The Zoo

If anyone needs their shoes tied...

2012-02-10T16:35:00.002-06:00

...Meg's got mad skills!

All The Rage Today: Embroidery

2012-02-10T15:29:00.002-06:00

Meg's project.

Grace's project.

Meg's Cake

2012-02-05T20:51:00.005-06:00

For her birthday, Meggy wanted a rainbow cake.

So we made a rainbow cake!

This is what it looks like.

And this is the inside!

This is what it looked like while being eaten.
Meg liked it.

A Bit of Bets

2012-02-05T20:49:00.002-06:00

Betsy and Mimi

2012-02-05T20:48:00.001-06:00

What a hoot.

2012-01-30T08:53:00.002-06:00

What A Champ!

2012-01-20T16:44:00.002-06:00

Bets

2012-01-19T19:21:00.003-06:00

Meg Rose

2012-01-19T15:37:00.005-06:00

Here's Meg, just as cute as can be.

Meg and Bets

2012-01-19T15:35:00.002-06:00

4 Girls

2012-01-19T15:33:00.001-06:00

This Kid...

2012-01-18T21:30:00.002-06:00

We love this kid.

Meg's Masterpiece

2012-01-18T10:01:00.000-06:00

Meggy made this for Mama's birthday. Mama *loves* it.

We made Mama's birthday tacos!

2012-01-12T19:47:00.005-06:00

AK

2012-01-12T19:44:00.001-06:00

Meggy

2012-01-12T19:42:00.003-06:00

A smile with holes in it.

2012-01-12T19:40:00.003-06:00

Mama's going to text the tooth fairy to let her know...

Somersault Factory

2012-01-10T18:08:00.002-06:00

This is what we like to do after we've tidied up our room:

Good Buddies

2012-01-07T20:34:00.000-06:00

Sweet Baby

2011-12-30T18:27:00.002-06:00

Anna at the Park

2011-12-30T18:23:00.002-06:00

Christmas Picture Failure

2011-12-27T19:48:00.009-06:00

We started with this... so far, so good.

Just short one kid...

....who didn't want to wear her Christmas dress OR be in any Christmas pictures, thank you very much.

So we wound up with this.
Merry Christmas.

Christmasy Big Girls

2011-12-27T17:27:00.001-06:00

Meg and Bets

2011-12-27T17:25:00.001-06:00

Christmasy Betsy

2011-12-27T17:23:00.002-06:00

Christmasy Grace

2011-12-27T17:20:00.001-06:00

Betsy's Santa Hat

2011-12-27T17:17:00.003-06:00

Mama has been putting this hat on Bets for weeks -- and Betsy doesn't even complain.

Meg reads you some books.

2011-12-21T13:45:00.003-06:00

Mad Bear - Meg

2011-12-05T21:06:00.002-06:00

Sweets

2011-12-05T21:06:00.001-06:00

Anna

2011-12-01T21:09:00.002-06:00

Bets cuddling with Daddy

2011-12-01T21:08:00.001-06:00

A Photo Series

2011-12-01T15:27:00.003-06:00

This set reminded us of an older version, too.

Another Betsy picture

2011-11-30T17:12:00.003-06:00

We love this girl

2011-11-30T17:08:00.001-06:00

A hilarious joke

2011-11-29T20:40:00.003-06:00

Lost: my tooth

2011-11-29T20:39:00.002-06:00

Anna Loves Ella

2011-11-16T09:03:00.002-06:00

Sweet Meg with Sweet Bets

2011-11-16T09:00:00.002-06:00

Meg and Anna

2011-11-09T17:48:00.002-06:00

All Four

2011-11-02T08:03:00.000-05:00

Two Heads

2011-10-13T15:12:00.000-05:00

Feet

2011-10-13T15:06:00.001-05:00

Sweet Grace

2011-10-13T15:04:00.001-05:00

A 3-pack

2011-10-13T15:03:00.002-05:00

Anna

2011-10-13T15:00:00.003-05:00

Waaaah!

2011-10-13T14:59:00.002-05:00

Betsy is even cute when she cries, which isn't hardly ever.

Anna's Most Favorite

2011-10-06T19:39:00.003-05:00

Sewing

2011-10-06T19:36:00.000-05:00

Zzzzzzz...

2011-10-06T19:35:00.000-05:00

Anna and Bets

2011-10-06T19:29:00.000-05:00

Sacked Out

2011-10-06T19:26:00.002-05:00

Mister's Visit

2011-09-27T15:31:00.001-05:00

Sisters 1 & 2

2011-09-27T15:30:00.002-05:00

Sisters 3 & 4

2011-09-27T15:29:00.001-05:00

All-Day Bedhead

2011-09-27T15:27:00.002-05:00

Betsy Joy

2011-09-25T19:24:00.001-05:00

Smiley Grace

2011-09-25T19:21:00.002-05:00

Gappy

2011-09-21T10:47:00.003-05:00

I hope the tooth fairy will accept a "whoops, I lost my tooth because I
wouldn't leave it in the cute little envelope my mama made" note *again*.

A Betsy Nap

2011-09-15T13:13:00.003-05:00

Our New Girl

2011-09-10T11:27:00.002-05:00

Betsy's Bun

2011-09-10T11:26:00.001-05:00

Betsy is a lucky baby...

