The 4th

She is still not crazy about fireworks but she looooved the sparklers, or sprinklers as she called them. It' s a small step but a step none the less.



Ella really liked the sparklers as well, Nick would would spell out her name with the sparkler and she thought that was really cool.

The Name Game

Molly and Ella both got baby dolls from the Easter Bunny. The babies actually coo and babble rather loudly I might add when they sense movement, thank god we found the control that will completely shut them off. Around here the Easter Bunny hides the basket and the girls must hunt for their goodies when they wake up. Well Molly and I came down the stairs first and spent just a few moments waiting for Ella and Nick, but in that few minutes strange noises started to emanate from the corner of the room. At first Molly tried to blow it off with some nervous laughter but then a look of panic set in. She did not like the sound of this at all, "what was that" she uttered it's a phrase we hear all to often from Bobo. I managed to keep the panic level fairly low by letting her begin to look for her goodies. However the noises which should have been a big tip off to the loot had the opposite effect because she was avoiding that area of the room like the plague. When Ella arrived on the scene it was she who braved that corner of the room noises and all to retrieve the Easter Basket for her sister. As soon as Molly saw that the source of the dreaded sounds was the baby doll she had admired in Target all was well in Molly's world. Ella who is becoming way to smart for both myself and the Easter Bunny honed in on her basket within a minute of searching and was happy to see she had also received a babbling baby. One look at her new doll and she declared that her baby was to be named Barack Obama. She continues to make references that her baby is going to be the next president but this is coming from a girl who also believed Obama was running for principle of her school so we shall see.

Christmas Wishes

I found the girls Christmas list in my desk the other day and it made me laugh so I thought you might like to see it as well. It was created with the help of their daddy, who's handwriting is charmingly child like. Molly spirit of commercialism was not up to par and as you can see her list is a bit shorter, but luckily she has an older sister to show her the true meaning of the holiday. You can see that Ella added to her list as well as Bobo's and although I can not make out all of the item's on the list there is one that stands out under Molly's column. Fourth down Ella was thoughtful enough to add coal to Molly's wishes.

Bunny

Easter Morning 2007

Is spring springing?

We had a great Easter with the girls and our family. The Easter bunny showered the girls with treats as did family near and far, and the girls give many thanks to all who indulged them. How lucky they are, not to have gotten so many treats but to have so many who adore them. We decorated eggs the night before Easter and we all had a good laugh at Bobo's expense when she ate a big spoonful of vinegar and dye, I wish you all could have seen the look on her face. Unrelated to Easter bobo is doing very well potty training she goes back and forth between diapers and underpants but the process has been so much more pleasant than it was with Ella. Not that I am pinning that on Ella I will definitely take the blame for that, we tried too soon and Ella being a bit of a perfectionist had a hard time with anything but perfection which led to some problems. So I am just happy to spare Bobo the inexperienced potty training mommy ordeal. Another unrelated tid-bit Bobo has learned the word jerk and although I sort of cringe when I hear her say it the immature part of me just wants to giggle when I hear Bobo say "don't be a jerk Ella". It sounds so funny coming out of her mouth and it could be a much worse word.
The weather has been warming up and the bulbs are beginning to pop through the ground , I love this time of year all the anticipation of summer. When summer has truly begun it slips away so fast in Maine that I almost like this time of year better when all the promise of summer fun is still all ahead of us. The other great thing is that the girls get to spend so much more time outside and in doing so expend so much more energy. Which in my book leads to the ultimate parents reward, girls who fall asleep as soon as there head hits the pillow and stay that way until morning. I love my children but the night time games just kill me, at the end of the day I have no energy reserved for those antics. Ella has a master inventory of everything in this house and she knows exactly what will be hard to find and therefore what to ask for in order to stall for the most time.

Christmas 2005

These two girls had a wonderful Christmas thanks to the generosity of the many, many people who love them. The whole weekend was spent visiting with family, special meals, playing, sledding, and of course opening gifts. Santa and their family were very good to them. I think it would be appropriate to label this Christmas the Christmas of Dora, along with all the other great gifts Dora definitely made her presence known. After all the celebrating the girls are overwhelmed and exhausted, they held on Christmas day until 3:30 and when the presents started to run out emotions started to run high. After a nap, no nap wouldn't be the word, after crashing out the world seemed right again. However it was about time to get in the car and head home which proved to be another challenge. We were so spoiled by our family that we couldn't fit all our loot in to the car. It was a great Christmas, Thank You to all our loved ones who made it so !!!!!

Christmas 2005

Does anyone else see a striking resemblance to Maga?

Santa's little helpers

The girls are ready for Christmas, they helped decorate the tree and most importantly they have let Santa know where we will be on Christmas. Ella was a little worried about Santa not knowing we would be at Maga's house, she now feels reassured that Santa will know our location. She is however worried about picking the right flavor of cookie for Santa daddy suggested chocolate chip Ella wasn't sure this was the right choice, she was actually leaning toward pudding which Nick feels is definitely the wrong choice. I am sure we can work it out before the big day.

The Spooky Tub

On Halloween the girls got to take a eerie glowing tub before going to bed!

halloween

The girls had a great time trick or treating last night. Molly was the cutest little pumkin and Ella was a ballerina butterfly. I can predict Ella's halloween costumes for years to come. I recognize the pattern, I think she will suffer from the same narrow range of choices that I did. She will always want to be something "pretty". Cheerleader, princess, fairy, you get the picture. When she was almost one we dressed her up as a dalmation puppy she cried and frantically tried to get the costume off. The next year we dressed her as Little red ridding hood and Molly as the big bad wolf, and Ella was much happier. Last year Ella was a ballerina and she just loved it, in fact she wore that costume or some varriation of it for months. But last night was the first Halloween that Ella really understood what was going on she had such a good time. She just ran from house to house. Molly retreated to the stroller fairly early. She was definatly in a state of confussion much like her big sister was last year. Everytime someone tried to put a treat in her bucket she would pull it away, one of the neighbors was giving away full size candy bars and once Molly wrapped her little fingers around that hershey bar she didn't let go the rest of the night. When we got home Ella asked me when will it be HALLOWEEN AGAIN ! Well today as they run around wound up and full of sugar I am glad it is not Halloween again for a whole year.