Cleaning Crew

Did you all know that Julia and Ellie can clean mirrors?? Dan enlisted them in his latest bathroom-cleaning spree. Apparently they're pretty good helpers, oh yeah.

Magnets!

So we saw these magnets in Family Fun and thought they would be a colorful addition to our fridge. We've had the same magnets Dan and I made out of beer bottle lids for the past 3 or 4 years now and it's time to move on, right? So we just flipped the lids, filled them with pretties, and some glue. We were supposed to use different glue stuff (Deco Art Triple Thick), and we should have. But not one single local store had it. So we just filled them up with elmers clear glue. Not the best, but it worked for now!

Making Bread(sticks)

The pictures speak for themselves, really. Julia's idea of helping make bread sticks was to eat the flour. Ellie tried her hardest to get her to stop, then at some point she joined her.

Aww, look!

My two girlies reading bibles together while I wash dishes (and sharing the same stool). You can say it now: Awwwww.

The Fake Smile

Just about any time I tell Julia to smile these days I get a look like this:

Red Schwinn

So I found this little bike on craigslist a few weeks back. We thought Ellie would enjoy a bike this summer and had begun searching for one, I just didn't expect to find one the very first time I went looking. This is a vintage red Schwinn that is in near mint condition. Quite a find for a mere $25! Even I want a bike like this!

A little girl was actually selling it, her mom let her do all the communicating with me. Quite funny that I had NO idea I was emailing back and forth with an 11 year old.

Anyway as you can see the bike is too big. Sad day. But they both love it and can't wait to get big enough to ride it.

Wild Pony

Apparently we have a resident Wild Pony that I just found out about. I hear he likes to be fed apples. He comes out when he gets home from work and his favorite thing to do is toss about two little girls until they cannot stay put any longer and are strewn about the floor in heaps of laughter and giggles. Again! Again! Isn't it fun to be little?