little people pizzas

Anna likes to cook with me.  We got a toddler cookbook from the library.  We made people pizza for dinner.  Anna just wanted to eat the toppings and not the pizza.  Which is okay (peppers, spinach, olives, pinapple, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes).  I love this girl.

one foot two foot red foot blue foot

sorry it's so shaky, I was holding Julia and she wanted to eat the camera

this is what she says (the first part anyways):
"I float"
"I swim"
"One feet, two feet, I have NO feet"
"I swim today in the afternoon"

I'm not sure what else.  Oh these girls.

I had to work today, but I'm glad I got done early because I can't wait to get back to them.

I WANT TO READ

READ!!! I WANT TO READ!!!

all day long.  over and over.

breakfast:  anna eat your breakfast - NO I WANT TO READ books!!
nap:  anna take a nap - NO I WANT TO READ
bedimte:  anna time for bed - LETS READ ONE BOOK!!

READ TO ME!   READ TO ME.

all day.  all day long.

good thing i like reading too.

Happy Birthday Dorothy!

 We went to the Oregon Gardens today to celebrate our neighbor's birthday.  Anna often refers to Dorothy as her "best friend" and will often pause throughout the day and say "I looooove Dorothy"

 Since Dorothy is a flower fanatic like I am, we decided to take her to our newest favorite place: Oregon Gardens.  If I lived close I would buy a lifetime membership.

 Dorothy loved it.  here we are in the Proven Winners section.

 Anna has to SMELL everything.  And TOUCH everything.  It's my fault really, because I have to smell and touch everything too.

 She looks so worried!  Dorothy wouldn't stand in the scarecrow spot.

 awe the cute scarecrow family.

 Butterfly people!

 take 2.

 dad, you should make this for mom.  noah ark.

 Anna found her name.

 Look at anna's cool hair.  yup, she lets me do her hair lately.

 Julia was a champ!  As usual she just hung out and was happy the whole time until she took a little snooze.

Cheese!  Thanks for being a 4 star neighbor Dorothy.  We love you.

the END of OMSI

Our OMSI pass ends tomorrow.

We've been driving to portland at least every other week since last september.  Sometimes twice per week.  It's sad that we aren't buying another pass.

but it's also nice that I don't have to feel like I have to take Anna up there all the time.....but I will also miss having OMSI to use a nap-time bribe......"if you go to SLEEP we can go TO OMSI when you wake up!!"

I will also miss having something fun to take our friends to.

We tried to take anna to a movie there today.  (we get into the planetarium part free).  She used to love the movie "the cardboard rocket" about going to space.  For some reason lately she's TERRIFIED of theaters.  So we tried to take her today but she just screamed and wouldn't go in.  I don't know what happened?!  Any ideas?

She Eats

 I've been putting off feeding Julia real food because I'm lazy.  She's a good breastfeeder and I didn't want the hassle/mess of feeding another kid at the table.  But she's undeniably ready.  Instead of the usual intake of 1 tsp of rice cereal once/twice per day, she's jumped to eating a couple tablespoons of butternut squash soup, pumpkin, banana and whatever else we're eating that's doable for a no-teeth baby.

 She's getting so big, I can hardly believe it.  And such a little gem to boot!

 We re-arranged because im getting tired of the same ol same ol in the house.  Anna said "THAT CHAIR GOES IN JULIAS ROOM!  WHAT IT DOING IN FRONT ROOM??"

julia is so cute.

Hi Kristin, I live in Sherwood.  We call Amy.  I call Spencer.  Hi Spencer, I live in Sherwood.  I call Amy to morning.  I'm going to call Gracie.