grae

So Grae was playing with his Playmobil's with Lauren the other day. Lauren's playmobil was the pretty princess in need of rescuing and Grae's the brave knight.

"Help, help me, oh brave knight." said pretty princess.

"No, I need to rescue someone prettier." said the not so gallant knight.

We're so proud.

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Grae walked into my office and laid his head down on the chair beside me. He looked sleepy and I told him to go take a nap in my bed.

"I'm not tired." he said.

I beg to differ.

my prodigy

hamburgers

Ava and I discovered an amazing baking blog and poured over it for about 1 hour. She decided she must make these.

Oh my were they good. I don't like cake as a general rule but love brownies. So I forced myself to try one and ended up eating two. They are low carb...yes they are...look at that burger.

Please excuse my photo skills. They pale in comparison to Bakerella.



The girl who made them.

happy birthday

Today is Molly's birthday. She's 2 (or 3 if you ask her).



I must admit that when I found out I was having another girl, I was depressed. I really wanted another boy. However, Molly is pretty fun. She's a firecracker and loud. Boy can that girl yell.

She currently has an obsession with babies. She would have 400 dolls if we let her. She is also fond of calling all children under the age of 6 "babies" and tries to take care of them. They ususally run away from her.

She's extremely shy around other people but at home she bosses everyone around. It's pretty cute actually (unless you are the one being bossed I suppose).

Ellie adores her and Grae likes playing with her as well. I'm glad that God decided to give her to us.

Happy Birthday Moll-o.

redo

We are currently redoing the front yard. I have never liked the fence and it was rotting. On Memorial Day weekend we took down the fence. Each of the girls loved grabbing a hammer and wacking off the fence posts.




We don't have the purple shutters anymore, thank goodness.

In process:

Grae & his Mii

growing up...

Ellie had two loose teeth. I know, how can she be old enough for that. She'll be 6 next week but still...

We were at the grocery store last night when she showed me her tooth was about to fall out. I was a little alarmed and told her to shut her mouth and to not pull it out right there. Since our tradition is to let the newly toothless person pick out whichever ice cream they fancied, we made our way to that isle. She chose Chocolate Brownie. Good choice I think.

After we put the groceries away, I gave Ellie the thumbs up to yank out her tooth. She was a little squeamish so her Dad came to the rescue. There was much rejoicing. I'm not sure if the enthusiasm was for Ellie or the ice cream. Since I'm working out and low carbing I brushed my teeth before the ice cream was served so I wouldn't be tempted. Worked great!


In all her glory. Sorry for the blood.

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In other news, Grae (aka Spiderman, aka Peter Parker, aka Ironman) made an astute observation the other day. He remarked to his sisters that he had better go potty now because "it is hard to climb walls holding your p3nis." Well said young man.

tired

I don't know how Grae slept through piano lessons but he did. He fell asleep on the couch which is right next to the piano. Oh yeah, we bought a used piano for $200. The girls are taking lessons once a week.