The Easel

Here is Amanda with the easel we put together for the girls. She played with it all weekend long. It's got a roll of paper at the top and a white board under the paper. On the other side, is a chalkboard. It's in the kitchen right now, but I have plans to move it into the basement. I'm in the process of planning a craft center in the basement for the girls and I. I'm hoping to get a desk for myself and do some rearranging to get things a bit more organized down there. This is going to be a major challenge for me because it's so overwhelming. I am NOT an organized person. Clutter is my middle name, so wish me luck.

Last night Sarah managed to get up on her feet. She, Amanda and Dave were playing on the floor and she just crawled over and used Dave to help her get up on her knees. Then, she just popped up onto her feet. She looked so pleased with herself. I have this funny feeling, she'll be walking sooner than I want. She gets frustrated when Amanda runs away from her. She makes the funniest sound of frustration. I know she wants to chase after her. She just starts crawling her little legs and arms off trying to catch up. It's so cute.

The other day Amanda was playing with Sarah and they were both crawling thru the kitchen. Amanda in the front and Sarah following behind. And, Amanda was saying "chugga chugga choo choo!" With Sarah following right along, giggling. Of course they stopped as soon as I got the camera out. Little stinkers.