Autumn Days

We were headed to bring G to school, and I had to take a quick picture of the girls in their fall attire; I love this season!

Happy 2nd Birthday!

C turned 2 this weekend, and we celebrated with a Dora party. It seems like she understood that this was a milestone and almost overnight has started acting older (at least that's what K and I think). I guess that must explain why whenever we ask her how old she is she raises her hand and excitedly proclaims "5!"


P.S. I'll post more pics when I get them (they are on my sister's camera) and will be sure to show the cradle.

I "cove" you

More interesting thoughts from G...

(After her evening bath, where she had been very rambunctious)

G: Mom, am I going to get to play after I get dressed?
Me: I don't know; you were getting too wild and I'm thinking about sending you straight to bed.
G: But I will be really good, and I won't be naughty.
Me: Maybe.
G: Mom, did you know that I love you.....and that I,...I "cove" you too.
Me: Cove me?
G: It means that I love you, and (long pause, searching for words) I love yourself, and I love my momma.

Due to her creative language skills, she got to stay up.

K's current project

C's birthday is coming up soon, and daddy wanted to make her a cradle for her baby dolls. She loves covering them up and "shushing" them to sleep, but had nowhere to lay them. So, we found one from PBKids that he is patterning hers after. He still has to add spindles to the sides, rockers to the bottom, and paint (his favorite part); but I think it looks great, and will be something she keeps forever.

Gooooo Team!

Tonight was G's first soccer practice, and she couldn't have had more fun. She didn't do much beyond kicking her ball across the field and occasionally getting her ponytail caught in the net, but she was grinning from ear to ear the entire time.





C watched longingly from the sidelines and yelled to her sister


G heard C crying for her and stopped to comfort her baby sister



Sooo thirsty!




Best friends


Best friends and their sisters

A conversation with my 4 year old

Conversing with G is sure to surprise and entertain.

Today, after school, on the way home.

Me: How was school today?
G: Fun, (gasp), I got to see a police officer!
Me: Really?! What did he say?
G: He was nice, and he did not kill us.
Me: Well, of course he was nice; he is a good guy, and keeps us safe from the bad guys.
G: I got to see his gun.
Me: Wow!
G: Actually, he wasn't a police officer, he was the mail man.
Me: ?? What? I thought you saw his gun?
G: I did, but he was a mail man.
Me: (confused) Well, what did the mail man say about his job?
G: He DID NOT use his pepperspray {okay, how does she know what that is?!?!}, but I saw it and it was SO AWESOME.
Me: I think that you got a visit from a police officer, not the mail man.
G: No, I KNOW that it was the mail man.

No matter how much I tried, I couldn't convice otherwise. I'll have to talk to her teacher to figure out what's going on.

Sisters

G and C are so sweet together. Though they occasionally fight (like all sisters do!), they are also very loving and considerate toward each other. When C has a messy face after eating, G will get a baby wipe to clean it off (without being asked). While G is at school, C is sure to mention to anyone who looks her way that sister is at "cool." They are each other's constant companion and greatest ally. I pray that as they grow, they will continue to foster such a great friendship.