friends from france...

as you can see during the winter entertainment is slim. even when friends come into town from across the world. or maybe we all just followed an 18 month old's lead. diaper hats. who wouldn't want a clean diaper for a hat. but they were good sports and put the diapers on their head.

could we really call this snow???

I guess growing up in a place where snow was abundant... i almost felt embarrassed to bundle elly m. up in such a hideous outfit that i feel she will hate me for in less than 5 years mind you... to go outside to the 1 cm. of snow. it is crazy. they let hte kids out of school here this day. never and i mean never would this happen in the northern lands....anyhow... elly m. thinks that snow is for eating. i am not sure who taught her that. okay it was me. but it was hard to enjoy when laced in the snow is leaves. she would come to me after taking a bite with a leaf and say" this is nasty!!" and then i would laugh because i am almost sure i am the one that says things are nasty. like poopy pants.

random pics.

Here are a few random pics from the last week. elly m. insisted on getting into ruthie jumper. she wasn't quite as amused as ruthie is when she is in it. hmmm.. i wonder why?

dance dance wherever you may be....

Elly M. takes this literally. If she hears a cell phone ring.. she's dancin', if you start to sing just randomly (which happens very often at our house), she is dancin'..... so watch this girl get down with her bad self.

maybe winter isn't so bad!!!!

Potato Head glasses....

Here we are enjoying the $2.50 potato head we bought today. it was well worth it because of these.

so boring......

Winter is soooooo boring.... we are slowly, but surely running out of things to do. I do appreciate the almost 60 degree day we had yesterday. we went on a long walk and just enjoyed the sunshine.

more for elijah......

Just for Elijah!!!

This is for cousin elijah... he loves, just loves the videos.

talking elly märta

here is elly m. on the hot seat. she talks up a storm these days... from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to sleep. the other night the cat accidently got trapped in her room... i hear meow rather loudly a few times and then i hear "nigh, nigh TAT!" hilarious... except for it was two a.m..... not getting much sleep lately. bummer for me.

Five months old...

Ruthie is officially five months old now.. she has had ear infection for awhile. and now she has fifth disease... poor little thing, but she is still going going going. Even though she is sick...she still has an abundance of energy. i have to hurry, i can't think straight...she is crying right now. eekla.