Wednesday, May 7, 2014

No way to catch up, but here's some of what's up with us - at least in the first quarter of 2014.

Where to even begin?  I have not been making time to blog.  I "write" in my head while driving the girls to and from school, etc. or late at night when I'm thinking over the day but sitting down at the computer to peck it out just seems like too much effort most of the time.  This mama gig is exhausting.

But MAN time is flying and I want to make sure I'm capturing at least some of the essence of what our lives are like right now.

Lilah turned 4 on April 9th.  She is truly an amazingly vibrant child.  She is incredibly challenging (loud.  demanding.  button pusher.  tantrum thrower.) and incredibly loving (cuddler.  kisser.  cling-on.  hand holder.)

These are the 2 outfits she wore for the first 72 hours of being four years old.  Morning, noon and night.  Grandma bought the butterfly princess dress and Nana bought the Wonder Woman costume.

Classic.




Sadie is in her last month of 1st grade.  She is starting to really love to read chapter books, which is thrilling.   

 

She has a couple of sweet little friends at school.  She loves art and science, too.  We have started orthodontia with her, so she's got some major hardware in her mouth, but she's handling it beautifully.

 working on hand made Valentines

 all dressed up and ready for her swimming lesson


Rain was a bit of a novelty this Winter/Spring:


 
The girls' sister friendship has really blossomed and I do my best to capture it because they can also really get under each other's skin sometimes! 






 And like every family with children under 10 or so, we're obsessed with FROZEN.  Here the girls are at a Friday night screening at our friends the Schaufler's house - who have a giant projector screen.  So fun.



So there is a tidbit of where we are at the moment.