little kickers

the girls both participated in lp's "little kickers" valentine's weekend.....i was a little worried about ad but she did great! they had two practices...

and then the big performance...

here they come...

little ad...

big girl e...

ad did great!!

she actually danced it...

but got a little quiet towards the end...

e did awesome too!

e got into it...

and did the whole thing...

the kicks...

SO SO SO proud of both our girls!!!  the gym was packed and they danced away!!

"Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music." ~William Stafford

february action

the girls earned (what is probably their favorite thing) a day at gymnastics open gym...

they absolutely LOVE it here...

and they do practice their gymnastics a little....

we actually had a date night....first one in over 4 months....

little valentines day lunch for miss e at school....

and we celebrated e's half bday on 2/16.... ;)  5 1/5!!

"Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless." ~Terri Guillemets

tea party

the girls and i had a tea party....

we made our crowns....

and put our pinkies up!!!

perfect little afternoon in on a winter day...

"Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." ~Pietro Aretino

sisterhood

a little family night on the kinect...

sisters...

braiding sis' hair...

love...

dress up with daddy...

some school work in bed...

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there." ~Amy Li

baby it's cold outside...

we're in the middle of winter here.....bundling up, shoveling snow....

letting elena take pictures....sweet ad

mommy and daddy...

stuck inside a lot i clean clean clean.....and this is what i found when i moved the couch to vacuum....*sigh*

my sweet elena - always loving her family...

miss adleyn sucking her thumb WHILE coloring...

and on our AM AND PM BEHAVIOR CHART, the girls are working towards a trip to chakea cheas.  TO BE confused with chuck-e-cheese. ;)

"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself." ~Ruth Stout

wrestling meets

we're loving our usual winter wrestling meets that we always go to during the season...

we of course always take down uncle t-bone...

and this year we get to crawl around with our cousin, sisi...

"I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures." ~Earl Warren

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daddy turned the big 3-4!!!

it was a lot of candles!!

 and someone's excited for cake....and yes, she does her own hair ladies and gentlemen...

"They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body." ~Author Unknown

new year's

new year's eve started with a dance party of course!

before we snuggled up on the couch....got beaded up....

and started our traditional photo shoot...

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese....

silly....

mad....

sad....

surprised....

clearly this year's shoot did not include bucket loads of champagne, like usual....it ended much earlier with a sleepover in the living room....

j and i did ring in the new year while our wee ones slept....the next morning the girls got to playing and elena learned to braid hair!

got some more relax time and we needed it from our late night....

and one last photo shoot in front of the tree before i took it down....

here we go 2013.....bring it!!!!!  we're ready!!!!!

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's." ~Henry Moore