Finger Painting

Today we tried finger painting...




It's a good thing the "finger paint" was only flour, water, and food coloring as it made its way to little mouths!

Presenting...

Isabella's first work of art :

Also Presenting...

Gianna's first work of art :

Gianna napping...

Good luck tonight

Tonight Daddy has his interview for his accelerated bachelor's degree program. Although we know he doesn't need it, we want to wish Daddy good luck!

Love,

Isabella and Gianna

Tulips

Mike brought me some beautiful ORGANIC tulips the other day, thought I'd share...

Beautiful Dreamer...

To me, Isabella has always seemed to be the most beautiful sleeper...

I can tell in this picture she's not having the most pleasant nap, she's got a cold and isn't feeling 100%, but she is still beautiful.

Gianna and LB

I'm trying to teach the girls to be gentle with the kitties, especially LB, who is actually the only one they can catch. As you can see, Gianna is still working on her "gentle pat". I constantly have to move LB out of their reach, I'm not sure why she would go where she knows they are going to get her.

Window Washer

I just got the urge to put up this picture of Isabella from last summer. She and Gianna went through a phase of licking the sliding glass door, so I finally went out on the porch to see it from the other side. It still makes me laugh!

LB

Because her fans demanded it, here's LB!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this cat!!!

Daddy & Girls

Saturday Daddy took the girls for a walk around the neighborhood which they thoroughly enjoyed. They especially liked watching our neighbors on their skateboards and bikes. They seemed to think they were ready to move up from feet to wheels for their transportation.

Chipmunk Cheeks

I understand why anyone would want to squeeze these little cheeks! Truly kissable!!!

Baby Love

Today Gianna really paid attention to her Bitty Baby twin from her Aunt Bev and Aunt Barb (twins too). She had a little discussion with the baby and checked her eyes out.

She even tried giving her her pacifier!

Gianna playing...

Isabella playing...

Playing with Daddy...

In a sea of toys...

Spring is here!

Time out for Gianna

Just kidding, she's not in trouble, just being cute...

Happy Birthday ! ! !

Caleb is a whole SIX years old today!

Happy birthday Caleb! We hope you had a wonderful time at your birthday party!

Caleb is a superstar!

Our nephew Caleb has been chosen to be the superstar of Auburn Elementary!

He will have his picture posted in the gym, and they are having a party in his class to celebrate!

Way to go, Caleb!!!

81 degrees - let's play!

Mike got the screened-in porch steam-cleaned yesterday, we're getting there!

Wiped out...

Sisters

Despite the fact that Isabella wasn't feeling well, Saturday night the girls had a blast playing... All was fine until we tried to put them to bed. What a night...

Isabella

Isabella is still not herself, still recovering from her ear infection and possibly the flu...

Gianna

Yippee!

Saturday we got to 61 degrees here! It felt so nice we opened windows and let the girls go out on the incredibly dirty screened in porch. They loved it!

Mike is going to clean up the porch, put up bamboo blinds, add indoor/outdoor carpets and set up the girls' new picnic table and sandbox so we can go out and play there soon. Tuesday it is supposed to be 72!!! Of course we go back to the 40's after that. But Spring is around the corner, we can feel it!

Weekend Project

Those of you who know me well know that, if it interests me, I am able to spend unusual amounts of time on the most trivial task.

So this weekend I made a little book for my my spare buttons and such. I took pictures of my clothes and/or close-ups of the fabric and matched the buttons and thread to them. For fun I also added words to some of the photos, mostly because I am becoming obsessed with making little collages on Photoshop, which I am just learning.

Yesterday's tornado

Yesterday's tornado touched down in Elwin, which is 5 miles from our house. We were very lucky...

Breakfast...

Please excuse the toast on the girls' faces. Look at all the teeth Gianna has!

The girls are starting to become affectionate. There is NO better feeling in the world! When we pick them up now they put their arms around our necks. Isabella likes to put her cheek against our cheeks. Yesterday when the 3 of us were huddled in the basement, Isabella seemed perfectly content to be held without moving or talking, just cuddling. Gianna, our little monkey, was squirming to get down and explore.

Crazy Weather

The girls and I survived a tornado warning this afternoon. We went down in the basement and I tried to figure out where we were supposed to be down there. I now think finishing the basement is going to have to be a priority - it was creepy down there!

Oh, an hour later I had some windows open because it was 56 degrees!

Expecting snow tomorrow.

I hope everyone else is surviving this weather ok, it's crazy all over...

On a bright note, we received GREAT news about Nicole today! Nicole, we all love you so much and are so happy everything is ok.