Let them eat pizza

These pics are from my phone, not to bad considering....
The girls were sitting in the car in the rain waiting for Austin at the dentist. They were just so adorable I had to get a picture.

Bell had a great time at her birthday party!!

Bell's Birthday

Aren't they cute!!

Matilhde and Kaylee in their princess dresses.

Angelina the littlest clown.

Austin got to take the morning off to come to Bell's birthday.

They played limbo, did the chicken dance and had a lot of fun!!!

So at this point my camera battery died - ugh!!! Someone else did take pics and I took some with my phone, so I should be able to post some of the actual party part. The girls had pizza, made princess crowns and ate pink frosted cupcakes. It was very cute, and now our little girl is THREE!!!!

She had a great time opening presents on her birthday.

And LOVED her Sleeping Beauty doll from Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Ed!! It lights up and now goes to bed with her every night :)

Bring on the clowns

The girls make very cute clowns for Halloween this year!! We went to Trunk or Treat at church. Everyone decorates their cars and the kids go around trick or treating. The Knights set it up for the first time this year as an activity for the kids, and we all had a fun time!

A day in the life of my husband...

So Don is having a rough week! Tuesday his flight out to Tennesse (interview) was delayed, he left his cell on the first flight, and when he got to the hotel at midnight they had no rooms left and they had to move him across the street.
And to make matters worse he got up to get dressed the next morning, pulled up the plastic over the suit I packed for him and.........
it was his TUXEDO - oh crap!!!! I pulled the wrong one out of the closet - ugh!!
So he went in his dress shirt, tie and jeans and very graciously blamed me :) The guys interviewing him thought it was pretty funny and were making fun of him by the end. So I don't have to sleep in the dog house!!
Anyway, other than that he thought the interview went well with company managers, then the business manager took him to lunch and the HR lady went over all the benefits with him. So, we shall see..... he expects to hear in maybe two weeks (they are very slow in this hiring process:(
Today Don has a full day and dinner with his boss about a meeting they have first thing in hte morning. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wonderful hubby, but we are not celebrating around here until Saturday when he can spend the day with us :)))
Karen

Lots of words for Lina

I was just asked how many words Lina knows (20% of kids at 16 months know 20+ words). So I was trying to figure it out. Bell had 70 at 18 months, so we try not to compare!
Lina is actually way above the average, but is just a little less verbal than Bell and a little less clear. But man, she is learning a new word everyday these days - I am sure there are ones I have left out!

Yes
No
milk
snack
out
Hello
bye bye
MINE - the second one learns this word MUCH earlier :)
Please
Hank you (that TH sound is hard)
shoes
dog
Lela (Bella)
Rela (Cinderella)
Ora (for Dora)
Lucky
Phoebe
Dog
Duck
Mommy
Dadddy
Aust
Step
jump
Up
Down
Doll
bucket (learned today while carrying around a pumpkin bucket)
pocket (which means pocket book)
nose
eyes
rock-rock (she loves the rocking chair!)
cup
pop ( works for ice or lolli)
potty
butt
tange (change, but again the CH thing...)
that (everything else she does not know the name of!!)

Our end of summer trip...

The summer was a lot of fun, but we stuck very close to home as we did not know if we would be moving anytime soon. So at the very end of hte summer we took a short trip to Kings Dominion in VA with all the kids. On the way down Don had a "surprise stop" for us.
We went to Washington DC for a day, which was GREAT!!
We started at teh International Spy Museaum, which while great for Don and Austin, was not so great for the girls. No strollers allowed, really geared for adults and very crowded.....
From there we moved on to the Mall, Washington monument and WW II and Lincoln Memorials. It was a beautiful day and the girls had lots of time to run around when they needed as we walked. It was a long day, but fun!


What a beautiful sight with all the flags flying...
WOW, Austin is a GIANT!!
Cooling off at the WW II Memorial. This is a really nice memorial with dedications for every state that lost soldiers in WW II and Star for every peoson lost to the war.

Austin and Bell climbing the steps to the Lincon Memorial.


OK, blogger is not letting me add any other pics right now - ugh...

Half hour a day....

OK, I am so behind I am going to work on this for 1/2 hour a day to try and catch up. I have been trying to find a whole download of pics that have somehow disappeared, so I am just going to post what I have.
Welcome back!