Say Hey Blogtrotters,

We just got back from San Antonio (Let's hope for another great draft tonight). The ladies had a great time. Cousin/uncle Chris is with us now. The girls are learning more and more words and are able to express themselves much more fluently.

Pics: The first picture is little James (3 years old and so precious!) Ellie is wearing my frog overalls and Tilly is in the duck suit. there is a squeaker in the duck and family lore has it that I came home from pre-school one day bruised in the chest from so many kids squeaking my shirt.

The girls are then playing "hug" which translates roughly to "tackle and push down the other, while laughing" if you set them apart and say "Huuuuuug" then they run at each other looking for the take down.

Ellie is kissing the kimono dragon, Tilly is drinking, I think that's Till in the bathing suit and again alone in the pink Nana shirt.

Video: Tilly on the floor "sleeping" and Ellie bringing her books.

Do you need some protien?

Say Hey Blogtrotters,

So it turns out we were being racially insensitive in the last blog. We didn't know that Ellie's gibberish was a slur, so I censored the last entry.

Here's a wonderful video meant mostly for my family. Sheila will you please make sure Katherine sees this? Turns out both babies need a peanut butter spoon!!

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Say Hey Blogtrotters,

Ellie now says "Thank you CENSORED". I don't know what a CENSOREDis but I have a deep desire that one day I will read a cheap Sci-Fi book where the line "Thank you CENSORED" is uttered at the denouement. The ladies when to the new Safari thing at the Dallas Zoo with the Schweers. Apparently it was AWESOME. So many baby giraffes! And you can feed them. (only 5 dollars for a piece of lettuce. That rivals the 1 dollar sugar water at the SA Zoo). Theresa Tiggeman, you should come up and see these giraffes and other animal type things.

pics: babies. (Tilly in necklaces, if you can see them.) And Ellie is holding Eisley's hand.

"Pockets" and Reading

Say Hey Blogtrotters,

The good moods continue. The good times continue as well. The girls are happy and cuddly and having a wild time. Ellie has begun to say "I saw-we" (I'm sorry). All the time. It's really cute and pathetic. She is teaching Tilly to say it also. Ellie has also learned how to make all check-out clerks in the metroplex love her by saying "tank you" to them. Oh, babies.

Pics: LOOK AT THESE PICTURES!! These are the hats Chris crocheted for them last year and I have been trying to get a good picture of them wearing them for a year and a half. So any way, here they are. Ellie is in the mouse (both girls call it an owl) and Tilly is in the lion.

That's Tilly reading to her animals.
Videos: The first one is Tilly putting her phone in her "pocket." That's all I'll say. The second video is the girls reading books to themselves. They've been doing it lately and it's really cute. It lasts 5 minuets and it's all pretty much the same so don't feel like you have to watch it all, but feel free to.

Say Hey Blogtrotters,

These are mostly pics from the weekend that Abby had her open heart surgery. In the first group I think Tilly is in the pink and Ellie in the stripes. In the middle their both wearing the same thing, so one is Tilly and the other is Ellie, or if you prefer, one is Ellie and the other is Tilly. (Tilly was happy all weekend and Ellie was in a funk so you can take that into consideration.) The last group Tilly is wearing monkey gear and Ellie isn't. The dog is Cher, of the next door neighbor's Sonny and Cher. The girls absolutely love the boo dogs. Ellie is learning to say "Boo dog". cute. Oh, the video is the girls being wild, not "gone wild" mind you.

Ye Olde Pizza Stand

Say Hey Blogtrotters and Weirdos,

We went to the Renaissance Faire yesterday with good neighbor Frank. Lots of weirdos. Good times though. The girls saw a lot of horses. They like horses. We had to drag them away from Ye Olde Petting Zoo. They girls have been super happy and wild lately. Their vocabs have really exploded, too. Abby has recently tried to write down all the words they know. According to http://www.mychildsagenius.com/ our children are geniuses. You only have to pay 9.99 to get a certificate.

At the Ren. Faire Tilly is in the purple tutu plus leggings and Ellie is in pink. The black goat kept chewing on their tutus after we ran out of carrots. The sloth is from aquarium. At the NICU reunion picnic Ellie is again in pink and Tilly in blue.

Hey Blogtrotters,

Here's a video montage. A good 80's montage is the only way to get some things done.