Sping Time

Say Hey Team, sorry i haven't updated the blog in so long. Tilly is in the bows. she's into bows lately. They are at the Arboretum with their friend Piper. The doggy door is at my parent's house in SA. ...and Parents of the Year go to..... Mom, we sent you many of these pictures so check the mail. According to House Bill 342 if they arrive on Tuesday, then that counts as your birthday present.

Hey Everyone,

Not much to report, but we had a great and happy weekend, which in itself is pretty amazing. I would say we had very few tantrums and relatively minor explosions. progress. Here's a video that I just had to put up for my dad. He loves to tell people that I learned how to do laundry when I had to climb up on the top of the machine to turn the dial. This here's a start and they beg to do it.

Snow Day

here are some pics and a video from today and this week. Briefly, that's Tilly in the dark pink hat and Ellie in the light pink, except Ellie is wearing the darker hat in the picture where she's pointing her head up (I said "Show me your face.) Ellie building the animal train and I can't remember who's in the basket. They were both playing that game. I think it's Ellie, but they were both playing it.

Show Time at the Apollo

Two videos for your enjoyment. The first is of the ladies playing "library" they check books out to each other then take them places and then recheck them out again. Listen for Ellie saying "beep" when the book goes under the 'scanner' then "here go" and she'll hand them to Tilly. The video also contains them spinning, which is one of their favorites (Abby constantly has to remind them to take a berak and let their heads rest). Something for everyone in that video, high brow and low brow. The second video is long, so be warned and it is of the girls putting on shows for each other on this plastic organizational tub.

NO, Davidand Jibber Jab

Hey, here's 2 quick videos. The first is of Ellie reading No, David by David Shannon. She'll tell you what's happening on each page. In the video she tells you that he's "getting the cookies" that he has "mud on him" and that he's "him naked" that's her favorite page by the way and "That too loud". The book is about David being bad, if you didn't guess. The author states in the afterward that "yes" is a beautiful word, but it doesn't keep crayon off the wall.

The next one is Tilly. I've entitled it "jibber-jabber" she kept coming and telling me things. You might hear "baby sleeping" and "Books". This is one of their favorite activities, that is going from Abby to me and relaying "messages" sometimes Abby will actually ask them to ask me something that needs a real answer like "how long before dinner's ready?" If they were UPS i'd demand a refund.

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.