Saturday, November 21, 2009

The beach this morning






Saturday, November 14, 2009

Another step toward independence...

When David is out of town, we tend to eat cereal and macaroni and cheese. We've been working on getting Bea and Inga to feed themselves. They have been relatively successful with a pre-loaded fork so tonight I decided to go all out and let them try to stab their macaroni themselves.
Bea took the stabbing pretty seriously


and she was VERY proud of herself when she did it!


Inga enjoyed showing me each bite that she stabbed before it reached her mouth. But then her hunger became more than she could bear...


so she just put her fork down


and did it the easy way, instead.

Friday, November 13, 2009



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Graham-go-round


Graham loved Uncle Aaron's spinning game!
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Spaghetti night

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Thursday, November 05, 2009


Bea thought it was funny when Bop tickled her toes!


Inga LOVES to play the piano.


'My little Gaga friend is so funny!"

Magnatiles with uncle Aaron


Leaves!!


This picture and the one that follows were taken by Graham. Not bad, huh?!



Uncle Aaron quickly learned how breakfast works around here. Mama makes scones, the adults and Graham eat them, and Bea and Inga make the rounds.



Tired girls. When Inga is tired, she needs her fingers and blankie.


Bea was so tired last night that she couldn't eat her pear! It was pathetic.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!



Graham and David carved our pumpkin this afternoon




Bea and Inga watched the carving, but became bored in their seats. The squealing-under-the-table game was much more appealing.



Trick-or-treat!



Bea and Inga each had their first suckers tonight. They were a hit - and a very sticky mess!



Here's Graham, face full of chocolate, asking for just one more piece. My favorite bargaining quote of the night: "Mama! This one (pulling out a bag of skittles) would be PERFECT! There is no sugar in this kind, mama!" And so I gave in. 'Cause Halloween comes but once a year.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Piggies



Bea and Inga's hair is finally long enough for small pigtails. I love having little girls!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Fall Festival

In lieu of a traditional Cubbies meeting tonight, Graham's Awana church hosted a fall festival.


There was a bounce house,


a funny scarecrow,


two relatively well-behaved m&m sisters,


a fishing game in the exact style of Pollyanna,



a green m&m boy who concentrated hard (notice the fishface - dead giveaway),


a plink-o game,


and TONS of candy. It was a great festival!