Pictures with all the updates

Oh, the happy little egg-hunters: Aubree, Ezra, Adelynne, and... Amy.
I'm not sure.

Yes, she is crying.  Result of not getting a nap.  She spilled her eggs and has a melt down.
A happy moment, but oh so close to yet another melt down. 

Funny story: after church on Sunday, Dustin buckled the girls up in the car, and Amy demanded a snack.  We have church at 1pm-right at Amy's nap time, so Sunday she goes without a nap.  (It makes for a very rough day).  Anyway, on the drive home Amy was so hungry AND tired.  You can see in the picture that her eyes are shut-she is falling asleep-but at the same time putting crackers in her mouth.  She got two crackers in her mouth, and before the third cracker made it she had completely fallen asleep.  I guess she can't prioritize between food and sleep.  All in good time baby, all in good time.                                            (Adelynne is just being silly).
When we made it home, Amy was startled awake for a split second and she lifted her head up in a sleepy haze.  There was drool running down her chin, and Dustin caught a glimpse of an entire cracker in Amy's mouth, not chewed.  Oh, funny girl.  
These were the pictures I could get of the girls before church on Easter Sunday.  Needless to say, I was a very frustrated mommy.  The girls were still beautiful in their dresses made by my mom.  We got the dresses on Thursday and every morning after that Adelynne asked, "Is it Sunday?" because she knew she would get to wear it to church. 
Amy, running from the camera.  Grrrr.  

Our first at home, family Easter egg dying event. That's right, I have always left it up to community activities or other family and friends to give my children the experience of dying Easter eggs. But I think we'll do this at home every year from now on. The girls had so much fun, we just didn't have enough eggs! Amy didn't like taking the eggs out of the dye, and Adelynne couldn't wait to get them out.

The finished product, our beautiful eggs.  
Amy woke up one morning and wanted to put on the Tigger costume.  She was so happy and cute... until I got out the camera.  I had to snap some pictures because I think she'll be too big for this costume very soon.  
Amy loves to read books, and I had to capture this moment of Daddy reading to her.  


I sketched the dragon body and Adelynne filled in all of the details. I think she did a pretty AWESOME job. Look closely at all the details.  Those are little people (with mohawks-that's how Adelynne draws the hair on her people) burning in the fire of the dragon.  Heehee.
Adelynne went to play at Aubree's house and came home with her own pair of fairy wings, which she LOVED and protected carefully.  She also got this cute new dress from Once Upon a Child.  (It's a great store that Adelynne affectionately calls, "The toy store.")
A close up of my adorable little fairy princess.
I also found an adorable vest for Amy at "The toy store" (and it was brand new)!  
Amy thinks she is such a big girl.  She constantly says, "I do it, I self! Self! Self!"

Adelynne's new interest is ballet. We checked out this "ballet class" movie from the library, and Adelynne likes to put on her leotard and tutu and dance like the little girls on the movie. It is SO cute. She also likes to dance along with other movies when there is music playing. She constantly reminds me that she does not have ballerina shoes yet. Yet.
I had to capture these pictures of Amy running around naked, minus the hat, and carrying a foam sword.  This girl just likes to toot her own horn.  I hope that I can laugh at all of the adventures she is going to send me on as she grows up!
This is a another funny, naked pose.  Heehee.
Dancing and dressing up with friends. These girls love to dress up and DANCE!
Here are Aubree and Adelynne in their "wedding dresses."  (The veils and tiaras).  Heehee.  

I've been needing to post some pictures, so here they are, finally.

Aladdin causes distress

First, some history: growing up I loved to watch a good "chick flick."  I loved the happy endings with the girl getting the amazing guy.  And my favorite part of the movie was the magical kiss to give it that perfect and necessary ending.  My mother will be my witness to this account, but the first time I ever watched Sleepless in Seattle, I was completely captivated until the very end, when the movie fades away into the night sky BEFORE you see Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan kiss.  I started yelling about how stupid the movie was because they didn't kiss.  My mom was in the other room and was quite startled by my shouts of disappointment and rage.  

