Snowed In

With the exciting arrival of new craft supplies last night (thanks, Aunt LoLo!!) Ernie spent the afternoon making her very own fluffy cloud and rainbow...thing.  It wouldn't have taken nearly so long if she didn't stop after every other cotton ball to delightedly pat the top and say "fluffyfluffyflufffy...I love clouds!"  Once that sucker dries (if it ever dries!!) I'll take a picture in all its fluffy, rainbow glory.

(Nana?  Ernie has appointed herself the job of helping Mimi pick out her daily outfits...guess which two girls wore matching "Arizona" shirts today?  They're pink, and they have rainbows....and both are VERY well loved!)

Grandpa and The Kid

Creme de la Creme

The rest of us had strawberry shortcake, but Mimi just had whipped cream. Hold the spoon, please.

Two Weeks

Two weeks old today. It seems like he's been here much longer!

Irony

How ironic is it that after 20 minutes of me telling the girls to settle down their dancing before someone got hurt...Mimi ran her own face into a corner, while reaching for a book? Poor thing.

Workbooking

Our girl Ernie has been crazy busy with her workbooks lately- math, scissor cutting, money counting, time telling, phonics, penmanship, and simple coloring....she's done it all. For nearly two weeks solid. Man alive, that girl can focus!

(She finally looked up Friday morning, and asked if she could play with a friend. YES!! We had a nice day visiting her cousins.)

Letters Between Cousins

Aunt LoLo-
Am I going to see you tomorrow on Thursday? When MW finds the silver clipper, and the red leash, don't lose it again. But when you find it, send me a letter to help me know.
ernie

Ernie,
I think I lost it again. Maybe next time.
~MW

MW-
That's OK if you lose them again, but when you find them keep them on your dresser.
-Your cousin
ernie


Ernie -
When I find them, I'll give them to you.
~MW

The Many Faces

The many faces of not-quite-awake Baby

40 Weeks

Whoops, forgot to post this!

40 weeks




I think....he's still dropping!

Here's 38 weeks


and 39 weeks

Still Making Jewelry

She cut her own string this morning during my piano lessons- she wanted a necklace, or a crown if it was too short.  Girlfriend, you've got enough there for a jump rope!

When I pointed out an hour into her beading that she *might* run out of beads before she ran out of string, and she would have to take apart some jewelry if she wanted to make any more necklaces, she ran and got the scissors to cut it RIGHT NOW!  Hee Hee.  She had beaded just enough to make a perfect necklace for herself.



(I'm on the lookout for MORE chunky beads- these are leftovers from my little sister's childhood.  They're big, plastic, chunky Lisa Frank beads.  They're big enough that they never really make a mess with them.)

Post Cookie

$1.75

For a buck seventy-five, we've had 3 days of latex-fueled fun.









The only problem is that the kids wanted BIG balloons, so I blew them up big...there have been more than a few scares and tears as balloons spontaneously explode all over the house!  They've both been on shrapnel-recovery duty, getting all the scraps into the garbage bin.