decorating cookies

A few days before Christmas, Kate and Liz decorated sugar cookies.

Liz was quite generous with her designs and toppings.

 

Kate was methodical, deliberate, and precise.  She arranged each piece of candy individually. 

This picture sums up the girls most days. 

Kate is on the verge of panic.  Liz is taking delight in the simple things.

Eventually, the girls worked together on a few cookies.

After a few minutes of working together, Liz may have gotten a bit overwhelmed by Kate's direction and insistence.

Eventually, they overcame their artistic differences and collaborated quite well together.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Love, Michael, Crystal, Kate and Liz.

a clean plate

This is a picture of an empty plate.  Not just any empty plate, Kate's empty plate. And, it isn't empty because I dumped what was left in the trash.  No, this is a picture of a empty plate cleaned by Kate.  And notice that there is marinara sauce on the plate, which means Kate ate pasta that wasn't plain!  Yes, Kate ate pasta with marinara sauce and she ATE IT ALL! 

 

It wasn't a walk in the park getting her to eat it.  As you probably guessed she put up a fight to even try it.  After the first bite she acted like she had just put bleach in her mouth.  But, mommy and daddy kept at her.  She took her time and drank lots of water.  An hour later she was done.

weekly photo

I know its been awhile...

Here are weekly photos for October and November.

10-16-13

10-14-13

10-20-13

 

10-27-13

11-3-13

11-11-13

11-17-13

11-24-13 

 

Good grief!  These two wear A LOT of pink and purple!

halloween

 

Myles and Analiese joined us on Halloween! 

Myles was Superman!

 

Analiese was Aurora.  So sweet.

Liz was Tangled.  When I asked her to smile and look happy, this is the look I got.

Kate was Cinderella.

 

my little photographers

I must have been feeling generous this weekend, because I let the girls take pictures with my camera.  I usually hand over the camera with trembling hands.  But, when I get the camera back it is quite enjoyable to see the world from their perspective.

Kate does a pretty good job of finding a subject and getting a clear shot.

 

Liz has a ways to go but I found a few good ones in the bunch.

 

Kate also likes to take pictures of pictures!

 

Another one by Liz.  I wonder why Kate is covering Daddy's mouth?

weekly photo

I haven't forgot about the blog. It just seems that each day is going by faster than the one before.

8-11-13

8-18-13

9-1-13

9-15-13

9-23-13

9-29-13

liz's 3 year stats

 A couple weeks ago Liz had her 3 year check up.  Here are her stats:

weight: 29 lbs 6 oz - 39th percentile

height: 3' 2 1/4" - 78th percentile

BMI: 14.24 - 8th percentile

a video

how Liz spent her birthday

Liz had an eventful third birthday.

The day began with presents from Mommy, Daddy, and Kate.

We had pizza for lunch.

Then we went to the mall to ride the carousel.

The girls also rode in the kiddie rides.

Liz was not comforted by the lion in the passenger seat.

And, apparently, she doesn't enjoy Kate's driving either.

Our final stop at the mall was at the Cookie Company for cookies.  Liz chose an M&M cookie.

Finally, after nap and supper it was party time.  Kate was Liz's very attentive helper.

Liz managed to unwrap at least one present on her own.

Liz changed into her new Minnie Mouse costume before the girls posed by the farm animal cake.  Of course, she wanted  her new horses included in the picture too.

Then, she made a wish and blew out the candles.