Big Girl Beds

Hey Hey Everybody,

Sorry about the lack of updates. No excuse. No reasonable one that is. The big news is that the ladies got their "big girl" beds this weekend. So far it has gone reasonably well. A little crying and banging on the door, but really they've been great. Slept till 8:10 this morning, that's not bad. Sunday night, however, they decided to have a slumber party. Finally after two hours of laughing, talking, clapping, and playing in their room, they both start crying at 9:00. We went in to find 15 books spread out all over their beds and their new babies tucked in on the pillows that should have held their angelic sleepy heads. The last picture is of the proof. Anyway, they are really proud of their new beds.
pics: Tilly is the first one with the blocks and Ellie is the in the other two (pretty awesome towers)
Tilly is in pink PJs and Ellie in brown cereal. In the dress up, Ellie is on the left of Eisley. Then it's Tilly in the monkey and Ellie in the cat pattern wearing my homemade Quaker hat.

Milkshakes for Baby Jesus

Hey Blogtrotters,

Quite a few things to report this entry, most importantly, we finally purchased, received and built the playhouse the girls got for their birthday. They absolutely LOVE it. They spent the entire day outside except for naps and meals. Thanks to everyone who donated to the fund, especially Aunt Cherrie and Uncle Kenneth. Thanks to the Schweers (Smears?) for helping build it. Why wait, right Jamie? Good idea.
The ladies have been having a good time with the sand box lately too. Mostly Tilly spends 10 minutes filling a large cup with sand, then tells everyone who'll listen that it's a milkshake and it's hot and you have to blow on it. Then, because she's a generous soul, goes to give the concoction to the baby (the statue of baby Jesus and Mary). This entails dumping about a pound of sand on the young Lord.
Ellie and Tilly have been in great moods lately. When their not throwing the biggest tantrum they can muster, they are being as endearing as humanly possible. Their sassy little hair cuts from NeNe only add to it.
Ellie in the owl hat and Tilly is wearing her "lion" jacket. See the last picture for why she calls it that.
one video is girls "shooing" Sirus away (and him ignoring), the other is the girls learning to cook.

Pumpkin Time

Say Hey,

We went to the arboretum yesterday. It was raining at first, but then it cleared up a bit. As always Tilly is in the yellow slicker and Ellie in the pink. Then Tilly has the purple necklace on the entire time and Ellie has the bear in her pocket (although Tilly dose have a bear for some of the pictures.) Enjoy

Say Hey People of the Blog (the unsuccessful sequel to People of the Book),

The first two are from the first day of pre-pre school. Tilly is in blue/Ellie in white owls. The rest are from today. By the way, the 80's and 90's are back! Ellie has on purple hair ties and Tilly has pink. I realize that is almost no help at all, so sorry. I know that's Tilly holding the card and Ellie with the Flip camera. And Tills on the turtle. Tilly no longer wants me to take her picture "no cheese, no cheese" she yells at me. So there may be more Tillys pictures for a while.
The ladies are still in the throws of the terrible 2's. Perhaps it's the terrible 4's since there are 2 of them. Either way they are enjoying throwing tantrums and yelling at me. Their favorite new phrase is "Mama do it." Here's a typical conversation. Abby: "Girls can you pick up your crayons?" E and T: "Mama do it." Let's hope Romo throws 3 TDs today, I need the points.

Say Hey Blogtrotters, Lots of picks today. The first 4 are of our hallway. Abby and I have been painting in the evenings for the past couple of weeks. Each animal takes a long time to complete. The rest are of the ladies at the Arboretum. It was the first time in a long time it has been bearable outside. Tilly is in brown and Ellie in pink. That boy is their friend Brandt, who always riles them up, or perhaps we rile him up, either way Exhibit A is the video. Oh, and that's Till pledging allegiance on the bus. (The ladies plus Brandt rode the bus and had a great time.)