We are getting ready for..

PRESCHOOL

practice tracing her name, and has a good three finger pencil grip!

When you give Lilly a camera

These are the pictures you get..

Daphanie taking a nap

About 8 pictures of herself, 2 that were clear enough to see who it was!

NEW to TWO..

Daphanie when she was just brand new! So little and strong! Daphanie just about a year old. So happy and playful!
To now at TWO, so stinkerish and funny!


-loves to eat, mostly everything, not to picky
-is -dare I say it- fully potty trained!
-loves to play Little People
-loves to look at books and be read to!
-doesn't really like the snow
-loves chocolate
-still doesn't care for milk chocolate or white, but loves ice cream
-has the best laugh that is contagious
-loves to be with her big sister
-is the first to run to her crying little sister to give her a kiss
-loves to make messes, but not help clean them up!
-loves to talk, which she is sometimes understood!
-seems to love boots as much as her big sister!
-loves to take baths
-she is a wonderful little and big sister!

Cupcakes, Candy and Balloons

Grandma Debbie delivered a candy bouquet and balloons for Daphanie's Birthday! Can you tell she was excited! (so was Lilly)

We also had some cupcakes, which hers had two candles in it! She blew them out with only two blows! She enjoyed having us sing Happy Birthday to her, but I think she enjoyed the icing on the cake more!

Washing dishes is so much fun!

After baking cookies the girls needed something to do. I asked them if they would like to wash the dishes and as fast as they could they pushed chairs up to the counter. They washed the dishes and played in the water long enough for the first batch of cookies to be cooled and tested by my little bakers!

It will not be long..

It will not be long, and this little girl will be up and moving with her sisters. For now she is happily watching them play. Most the time it is loud and busy, but Penelope doesn't seem to mind, she just watches, or dozes off to sleep!

Pictures

Daddy holding Penelope and Lilly's first look at Penelope! Lilly holding Penelope's hand after her first bath and shots!

Daphanie's first time meeting Penelope, two great big sisters and a wonderful new little sister!

Last morning in the hospital, ready to go home!

Sunbathing at home in her cute little cloth diaper!

This little Daphanie of mine

I am going to let her shine!

She is doing great on the potty learning! On our trip up to MN for Thanksgiving she was dry the whole way there, the whole time we were there, and the whole way back! That was a awesome day for her!

But we still have the days were we can go though 3 outfits, or have a little pee on the floor. Usually #2's are always in the potty and not in a diaper! Which is great!
I have been trying to sew up some learning underwear which will hold a little pee, but I haven't perfected them yet! The fit on them is either too tight or too loose!


It also seems that others in the house are learning to use the potty too..

Babies carrying babies

I was in the mood to sew the other day so I thought that I would whip up a baby carrier for the girls. They love playing with dolls so I thought this would get lots of use. I didn't have a pattern but thought that I would make it like a Mai Tai Carrier. Here are pictures of babies carrying babies!

Daphanie likes her babies in front so she can see and bottle feed them.
Lilly likes her babies in back so she can get things done, like dancing!

The very happy baby carrying a baby!

Still dancing with her baby!

Papa and Nana's

We went over to Papa and Nana's house one night last week.

The girls had fun swinging on the swings. Daphanie loves to sit on the swing and hold on.

They had fun playing on the slide. Going down and up it!

Riding the 4-wheeler! That Papa is a spoiler!

Playing in the freshly mowed grass.

Watching this BIG fire start and die down.

And getting bit by mosquitoes! Poor baby! As soon as she gets a bite it swells up!

Somedays it is just too HOT

So we play indoors. I also wasn't feeling the best so we had a lazy day inside. The girls love these pop up tents that fold flat to be put away.

The tunnel connects both tents together. Sometimes the tunnel is better for..

reading in! This girl loves to sit down with books! She is really good with her letters and sounds! I know she will love books more when she can read the words herself!

Lilly and I made bracelets for each other and Daphanie. while Daphanie napped!

Here is the little gal snuggled up on pillows on Mommy and Daddy's bed. She wasn't feeling the best either!

Weekend Fun!

This weekend we stayed home and enjoyed watching the girls play in the backyard.

They love to be pulled in the wagon around the yard, or even to the park.

Lilly also pulls her sister around the yard in the wagon!

Writing her name in chalk.

Lilly with chalk all over her face!

We had a wonderful weekend just hanging out at home. We grilled some burgers and had a fire. The girls ran in the sprinkler. They made some pretty art work on the cement. Jumped in and cooled off in the kiddie pool. Got pulled in the wagon. We also played a little baseball and jumped on a po-go stick!