Sneaky...

At least its washable...

My back was turned to Sadie for a minute while I cleaned Eliza up after painting. Sadie took the opportunity to get creative.
The damage was done, so I helped Eliza paint a heart on her face.

They clean up real nice.

Just growing and waiting for Mommy

Just after dinner our family had this conversation tonight. The conversation ended in one of those rare moments that left a tear in my eye. So sweet...

Me: Guess what, girls.
Eliza: Hmm?
Me: Aunt Molly has a baby growing in her tummy!
Eliza: (wide eyed interest)
Me: (pinch fingers together really small) The baby is teeny tiny small like this. The baby is growing in her tummy and when the baby is this big (move hands about 20" apart) the baby will be born.

(David enters the room)

Me: Eliza tell Daddy what Aunt Molly has in her tummy.
Eliza: (proud grin and excitment in voice) Daddy, Aunt Molly has a baby growing in her tummy! (pinches fingers in like manner to Mommy) The baby is tiny small, like this. The baby is growing bigger and bigger in Aunt Molly's tummy.....
Daddy: Wow.
(Eliza turns to me): He said, "wow" (in an awed whisper).
(Eliza turns back to Daddy).
Eliza: I was a tiny baby and I grew bigger (jumps up and raises hand high in the air). I grew in Mommy Amanda's tummy.
Sadie: (jumps around growing like Eliza and enthusiastically says,) I grow in Mommy
Amanda's tummy.
Eliza: No, Sadie, you grew in Mommy Terry's tummy.
Sadie: I grew in Mommy Terry's tummy?
Eliza: Yeah, Sadie!... I grew in Mommy Amanda's tummy and waited for Mommy.

She waited for me...its so sweet. I love that kiddo.

Thank you, Hubby!

Yesterday afternoon I was browsing the internet looking for free blog templates. I came across one that I liked except it had a photo of someone else's baby on it. I told David that I'd like this template if only it had a picture of MY babies instead. Being a man and wanting to rescue me or something, he takes a look. He reads the code and then determines he can do that. Hubby spent three hours last night cutting, pasting, HTML code manipulating, and I don't know what else... Then he presented my new blog look to me. I love it!!! Its awesome! It looks so much better than my previous bland looking blog. Thank you, Hubby, for all your time and effort! You're the best!

Family Times

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

After Christmas Gifts

My mom collects really great toys for her grandkids. She's kind of into it. Well, from time to time she will decide she has too many toys or found a better one of the same type or something. Because of this, my kids have been the beneficiaries of many great toys. Yesterday my dad drove down to my house and brought my girls a wooden kitchen set that Grammy decided she didn't want to keep space for anymore. Eliza and Sadie played with it the rest of the day and again all morning today. They were cute wearing the aprons that another Grandma made them for Christmas and playing kitchen. As you may see in the photos, the kitchen was set up in my hallway for about 24 hours until I figured out where I was going to put it.

Sadie found a toy mushroom and decided to pretend it was a pacifier and that she is a baby.