What the girls have been up tp

Here is Anne sitting in the video drawer of the coffee table. At her 15 mos check up we got a sheet of activities and milestones to look forward too and work towards. One of these was putting words together, well Anne is quite verbose ( says color, picture, broccoli, garage and so much more) and does put words together. The sheet said that we should encourage and praise this behavior, my question is should we praise her when she crawls into the video drawer and says Watch Elmo. Or when we say it is time for bed and and she say No, Read Ark (A Noah's Ark book is her current favorite.)?

Anne in the diaper basket, what a Ham!

A teenager in the making, look at those big hoop earrings. They are actually glow in the dark too, yikes a long 18 years ahead of us, I believe . . .

Mary Kathryn is posing with Gypsy the cat for a school project. They will discussing pets next week at Little School. Mary Kathryn was made for school it seems. She loves it. Several times completely unsolicited she has said "I love school" and "I love my class". I always hear that she is a great listener. We are so proud of our sweet girl. When she is not at school she playing school with Gregg and I and Anne, or Little People, or the baby dolls, or the imaginary friends. She is so funny. I don't think that I am ready for her to turn 4 next month, but I guess I have no choice!

Good Sport

Anne took a special liking to Wooger and the way he read. He must have read 12 books to her in 30 minutes.
Thanks Woogie for being a good sport!

Not to be out done

Anne wanted to be involved in everything that Mary Kathryn and Spencer did. I tried to entertain her, here she is having her own slumber party.

MK's 1st sleepover

Mary Kathryn had Spencer over to spend the night for the first time this weekend. Spencer was the perfect house guest and they had the best time, despite the rain. Lots of playing and pretending. The two of them are so funny together, having real conversations and everything. They were both asleep in Mary Kathryn's bed by 9pm, not too bad.
(In the photo above spencer is playing music on the pot while MK is singing)

Ready for bed, too cute!

2 wild and crazy girls

Your mommy loves you 2!

Fordham's 3rd Birthday!

Thanks Smiths for a fun firetruck birthday party!

More fun at Brittlebank

MK and Anne are fortunate to have friends with parents who are up for last minute adventures! Thanks Ayerses and Baileys!

A day at Brittlebank

Playing with the Halfords

1st day 2007

Here is Mary Kathryn on her 1st day of school in the 3's class at Little School. She had a great day and I think that she is going to love being in Ms. Shannan and Mrs. Ann Harris's class!

Just some fun picts

A bow in her hair and a cell phone in her hand, what more could a girl need?

In case some of you were wondering, this is what little girls do all day,
dolls, dolls dolls!

Annie Boo really wants one of these!

MK loves her "P"

Garden City Weekend

We had a free weekend in July that we were able to head back up to the beach. The girls had such a great time with Grammy and Granddaddy as always!



We interupted their dancing for a few pictures.

My parents gave these dresses to the girls for Christmas and as soon as I saw them all I could picture was photos of them barefoot on the beach. They would not cooperate. This was as good as it got! Oh well . . .

Grandmom Kursch

We had a couple visits with Grandmom Kursch this summer. One at our house and then one at Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Mike's where we celebrated her 92nd birthday. We all had such a good time being with her on such a special occasion. And it is always fun to see some of the Lancaster cousins!

cute cousins