2011-09-10T11:20:00.002-05:00

... not everybody has a bunch of sweet sisters to snoogle with.

Elizabeth Joy

2011-09-10T11:14:00.002-05:00

We're in here somewhere...

2011-09-06T13:39:00.002-05:00

Me and Meg

2011-08-27T20:34:00.003-05:00

Mama made these dresses.

First Day of School

2011-08-27T20:27:00.004-05:00

School started last week, and so far it's great! Mama took a bunch of pictures. Here are a couple:

Last year's first day of school picture is here.

The Reading Spot, In Action

2011-08-20T18:03:00.003-05:00

Bunk Beds!

2011-08-20T10:20:00.004-05:00

Daddy made us some super bunk beds! He started with this:

And then he worked and worked and worked and turned that into this:

Isn't that great!? Meggy sleeps upstairs on the left, I sleep upstairs on the right, and Anna Kate sleeps downstairs beneath me.

Under Meg's bunk is a cozy reading spot with a curtain and some lights underneath. Sweet.

Our daddy rules.

Meg

2011-08-15T16:57:00.001-05:00

It's hot, but she's cool.

2011-08-15T16:55:00.000-05:00

This is what we do...

2011-08-15T16:53:00.001-05:00

... when we're in an elevator without other people. Why? We don't know, it's just what we do.

Just the Facts, Ma'am

2011-07-28T09:57:00.002-05:00

Anna Kate had her well-child doc visit yesterday. She's well.

She's 34 1/2" tall, which lands in the 75th percentile for her age.

She plus Ella the Elephant weigh 28 pounds, also in the 75th percentile.

And Anna Kate's head is still bigger than the other heads on the growth chart.

Anna's doc said she doesn't have to come in for the 2.5 year check-up because she's already met all the developmental stuff they look at for that visit. Anna was glad to hear that, because she really doesn't enjoy the doctor's office.

AK

2011-07-25T09:49:00.002-05:00

The Boot Cup

2011-07-25T09:47:00.003-05:00

This is Anna Kate, drinking from the Boot Cup. The Boot Cup is
Mimi and Pa's, and we all take turns using it. It's really great.

Anna's Guys

2011-07-25T09:44:00.002-05:00

Anna Kate *loves* Lego guys.

Anna Kate turned 2!

2011-07-25T09:40:00.002-05:00

Honk! Honk!

2011-07-25T09:37:00.002-05:00

Not to be deterred by not understanding the honkers, Anna Kate made her own sound effects.

104 degrees for the millionth day in a row.

2011-07-13T16:50:00.005-05:00

Sweet Sisters

2011-07-11T11:53:00.001-05:00

Diving Board Girls!

2011-07-08T12:16:00.002-05:00

We've been jumping off the diving board! It's SO FUN.

Sprinkler

2011-07-04T20:52:00.001-05:00

Sewing

2011-07-04T20:49:00.003-05:00

Here's me, cutting out the pieces for a shirt! In a couple of days, I'll have an "after" picture, but Mama's working on the sewing-it part.

Picnic with Gram

2011-06-15T16:35:00.005-05:00

While we were in Wisconsin, we had a picnic with our Gram and our cousins, Jacob and Josh. Meggy and I made the PB&Js.

Lost a Tooth!

2011-06-15T16:29:00.003-05:00

I had a wiggly tooth, and now it's out! See where it was? It feels funny.

Tonight I'll put my tooth in this little bag, and
the tooth fairy will trade me for something!

Boating with Gramps

2011-06-13T16:18:00.001-05:00

The Cake

2011-06-13T16:11:00.004-05:00

We made a pineapple upside down cake for my birthday -- it was super!

Here I am with Aunt Hannah and Grandma Mary, making the cake.

Here's how it turned out!

And there were 6 candles!

Yum.

A Sweet Cuddle

2011-06-13T16:08:00.003-05:00

The Farm

2011-06-13T16:00:00.003-05:00

While we were on holiday, we toured a really neat farm.

They have a lot of cows. We wore rubber boots, but still didn't like stepping in the poo.

Most of the milk from their cows gets made into cheese, but these piggies eat the whey that's left.

They also had a dozen-ish little bitty kittens, and we got to pet them!

From the Wedding

2011-06-13T15:56:00.002-05:00

Sweet Anna

2011-05-25T15:30:00.001-05:00

Months of the Year Song

2011-05-22T09:38:00.002-05:00

Swimmy Meg

2011-05-13T18:29:00.001-05:00

Swimmy Grace

2011-05-13T18:28:00.001-05:00

Swimmy Anna Kate

2011-05-13T18:25:00.002-05:00

Well, Anna didn't actually swim, but she did sport her swimmy and have fun near the pool.

Lick a Pickle

2011-05-01T13:51:00.003-05:00

This is Anna Kate, licking a pickle. She *loves* pickles, but never actually eats them, just licks.

Sportin' a new bonnet

2011-05-01T10:41:00.003-05:00

Readin' Books

2011-05-01T10:39:00.002-05:00

An Easter Picture

2011-05-01T10:36:00.002-05:00

Happy Easter!

2011-04-24T19:13:00.001-05:00