My Babies

I just love this photo of the girls. When I scanned it into the computer, I was messing around with the color and thought this was pretty cool looking. Enjoy!

Pretty flower!

I just love this picture. This was a surprise flower that showed up in our yard one year. I think it's a bit unusual. Just thought I would post it.

Yummy tomaties!

Today Amanda and I planted our first ever tomato plant. Or, tomaties, as Amanda calls them. It's a Roma grape tomato plant. So, the tomatoes are small, like a grape, and sweeter. We have three blooms on them right now. So, I'm hoping we'll have some good tomatoes soon. We also planted some radishes. They came in a plant kit that Amanda got in the mail. Dave and I don't care for them, but I won't let on and see if Amanda will like them. We try really hard not to show our dislike for veggies in front of the girls. We, OK I, want them to make up their own minds on whether they like something or not. But, that also means we have to take bites of the foul stuff and pretend we like it. Oh, well, it can't hurt us. No matter what Dave says. :0)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated Dave's birthday last weekend and the girls helped him blow out the candle on his birthday cupcake. I was going to make him a cake, but Amanda likes to help me make cupcakes so much that he didn't get his cake. Amanda likes to put the paper cups in and stir the mix. Her favorite part, and Dave's too, is to lick off the beaters when I'm done with the mixer. I don't know what Dave is going to do when Sarah starts demanding her share. :0) Dave was so excited about his birthday present, LOL. It was a dandelion puller. Ooh, Aah fascinating. But, hey, that's what he wanted. So, Happy Birthday Dave. We love you.

Why?

This is Amanda in front of our flowering pear tree. I got this picture before she found out it was covered in bees. She's terrified of bees. If she hears one, she bursts out crying and runs for the house. I finally made up a "magic" bottle of bug spray. It's just water and skin so soft from avon. But, hey, she thinks it works.

Now that she has turned 3 the "why's" have begun. This last week she's driven me crazy with why questions. And, why's when I give her the answer. I've heard other parents complain about it, but never realized how annoying the 15 billionth why question can be. :0) I should just be happy that she's inquisitive, but you can only come up with so many answers to why you want the door closed when you are going to the bathroom.

Sassy the cat

I'm in the process (started today) of making Sassy an outdoor cat. Or, at the very least an indoor/outdoor cat. I was down in the basement with Sarah and not paying attention. Sarah was quietly looking under the bed and I think she startled Sassy. Long story short...Sarah has quite a few scratches on her arm. She is one tough baby! She only cried for a few seconds and then she was fine. I washed up her arm and put some anti-biotic on and she's good as new. I decided to call the vet and put her on a list for people who are looking for pets. And, I took Sassy outside for a bit. So, one or the other will happen. Either she will get a new home or she'll be going outside. She seemed to enjoy the 15 min. she was out with me. I think I'll do this everyday for longer periods each day. I know she'll prefer outside once she gets used to it. I mean, she is an animal. It's got to be better than being cooped up in the basement all the time.

It's mostly my fault because I wasn't paying attention and I think Sarah startled the cat. She was so quiet and I think she probably reached in under the bed and grabbed the cat's fur. Sarah likes furry things, I bet it looked to her like the fuzzy material in one of her blankets. Probably scared the cat half to death and she was just defending herself. The funny part of the whole story was when I showed Amanda what happened. She said, "Sassy shouldn't scratch the baby. Sassy shouldn't scratch. Sassy needs to go outside." She said it in such a quiet, serious way. I said, "Yes, I think you're right. Sassy needs to learn to like it outside now."

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.