Family Pictures on Christmas # 1

Grandpa and Grandma came the week before Christmas. They got a new keyboard and ride on toy/scooter. Spoiled.

Snow!

It snowed about 3 inches today. I asked Angela to take bundle them up after naps in their gear and let them play in the snow. Evelyn was not amused and had to be held the whole time. She chanted "no snow." Sylvia was up for it an even tried to make a snow angel. This weekend, she said a lot of "snow, white," "snow, cold." Sooo cute. BTW, our friends' with twins gave us the gear; we don't dress the girls' alike, as you know.

Library Cards

The girls love the read! They go to the library at least once a week to get new books and read in the reading room or go to a fun library sponsored program (this week they went to one about gingerbread men and made one!). Angela got them library cards today! They were very excited! Such big girls!

Fun Crafts with La La

The girls have been making all sorts of crafts lately. Last week alone, they made snowman oraments, holiday cards and sticker collages. Here are a few pictures Angela sent to us at work. Notice how they are holding hands. So very, very cute! They kiss each other good night and it makes me almost cry everytime.

Hollywood!

Angela sends this to us at work with a message "Little Miss Hollywood." They were at playgroup today and Evelyns second favorite Mommy is our friend, Kathy. We used to joke that Evelyn and Finn (Kathy's son) will get married someday. Evelyn is one day older than Finn.

Beans!

Evelyn loves beans. She dug right into this can of refried beans on evening...gross!

Sisters

The girls can now say sisters. We point and say "who's that?" they reply "sister."

Balance Balls

They love to bouce on their balls and are pretty good at it, but they always fall over.

Zipppers

The girls are so super cute these days, kissing, holding hands, zipping each other's zippers.

Tots in Baskets

The girls' playroom has been redone and the girls have already discovered how to easily break their new baskets. This is a major no-no.

Cutie in Front of the Tree

Sylvia is very festive with her snowman pjs and holiday music book in front of the tree.

Holiday Festivities

We went to the National Harbor for their holiday celebration. We went to dinner, saw awesome decorations, road a choo-choo train, and visited Santa. Their favorite words are "Tan-ta" (they can't say ssss's yet) and Tree (teee). Daddy had a bad day at work, can you tell?

2 Word Phrases

This afternoon, we were coming home and I was feeding the girls crackers to keep them happy because it was past their lunchtime. Evelyn said "Mo crak-er". She said it over and over. The weekend continued with "Hi Santa," "new too-too (toothbrush)." The list continues. Sylvia picked up on it too and said the same ones and a few others.

Painting

The girls are totally into crafts. Coloring, painting, using a pen to make beautiful artwork on our ottoman (yes, resolve is a wonderful thing!).

Climbing Stairs

The girls are getting better at climbing low stairs without holding onto a railing. They can do down/up normal height stairs by holding onto the wall. However, once you think they are good, they can still fall. Evelyn was crawling up the stairs the other night and fell down four steps. She busted her lip, but otherwise she was fine. She's one tough cookie!

Pie

When grandparents are here, all rules are out the window. Like eating PIE on the FLOOR of my FAMILY ROOM RIGHT BEFORE BEDTIME! They love pie (it was apple and pumpkin so not too terribly bad and they were homemade and delicious -- thanks Grandma Debi) and it was their favorite word over Thanksgiving weekend. I know, loosen up, Mommy!

iPAD

The girls LOVE their iPad and Sylvia is a very good sharer.

Harmonica

I gave David a harmonica a few years ago for Christmas (stocking stuffer). I keep it in the stocking. The girls loved playing it.

Museum

We went to the National Museum of Natural History and had a blast in the butterfly exhibit and running around.

More Recent Pictures, Continued

Continued thanksgiving pictures.

Lots of Pictures from Recent Fun Times

Thankgiving with Grandpa, Grandma Debi and her Mother (Gloria) [Evelyn was attached to Gloria the entire weekend}, fingerpainting, and putting up the tree.

Pie

Lots of discussion of pie this Thanksgiving.

Evelyn's Words

Evelyn uses a lot of words, here are just a few.