Well, I'm a little behind on blogging, I'll admit :) It's been a busy few weeks, with school ending for me, getting a new camera, and having Uncle Bob and Aunt Enid visit (aka BobEeena, to the girls). Here's some funny, recent stories about the girls:
We like to sing our ABC's at the top of our lungs - no tune - sounds something like this: "Aaaa, Bbbbb, Cccccc, H, I, J, S, Toe, P, Ggggggg, Fffffff!" It's pretty funny! And, sometimes, if I ask Caroline to sing the Alphabet song, she sings, "Alphaaaaabet Soooooong" - very pretty :)
We met a dog named Macy yesterday at the playground! "That Macie girl, THAT Macy dog!" It was pretty funny - we have friends with the same names (That OTHER Max, That DIFFERENT Kristie), but it was the first time they'd met a double of themselves, and in a dog, no less!!!!
The girls are talking a lot and I understand most of the things they say (I spend a lot of time translating for other people :), but the funniest thing they "missay" is the "sp"-sound. For example, if we're driving to get Mike from work, the girls will be saying, "Yook, Face Needle!" "I chasing Face Needle in my caaaar!" They also have "faghetti" for dinner sometimes. But, the best is when we go to the Sparten gym in Shoreline - - "Mommy, remember going Farten Gym?! I ride see-saw at Farten Gym!" We just laugh and laugh!
We also love how they "talk" on their phones. Macie may hold a rock up to her ear and say, "Uh huh.... hold on a sec!" or Caroline has been heard saying, "Well, ummmm, What you doing?" They're picking up all the little nuances of language - it's amazing to see it all happening.
Oh yeah, and the girls are 2 and 1/4 now! Big girls!
We had the wading pool out all last week and here's what the scene looked like - diapers and clothes strewn about by the kiddos, the potty (so fun to use outside!), and water everywhere. After they would finish "swimming," they would end up dumping the water all over the plants to "garden." They're so fun.
They're not supposed to be standing on the chair, but it's just so cute.
Macie and Caroline on their new bikes!
Look at these big kids! They took me on their usual bus ride with Ama and Daco up to the Lake City Library and playground. It was so fun!
Here's Mike with Caroline and Macie on his early Father's Day. We celebrated the week before - Mike went biking, took a nap, and we had a big picnic out at Magnuson Park with friends. Good day! On the ACTUAL Father's Day, I was in Botson for my grandmother's big memorial service and Mike had rain and two grumpy kiddos :)
Caroline, Macie, and baby Quentin hanging out post-nap. The girls are so sweet to him - "It's ok, baby kintin." Since they're so good with him, I just let them babysit while I go out and run errands - - just kidding!
Happy boy!
Macie's patented way of eating her Ritz
crackers
Macie (sporting pigtails again) explains to Uncle Bob how the stock market works....
wearing their NEW Elmo helmets inside. They were so excited! We just got bikes from my friend, Megan, and her 8year old twin girls (they're too big for the 12" frames!). They're so cute, but so far, M and C mostly just sit on them and turn the handlebars.
