Drawings (slow blog night)

Anna drew this picture of me yesterday. The tracing of Mary's hands is from a few weeks ago.

Nap weather

Anna was posing for this picture. You know what happens when you pretend to take a nap in the late afternoon of a rainy day? Yeah - she's out. :)

Mud Girls

The top two are from today, 14 Dec 11. The bottom one is Anna, 15 Dec 09. (Mary's wearing the same purple boots as Anna in that photo, I just didn't get them in the shot.)

Zoo & Pool

Ok - one more again

Even Easter girlies need to pray.

One more of Easter girlies

After naps . . .  and after Anna ate a purple jawbreaker. :)

Easter girlies

 In the background is the fire pit Pastor built for our Easter Vigil.

Flowers

I already know the girl's name - anybody know the flower's name?

Swingset!

This is what we did with Steve's day off Monday - stimulated the economy. :)

Picture and a story

They like hanging out on our new prayer kneeler.

I was reading next week's Gospel lesson to the girls during breakfast today and told them that the people shouted "Hosanna!" to Jesus during his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Anna said, "Hosanna? Like we sing in church?" and started singing the sanctus. I guess they DO pay attention!

Two unrelated photos

Story

A story by Anna:
"Once upon a time there was us in our house. And we watered our plants and then it got summertime! And then it was Christmas! The end."

Mary, coming & going

Win a grain mill!

We've been grinding our own grain for a month or two now. We still use AP flour, but not as much. Anyway, this lady has a cool website & she's running a contest to win a grain mill. :)
http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2011/02/18/its-the-nutrimill-giveaway/

(Last) Saturday in the park

This is a walking trail at a park about 6 miles from the house. If you can see the road in the top right hand corner of Anna's picture, that's US 77, the road we take 35 miles south to the little town where our church is.

A nice day in February & Grandpa's birthday!

"Let me check under the hood."

Actually, she was filling the tank. Do they make cars with gas tanks in the front?

Happy Friday!

Snow Day

Stevie had the day off today, due to ice, snow, and 20mph winds. Yay! He got to cook breakfast and dinner and finished his homework TWO DAYS EARLY! Plus, Mary decided that she'd rather be walking than crawling. She's not very steady but she's trying. Yay! :)

What happens when I'm busy somewhere else

I was washing the dishes when Mary decided to empty Anna's clothes cabinet. How sweet! Did she know I wanted to rearrange those clothes today? What a smart little person! :)

Friday - Stevie Day!

Mission 1 - Get out & finish errands early - not accomplished, due to suddenly napping baby. Plan B enacted.
Plan B - Clean breakfast mess - done.
             Laundry - done.
             Make Anna paint-free & dressed - in process. (She paints while I'm putting Mary down for naps. She tends to do a "whole-body" style of painting, rather than being restricted to the more traditional methods, like brushes.
             Clean girls' room - upcoming.
            

Mary's discovered 'hot' - though it comes out as 'ah!' - and she's learned how to blow, so now she blows on all her food. This morning, she held her hand out to the cereal bowl (at a safe distance! it may be hot!) and said, "Ah! Ah!". Then she blew on it. Last night, she blew on Steve's soda. Cute, cute.

Babies - gotta love 'em

Mary pee'd on my side of the bed today. Who wants her? :)

Wordless Wednesday

The heart (or stomach) of a baby

Steve bought some t-bones at the dairy yesterday and cooked supper last night. (He had the day off for MLK Day.) While he was cooking, Mary kept getting under is feet and giving him the "pick me up" sign. He couldn't pick her up & was worried about stepping on her, so he asked me to take her. I said, "Aw, she wants to be with you, that's so sweet!" He told me, "No, I think she just wants to be near the food." I assured him that this wasn't so, that his tiniest daughter wanted to spend time with her daddy. Then, to prove it, I picked her up & held her close to him near the stove . . . at which point, she pointed to the sautéing mushrooms and said, "Mmmmm!" So much for tenderness!

Bunk beds

Yes, she can climb all the way to the top.

Anna's queen of the bedroom!

Anna with the camera

I usually put it where she can't reach it. Guess I forgot this day. :)

Chia Shrek, Day 12

Daddy/Daughter Pizza!

Steve and Anna made a pizza. Green peppers, mushrooms, cheddar/mozzarella blend, a jar of spaghetti sauce, and some leftover New Year's ham. We made the crust in the bread machine. Yum!