Curly Haired Girls

By Sophie:
Mom put curlers in mine and El's hair Saturday night. In the morning when mom took the curlers out we looked cute.

Elanor smiled big when she looked in the mirror and for the camera.

Side views. "We loved our hair style. We let daddy take our pictures."


Here is a video with a 360 degree view of Elanor.

Fun in the tub on a hot summer day.

Growing so fast

Preview to six-month post.
Latest talent, sitting up by herself

Still a little topsy but so happy to have learned a new skill.

And then today, her goal was the wipes. Watch and see if she succeeds.

Many Tales of June

June was a fun-filled month that went by so quickly. The most important thing I did in June was register Sophie for kindergarten. She is ready; even has a back pack packed with on the bus readings. We will see how Sophie does, she expects a lot (thanks Junie B and Ramona) hopefully she won't be too disappointed or bored. Full day, hooray is my motto (she needs it, trust me).

Another fun thing both girls did in June was take a 4week ballet class. They had fun but I wasn't too impressed with the teacher. Basically they did the same thing every week but enjoyed themselves.
Elanor's class was first, it was pre-ballet and for kids 3 and 4.

If you look closely at her face, she is quite proud of herself.

Go Elanor!



Sophie's class was an intro to ballet for 4 and 5 year-olds. There really was a huge difference in listening skills between the 2 classes. Sophie loved everything about the class and was sad to see it end.
Flexibility.

The class

Our free spirit


The last fun thing worth noting is we went on our first camping trip in I won't say how many years. Andrew and I are not big campers but Sophie has been wishing to go for a while. We have some friends up in PA who love to camp and just happened to have a spare van-camper thing (it had a bed, toilet and AC). Friday-Sunday, the last weekend in June we spent in PA with said friends enjoying the great outdoors. I would like to note that I did not receive one bite while camping but I can walk out my front door and am dinner to too many bugs. Any ways, the first night we all slept in the camper, Andrew and I on the bench bed and the girls on the bed above the driver seat. Sophie liked to call it a bunk bed(which she wished for on a star and was quite disappointed to come home and not find one in her room). The second night Andrew pulled out our tent we received as a wedding gift and used that first summer once but not since. He put it together and he and the 2 big girls slept out in it. Charlotte and I enjoyed AC. We had fun but I realized I am not a good camp cook. We might try camping again when Charlotte is older.

That was our June.

Charlotte is cute by Sophie

charlotte is going to be 6 month old in 1 week
she is very cute and smiley



the person she smiles biggest at is me
she loves me

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Happy 4th of July

A compliment (an observation from Dad)

Today for lunch (Mom was shopping with Charlotte) the girls and I made peanut butter sandwiches. I asked for a butter knife to spread the peanut butter and both girls ran for the silverware drawer. After tussling for a minute Sophie emerged victorious and handed me a knife...meanwhile, Elanor has collapsed on the ground with her own knife, completely distraught. Both wanted me to use their knife and the crying and whining and arguing and hitting are just getting started.

In an attempt to defuse the situation before lunch is completely ruined, I took both knives and hid them behind my back. Both girls stopped the waterworks to see what I was doing. I twirled both knives around several times behind my back and then pulled one out to spread the peanut butter and put the other away, telling them that none of us know which is which anymore.

Surprisingly, it worked! They both calmed down and we continued making the sandwiches. Then Sophie makes an observation that made my mouth drop open: "Dad, that was a great trick! When I have kids, and they're arguing like we were, I'm going to do that too."

Yes, Sophie, I do hope you have a kid just like you...and thanks for the compliment!