Fortnightly Purse

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Jonathan's Birthday

Our friends, Josiah, Shannon, and Will visited

Violet's first bloody nose!

Papa has some fun.

Annie, embarrassed by the appearance of the cupcakes. But they were really good, so it doesn't matter, right?

Grandparents

The generation shot. Annie's mom (Nana) with her parents and Violet


Violet gets special treatment and something yummy from Nana. Whenever you want a tasty treat, just head over to Nana's lap.

Emma sings, "Happy Birthday to you, you live in a zoo..." to GG even though it's not her birthday and it is a bit rude.

Just couldn't pass this one up. Violet's walking now and needs a sweat band.

Spring is finally here. Tulips are the best!

Job: Can Opener

See the neat rows and perfect angle of can lids. See the lined up can opener. See our little perfectionist. We love Bea!

More ballet?

Yes! After all, we don't have any little boys at our house. Here are some pictures from Emma and Bea's recital. They love being ballerinas!

Birthday and such

Ah, April! With snow on the lees and...never mind.
Lest we forget, lest we forget

Bea's 4th birthday was a smash! Ballet positions and all.


Bea with all her best friends.

Emma gets the camera

Occasionally, as I'm uploading the pictures from my camera to the computer, I notice some pretty unusual ones I'm sure I didn't take. Then I know one of the girls has been at photography. This time, it was Emma. Here she is trying to take a picture of herself.

Hmmm, if I just...

Ah, yes, now I've got it!

So this is supposed to be hiding next to the couch, but Emma felt like all should see my knitting!

And no portfolio is complete without a close-up!

Modeling

Modeling some hats Annie knit.

Modeling the new dress Oma made (complete with hem and sash from Oma's old childhood dress).



Modeling in all the dresses from Oma. Thank you Oma! We're ready for Spring!

Up close and personal

This was taken in February, when we saw signs of spring everywhere and before the big snow hit.


Violet, our little angel.

We love when friends come visiting

Fun with our friend Lily.

We love our Oma and Grandpa! As Bea says, "When Grandpa comes down, he brings us delicious things to eat."

Isn't Jonathan's mom beautiful?

Nothing like a little McDonalds ice cream trip.

Classic McIntosh: pick up closest reading material and get absorbed. We love you both!

Fun around the house

Violet loves to wave hello these days.

Here she's so big standing at the kitchen stool.

cuteness.

Emma has Project Runway style (and model capability).

Even though it's cold out, if we wear summer clothes, and act like spring is here, maybe it will come!

Fun with the camera

Bea took this one of Annie and Violet

And this one...

These fairisle hats were knitted by Nana. Boy are they cute!

So much love to go around.

a few Palm Springs pics to share; more later

Jonathan with Emma on the little "lake" at Uncle Jon's house

And now with Bea

Walking downtown in old Palm Springs

Fun with Grandpa

I think these were art but the girls thought they'd be great playthings

The dog and the bear

Emma and Bea were playing with their stuffed dog and bear respectively. So as I was in the other room, I heard,
"Prick up, Exika, prick up. Exika just doesn't seem to prick up." Emma's dog is named Exika and apparently isn't feeling well. Exika is from Mexico, I'm informed.
Bea's bear is Indian and her name is Indiana. Aren't they creative?

Jonathan put lights up in their room and it made everything magical. See the sweet hugging as they stare in wonderment.

The girls in their new Advent Jammies. Nightgowns are the biggest hit!

We had a great time with Grandpa, Oma, and Josiah at Thanksgiving.

A little Violet gallery

We know, we know. This is a typical parent thing to do: post a bunch of pictures of their kids because they think they are the cutest things. Well, we don't think, we KNOW! Our little Violet sits up by herself now, kind of army crawls, and has just braved her second tooth's appearance. But what we really can't get over is her smile. We hope you agree.

The Gingerbread Houses

So here they are and boy are we proud!

What else would they be talking about?

The girls made gingerbread (actually, graham-cracker) houses at the Miller's today. Outside of Bea's house were two gingerbread men who were "talking." Jonathan asked the girls what they were "talking" about. Emma replied: "They're talking about Tolkien." One more reminder (not that he needed one) that Jonathan really needs to finish his dissertation soon.