We bought a clown costume for a fiesta we are planning in December. The girls wanted to try it on, so that has been keeping us entertained in this cold, rainy weather.

Crushed Velvet

a funny card i sent my aunt and cousin

Make a Smilebox greeting

I Danced with Cinder-Emory

Micah's rendition of, "I Danced with Cinderella," and Emory trying to sing a litle too.

Three Sweet Girls

These girls...so silly, so full of life. I can't imagine my life without them. Trinity is well into 2nd grade, reading anything she can sound out. She read the title of my book Have a New Kid by Friday and burst into tears. She was personally offended that I would read such a book, then said, "In your book, does it tell the parents to only let your children have a tiny bit of fun per week?" Poor girl, she worries way too much...too much like me. Micah has toned down her car screaming quite a bit but continues to keep us hopping with her newest antics. In the past week, only a few things were affected by her artistic ability. She pink crayoned the dark green couch, markered the bottom of her feet purple, penned the kitchen table, green permanent markered her new art table (hey, what's an art table for?), and painted the front of the house with purple and yellow paint. I am sure there are more, but I forget at the moment. Emory is the lovey of the world. She loves to be held while she sucks her thumb. She has started making kiss sounds. She took two steps last night and is on the road to being more mobile than I am ready for. If I am not pulling paper out of her mouth, I am moving her away from the grip of her sister and her unfailing desire to squish her. Poor Emory. We will be very excited if she makes it unscathed over the next few years...God bless my girls.

Micah on Guard

This is a picture of Micah guarding the cokes at a recent event we hosted in Mexico. Sometimes, people steal the cokes, so we put Micah on guard. With a face like that, who would steal? She is so funny. She has butterfly wings on (not sure if you can tell in the photo) and she wouldn't take them off. Micah is the silly one...She is either dramatically throwing a fit on the floor or stealing from the pantry. I have had to put locks on the pantry and the fridge. I recently read Have a New Kid by Friday. What did I learn? I don't want a new kid...I love my Micah.

Trinty and Flat Ellie

Trinity is growing so fast. She loves to play her Nintendo DS and play Littlest Pet Shop. Reading is one of her favorite things; though she still prefers books with big pictures over chapter books. Here, she is shown with two little friends in Mexico. She is holding "Flat Ellie." Flat Ellie is a drawing her cousin made of herself who is to go on adventures with Trinity. In the Spring we will report on where Flat Ellie has been. So far, she has been on the dash of the van--a lot. Anyway, look how big Trinity is. So beautiful, compassionate, and smart...and 7 going on 17.

Baby Emory

Emory's Stats:

9 1/2 months old
15 1/2 lbs
Sits, Crawls, and stands alone
really wants to walk
1 lonely tooth
says:
"Bye Bye", "DaDa", "ThiThi" (for sissy), "yay" (on occasion)
waves
claps to pattycake
has taken 1 step
beautiful