Monday, November 23, 2009

Cutie Pie


This picture is not staged. On very rare occasions, Juliet asks to have a book in her crib at nap time. Typically, she sleeps with her stuffed animals "Woofie" and "Baa-bie" and her blanket. She must have fallen asleep reading the book, and I could not resist taking a picture!


After several tries, I finally got Juliet to give me a cute smile (rather than a silly one).
Today, the girls and I went to "Once Upon A Child" to find a few "new" toys for the car-ride to Green Bay this weekend. We did not find too many toys, but the girls discovered the ball pit that they have there. It is a very small ball pit created by half-walls built into a small square and filled with balls. The girls played in there for an hour, and I had to drag them out of there. (Yes, I know that the ball pit was probably H1N1 hot-zone central, but how could I deny them that fun????).
I also found some adorable dresses for Christmas. The girls insisted on wearing them all afternoon, pretending to be princesses. They spent hours twirling around the house and fluffing their fancy gowns. It was a good day.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Moments Like These...


I was making dinner in the kitchen and peeked around the corner to see what the girls were up to. I had heard Sophia reading books out-loud. She loves to pretend to be the "teacher" and face the book outward. Usually, her "students" are her stuffed animals or her mommy and daddy. Today, however, I saw this sweet scene of Sophia telling Juliet the book while she quietly listened. Moments like these I wish I could bottle-up forever.