Little House on the Prairie of Bethlehem

The girls love to play together. This occasion sparked a mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and the birth of Jesus. When I got home from work they had set up a sort of Ingalls Family Nativity Scene in the living room with Parker's panda bear as the baby Jesus.

After the festivities Laura had the girls pose for a picture. Ella thought it necessary to add a little "pizzazz" to it all. I'm assuming she watches a lot of America's Next Top Model.

All I want for Christmas...

Toofless

It's official! Without her two front teeth, Parker is now certified as an adorable little girl.

And Georgia is officially perplexed over the concept of a child losing its baby teeth and growing new ones.

Laura is so excited, or as Georgia calls it "ess-sighted" about Parker losing her front two teeth. As I write this I'm sure she is making appointments with photographers to capture this moment.

Text message

Is texting evil? No, but texting is not the correct means to communicate mostly. Instead of texting, you could be talking. Hearing people's voices is going out of style. Between email and twitter and texting, we're losing the nuances of communicating by hearing one's voice. At least Skype is helping bridge the gap.

Comments overheard by me...

"You know what's irritating? When you send a text to someone and that person just doesn't answer. It's like "Oh, I'm to busy to send you a text back" . I hate it!"

"I hate it when I text a picture and they don't respond...they're all a bunch of anti-social posers."

"Will, please stop sending me pictures of your crotch. Thanks honey."

Collect Them All

Christmas 2011

The time of xmas has brought many things to us. Including...

THE GREATEST RAINBOW EVER!

This is the typical exercise we go thru with the kids when it comes to pictures...

"Gather 'round kids for a picture...now say cheese"

"Ugh...now this time, smile like good little children and I will give you some candy."

Much better!

"One more time..."

"KIDS...SMILE OR I'LL SEND BARBIE DOWN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL...HEAD FIRST!!"

Much better.

Goofballs...all of 'em.

This Train is Bound for Glory

Parker and I spent a little time at the mall over the weekend. After the highly anticipated train ride we had a nice lunch together accompanied with a long discussion. She excitedly informed me that she knows what she wants to be when she grows up.

The person that drives the train around at the Pacific View Mall!

So many things are going on for Parker, including:

-She lost one of her front teeth a couple of days ago.

-She's an entrepeneur! She went through her piggy bank and gathered up enough capital to start a company that only makes hats that say "Parker". Laura and I have some concern over her business plan. For christmas she wants a subsidiary company where she can hide her company's losses.

-Her freckles are slowly emerging. Once they're complete Georgia and I are going to play connect-the-dots while she's sleeping.

-She's learning about death. The two goldfish we won yesterday at the Poinsettia School carnival have died already :-(

Our Little Ballerina

Georgia wanted to be a ballerina for Halloween. And she made quite a cute one!

fg

Notice any resemblance here.

Finding Mr. Right

Girls,

The both of you have repeatedly professed your desire to get married when you get older. Georgia, the other day when threw your arms in the air and impassionately asked...

"Daddy, who am I going to marry when I grow up?
I want to know.
Who will it be?"

Although I had no answer for you at the time I can now say that I've done some research. In addition to the research I thought long and hard about the characteristics of a person that will make a good spouse for you.

Your mother and I know you love cats. And because of that you're going to want someone who shares your love of all things feline. With that said I have someone in mind...







Another option perhaps? Well, another thing I've noticed is your affinity for the color green. I also noticed you like things that are shiny. This gentleman may be acceptable to you.

No? Well it should please you to know that I've thought about this further. I noticed how much you like to point out fire trucks when we're driving around town. Perhaps a future fireman would meet your physical and amotional needs??

Still no? I must say you are hard to please but I do have one more idea. As your mother and I can attest, you are an emotional little girl. Also, you're incredibly cuddly and love affection. Because of that you're going to need someone who can meet these needs of yours. I can tell you that I have found that person and he likes games, Pokemon for sure.

If these selections do not meet your needs then I suggest Jdate($$$).

Georgia's First Day of Preschool

I'm posting this a little late, but I did take a picture of Georgie on her first day of Preschool. She was so excited to go to school like her big sister Parker. I love how she loves to wear pretty dresses. It seems the second Parker started Kindergarten she had no interested in wearing any of the 22 dresses hanging in her closet.

This and That

Parker would hardly wear these pajamas that I made. I knew Georgia would love them once she got big enough to wear them. They match her blanket for goodness sake!

Toilet Tea Party

Our third child.

Oh My!!!!

We'll have to pull these out on her wedding day.