Well, tonight I witnessed Adelynne do practically the same thing as I did those many years ago. We borrowed the movie Aladdin from our friends, and Adelynne was enjoying the movie      immensely.... until the end when Jasmine and Aladdin sing their reprise of "A Whole New World" as they fly off into the sky.  And then the credits begin and Adelynne began yelling, "They didn't get married!  Why didn't they get married?  I didn't see them get married, they're not married yet!  Why didn't they get married?"  Adelynne has quite recently become interested in the getting married process.  She notices wedding pictures at other people's homes and when the princess and prince get married at the end of a movie.  A while ago she had just finished watching "Ella Enchanted," and she went to her dress-up box and sat down and started pouting.  When I asked her what was wrong she told me that she didn't have a "married dress" to wear.  Ah, the troubles of a three-year-old going on 25 (that's how old she'll be when she gets married, right)?  

some old man

I was at Sam's club with the girls this morning, and some old man pulled off his hat and looked at Amy and said, (in a joking tone), "hey boy, do you want to share some hair with me?"  Amy smiled at him, as did I.  Amy was wearing a PINK coat.  It really didn't bother me that much because it happens frequently.  Actually, this is the first time she has been mistaken for a boy since I shaved her head.  What annoyed me the most was when I kindly pointed out that Amy was a girl to the old man, he grumbled under his breath, "Well, its hard to tell with that hair cut."  

Grrrr.  That's right, I'm growling.  He would have said the same thing if I had never shaved Amy's head.  

Today's News

1. I bought a big bag of children's books for $2 at the library.

2. Adelynne went to the doctor, again.

3. We finally got a library card for the Tipacanoe library.  We checked out 3 items (because that's all they allow on your first check out).  I had an entire stack of books and videos that I wanted but couldn't check out.  Sad.

4. Adelynne went to the hospital lab for a blood draw.  She cried, screamed, bawled.  It was really sad to hold my crying child.  She recovered pretty quickly after the nurse offered her 3 barbie princess stickers.  Aren't stickers a life-saver?

5. Amy pooped in the potty, again!

6. I'm really tired, but SO anxious for volley ball tomorrow night!  Yippee!

I did it

I did it. I shaved Amy's head


I know, and I just started doing pigtails in her hair. Its something I've been saying that I want to do since before Christmas, but I just didn't have the guts to do it. But these odd little wisps of hair have been starting to bug me. And last night when she got out of the bathtub she had two strands of hair running down her forehead touching her eyebrows. It was driving me crazy. So I got out the clippers. Actually, our clippers are broken, so I used a beard trimmer and held on the attachment from the clippers. It worked. I think I'm crazy for doing it. She's going to be 2 next month and I shaved off her hair. Crazy. But its not like it was all that much hair, just enough to fill my fist. No more pigtails. I wonder how long it will take to grow back.

Spring Break

Last week being spring break for Purdue and all, I thought we'd take some family time to go down to the Indianapolis zoo on one day, and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on another day-we did have all week. It was great to have Dustin home all week, and take time off of school to just relax. I was definitely able to relax more with him home. Here's some pictures from our day trips:

In the car on the way to the zoo.  It was a beautiful, sunny day, perfect for being outside.

She just cracks me up!

Adelynne being silly in the car

I love pictures of the girls looking in the glass

Amy being cute at the dolphin show

Dustin and Adelynne at the dolphin show
Tracy and Amy at the dolphin show
Wow.  (She was impressed)
At the museum:

dragon & dragon-slayer

dragon-slayer re-incarnated to daddy dragon

really cool dragon made of legos

they love to read together

"mom, we're busy."

have to get them all

digging for dinosaurs

Just beautiful

The new ride

I have wanted a double jogging stroller for as long as I have had two kids, and almost two years later... ta da! I lOVE IT! Why do I love it?
-I can push it with one hand if I need to
-I can push it off the sidewalk onto the grass easily (if I need to go around someone)
-It goes off road soooo nicely
-It has lots of basket/storage room for the things I just can't do without
-It has a nice BIG shade cover for the girls
-It collapses easily and I can take the wheels off and on simply for more compact travel
-It just feels good

Playing at the Park

Having fun on the seesaw

Completely candid shots of daddy and daughter:

They have the same expression on their faces-oh it makes me laugh.

