlight

 

fun in the train station

 

making daddy's birthday card

 

loving the new bed setup

 

"the firefighter is putting out the fire."

 

lightly steamed milk

 

last days of "mornings with molly"