This is a normal image of Elsie lately...she is two...need I say more? She quite often stamps her foot and says (in a very angry voice!) "mad" or "grumpy"...she throws little fits on a regular basis...she has a sassy disposition (thanks to her teenage aunties!) but can melt your heart when she sweetly says "I love you" and gives a big hug!
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little fits of unhappiness never last long...she always starts to giggle...fights to keep a smile back and all is good again! I think two is going to a challenge...but a super fun challenge!
Since I am always taking Elsie's picture she decided to take my picture yesterday...the camera is a little to heavy for her to hold up by herself...so I had to just support the lens...and she told me to "smile" than clicked the picture! What a photographer! I am sure she meant to cut my head out of the picture!
We are borrowing a gym mat for Lilly to lay under...2 children seem to fit just fine under the mat! Every time we lay Lilly under the toy Elsie thinks she needs to lay under it with her...and point out all the toys to her...as you can tell from the picture Jon had to keep a protective hand close by Lilly...Elsie can move far to fast!
See how well 2 fit!? Elsie thinks that no part of her can be off the mat as she lays under it! Silly girl!
Now that hunting season is upon us the kids are expected to wear orange hats outside to play...The kids all think the orange hats are a special treat to get to wear them! I found Elsie's vintage orange hat at an estate sale this summer for just 50 cents!
She loves her orange hat...and it looks so stylish with a rainbow sweater...what a colourful girl!
Elsie and her aunties playing in their fort with their orange hats...what fun times...and what beautiful November weather...just sweaters are enough!
Lilly has been discovering her thumb lately...she will smack all over her fist until she discovers her little thumb...she looks so cute sleeping with her thumb in her mouth!
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little thumb sucker is just so cute...I had to take lots of pictures to give to her grandma...
One day last week was such a nice day outside that we just had to go out for a walk...Lilly rode in the stroller so we got her all bundled up to go out...
The only hat that would fit was a big pink furry hat...and with the furry snowsuit she looked like quite the snow baby!
She does not like being all bundled up...and she HATES hats...but she was quite happy while I took some pictures...than outside we went for a little walk...fresh air is wonderful!
Our Halloween celebrations started last Thursday evening with a trip to Grandma B.'s house. We dressed up 2 little bee's, complete with sparkles on the cheeks...and went off trick-or-treating to Grandma's house...
Grandma had far too much candy to fill Elsie's little bucket with! Elsie's favorite was the little pumpkins...I think ate most of them in one night...and could not sleep well that night due to all the sugar! Good think Halloween only comes once a year!
Elsie is growing up...and becoming quite independent! She lugs her little chair around with her were ever she wants to go...we have a chair in the bathroom, the kitchen, the bedrooms...if she can't reach it her answer is to stand on a little chair!
Her favorite thing to do is stand by the kitchen sink with the water on a little so she can "wash" the dishes...she gets water all over the counter and floor...but she has so much fun that it is worth it! Every time I wash dishes she comes running, pulling her chair behind, stating that she going to help me...I just don't quite know what to do with such a good helper! I wonder if washing dishes will be as much fun when she old enough to have chores? I think I better take advantage of this now...so make sure you think twice before eating off the clean dishes at our house...they are being "washed" by a 2 year old!
Last night we tried Lilly's Halloween costume on her for the first time...and she makes the most adorable baby bee! Elsie is dressing up as a bee as well...with sparkles on her cheeks and nose!
I didn't get any pictures of Elsie in her costume yet...tomorrow night we will be dressing the kids up to go trick-or-treating at Grandma B's house...
Even though Elsie we in just her undies and a an old t-shirt she really felt I needed to take a picture of her also! Such cute girls...
Last week when the kids were at our house for a visit we pulled put the baskets of dress-up clothes. They kept themselves busy all afternoon trying on new outfits...when they were dressed as ballerinas they decided to out and get the mail...never mind that it was cold enough for snow! I love this picture of Emma...she looks so confidant!
At least they both remembered winter hats and boots!
I love watching Elsie and Emma play...they both have such spunk and childish freedom...they just do whatever pleases them...I hope they will never lose their zest for live...though when they are teenagers I will wish I never never said that!
Elsie has 2 favorite books from our shelves...one is "Queen of the Class" by Mary Engelbreit. Elsie knows the book by heart and always feels so bad for poor Ann Estelle when she is not chosen to be the princess...one day Elsie was almost in tears for poor Ann Estelle! Elsie doesn't just listen to a story book...she feels the book with that vivid imagination of hers!
Another favorite is a beautiful vintage book with lovely ink drawings..."We Were Tired of Living in a House" by Liesel Moak Skorpen.
This is a simple story about finding just the right home...this has been Elsie's favorite book for a long time now...
I love art work in children's books...and it looks as if Elsie had picked that up from me...she will sit and stare at one page in a book for quite some time, point out some little detail than move on to the next page! Books play an important part of our life around here...
