Jo + Camera =

and lots of crooked shots of the carpet, couches, tv, siblings, and my rear end. Aren't you glad I didn't share all that with you?

Where's Jolie?

Excuse the mess . . . it didn't look this way when I put Jolie in our bed for a nap. Must be the result of the 30 minute screamfest before she fell asleep. Which only reinforced the knowledge that she NEEDED a nap. Desperately. Naturally I was a little {ahem} concerned when I came in and couldn't find her.  ANYWHERE in the house.

Oh, there she is :)

Happy Birthday to our Jo-Jo!

Jolie's birthday was a week ago.  She's 3 years old!  Thank you to everyone who sent cards and presents.  She had a fun day and all the kids liked playing with the gifts!

Catching up - Ice Skating

I was going through my pictures today and realized I didn't ever post these adorable pictures of Olivia and Jolie.  We were at the skate rink for one of Austin and Nyah's lessons a few weeks ago, and Olivia and Jolie decided they wanted to skate too.  They did really good walking around in their skates.  Olivia is just about ready to start skating on her own.  Jolie couldn't keep her balance by herself on the ice, but you would not believe how tenacious she was! Even though she had to have me or Kurt holding her up the whole time she kept trying and trying and trying.  Her little feet going nonstop.  Oh she reminds me so much of Nyah - so much determination its just oozing all over the place.  I better start gearing up for the future now!

Hanging with a couple of my girls

Playing with Buzz Lightyear Girl-StyleToy Story is soooo coooool around here right now.
When the girls were watching this storm cloud coming over the mountain they called it Darkheart - the bad guy in the Care Bears Movie II :)

Stormin'

I had toy duty while the girls played in the rain.

Water - Water - Water!!

One of their favorite places to play - the stairs

It's Raining

This is how Olivia & Jolie prepared for the sprinkling of rain that we've had off and on all day.

Summer for a day

I didn't expect these two to be so excited about filling up the kiddie pool. The water was freezing and last year they were big pansies about getting into cold water. But before I even had the hose in the pool these two were naked and running around the yard (sorry if you happened to be passing).

It was a beautiful day!

Happy Happy Birthday Jolie!!

I almost forgot to post about Jolie's birthday yesterday!

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girl!

Olivia's MRI

Olivia had her MRI this morning - she was nervous, but very brave. We have found out a little of the results, but will know more after we see the oncologist Wednesday. She is already very well-recovered.

Showing off her bracelet and bandaid from the IV.

Playing outside in the rain with Jolie.

Sneaking the umbrellas inside.
Watching a movie

Scooters

The girls are already experts on these scooters we found at the thrift store today! They are also possesive, which means the older two are out of luck!!

Trade offs

Two little girls happy and content, playing with each other while Mom is cooking dinner, what could go wrong? Did you see this coming? I saw it coming, but it was better than all the whining and crying and hanging on me that usually happens while I'm cooking.

And of course it would be the sugar they spill instead of flour or something they wouldn't want to eat.

My Girls

I wanted to take this picture to highlight Olivia's fashion sense, but it is a wonderful picture of my 3 girls. Olivia and Jolie like to go out on the back porch and eat snow!

Glasses! we picked up Nyah and Olivia's glasses this week.