First day of school

Foolish me, I forgot to post the traditional first day of school pictures! Here they are, two days late. So far, so good - the kids are pretty pleased with their teachers. Although the boy wrote an essay yesterday that basically complained about how little he gets to see all the major male figures in his life - his Dad, his Uncle and his Grandfather. Poor little guy.

Take me out to the ball game...

Just imagine, we have at least ten minutes of this:

Reliving ages 2 and 5: The teacup opera, the eye...THE EYE, and actually soccer

Big plans

Last weekend, the kids had big plans. The boy was bored and decided to resuscitate some old plans to build a platform up in one of our trees (our trees are too small for a full-on tree house). He appeared upstairs.

Me: Where are your sisters?
Boy: They're having a meeting.
Me: A meeting?
Boy, smirking: Yeah, they [and by they I'm sure I know which one he meant] decided they needed to have a meeting to make plans for building the tree fort.

They are so my daughters (a mother couldn't be more proud)! Here's the plan they made up:



Tree fort
paint and primer
blue
string
tape measure
wood
(plus diagram)

Apparently, one of the little photographers documented some of the building, although I don't think the project is actually finished.

Where have my babies gone?

Hubby was editing old video footage of the twins, looking for a segment for a seminar. I had forgotten how cute the little girls were! The little voices! The big eyes! The funny logic! Below is a clip when the girls were about two (although really, only one of them is talking).

My little photographers

The kids have taken over the camera. I love what they choose to photograph (see the highlights below. I especially like the inclusion of feet in the last image). Maybe later I will make a movie of the boy's collection of mailbox photos, which is surprisingly extensive and yet very artisitic.