My girls:

so cute!

Can I say how much I love my new camera?!

Another first for Amy

On Sunday Amy "let" me put pigtails in her hair for church. She told me it was her turn for me to do her hair, once Adelynne was done getting her hair done, so I decided to attempt pigtails. And I squeaked them in, and yes there were tears, but hey, she's just not used to having her hair done! She'll be two in a little over a month, and she finally had her hair done. Its about time!

Milestones captured in silent pictures

Just before going to bed Amy stripped off her pajamas, and came to me saying, "potty, potty."  Now, Amy has sat on the potty plenty of times, but has never actually gone potty.  But I like to indulge her in this practice as often as possible for obvious reasons.  So I asked her if she wanted to go potty, and she said, "yesh."  So I took off her diaper and off she ran to the bathroom.  I followed closely behind her, and when she got to the bathroom she went straight to the toilet instead of the little potty chair.  She opened the toilet lid and said, "big potty."  So I put the child sized toilet seat on top of the toilet and sat her on it.  She wasn't there more than 5 seconds before she started saying, "all done," and grunting and pointing towards the toilet paper while saying "self, self!"  I told her she couldn't have any paper unless she went pee pee.  So I thought she'd get off the toilet or just protest my statement, but instead she sat there and within another 20 seconds or so, I hear little tinkling in the toilet!  I couldn't believe it!  I started cheering for her and she got so excited.  Then she proclaimed she was done and asked for the toilet paper again, which of course I gave her without hesitation.  Then she continued sitting and I asked her if she was done.  She said no and continued sitting.  I just thought she was delaying bed time, but I continued to indulge her anyway.  After a minute or so, she started saying, "squeeze, squeeze," and sucking in her tummy.  This is what Dustin and I do to help show her how to go on the potty.  Then, to my complete surprise, I could hear poopy sounds!  I am so happy and surprised.  Amy did her duty and was quite proud of herself.  In the meantime, I started snapping pictures of Amy's triumphant moments, and each time I turned off the camera, Amy would say, "more pictures."  So I ended up with more pictures of her on the toilet than anyone would care to see, but she was hilarious.  I have no idea what she was saying, but she was "talking" to me about who knows what.  Well, thanks for enduring the potty talk! 

This kid is hilarious!

Bath time Beauties

I HAVE A NEW CAMERA!! I just got it today, so naturally I have been snapping photos like crazy-but its so fun! I know my enthusiasm will taper off, but for now, I hope you enjoy these beautiful babies of mine.

Moments of: shoving wash clothes in the mouth, eating bubbles, laughing, giving bubbly kisses, laughing, spitting out bubbles, fun in the tub.

My Prince Did Come....His Name is Daddy

Once upon a time, Adelynne wanted to play dress-up on a Sunday evening, but she could not get her little sister to cooperate.  So Daddy volunteered to play with her, and you never saw a happier princess... especially when Daddy came dressed to the ball as a prince!  Daddy was adorned with a cape, crown, and a sword.  Unfortunately, he could not be convinced to wear tights. Nevertheless, Adelynne's face was full of admiration and joy for her wonderful Daddy.  



The prince and princess danced the night away, until the evil fairy, with her own sword in hand, came to fight the prince. Their swords clashed and clanged, (as much as foam swords can), and the princess was terrified for the life of her handsome prince. But then, much to everyone's relief, the evil fairy was soon distracted and began to beat on the photographer with her sword. The dancing commenced, and they all lived happily ever after. (Even the photographer).

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

The End

Adorable Amy

Amy at the computer

Every Sunday we have i-chat/webcam with my parents.  We sometimes put the computer down on the girls' little table.  One evening we happened to leave it there after we were done chatting, and Amy had a good time playing on the computer.  I think she must have been feeling like a real grown up the way she handled that mouse.  She also did some fancy work on the computer too, it took Dustin a while to undo the mess she created!