Sunday, November 13, 2011

Birthday Girls

During breakfast this morning Evaline looked at me and very seriously asked "Mommy, can I have another birthday?" 

I think she had a pretty good day yesterday.  (To be equitable - Cora followed Eva's birthday question by asking if next year she could have a "star" cake...Evaline then wanted a caterpillar.)

As a matter of fact, I think that we all had a pretty good day yesterday.  Here's the proof:

One of my favorite parts of any party - the goodies!  Here's the cookies and cake I made for the party.


The most difficult part of the day for the girls - waiting for the party to start.  This is where they spent the last hour before people came.


A rare photo - me in front of the camera


Grandmas and girls...

I've never witnessed such pure bliss as I did during the Happy Birthday song. 

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Halloween and Happy Birthday!

This past month has FLOWN by.  It seems like there has been something going on constantly, without much time to do much other than work around the house and work around the school.  I'm sure that's an incredible exaggeration, but...that's what it feels like.

On to more important thoughts...

Three years ago today I met my baby girls.  Here's a funny thing about having twins: they had different personalities/habits in utero...and many of those qualities/traits/habits whatever you want to call it, have continued today.  Cora can't sit still to save her life.  She is constantly wiggling, stretching, and pushing against anything and everything.  She wants her way when she wants it. 

But they are the very best of friends, and it is so much fun to watch this friendship grow.  Better than any TV show or movie is to just sit back and watch the girls play.  Every day they amaze me with what they know, can do, and say. 

This whole parenting thing is turning out to be pretty fun. 

Speaking of fun....this was the first year that we did anything for Halloween.  Halloween isn't my favorite holiday, and I just didn't see the point before they could actually participate - and that was this year.  They had a BLAST.  We live on a small-ish cul-de-sac, that is just the perfect size for trick-or-treating when you are (not-quite) three. Then, when we got home, I think they had just as much fun helping Ian answer the door.  A big "thanks" goes out to my sister, Katie, who took the girls with me while Ian manned the door.

Here's a few pictures of Halloween.  I'll try to get on again this weekend and post some birthday pictures.







OK, so this one isn't Halloween...but this IS how Ian dressed them to go out to eat a couple weeks ago...shoes and all :-)