Beautiful hair...

I am not quite sure how adrienne asked me, but it went somewhere along the lines of..... when are you going to start brushing elly m.'s hair or tristan.. you need to do something about that... i don't quite remember, but she whipped out the hairbrush and made elly m.'s hair look pretty!! it lasted for about 2 hours... thank you adrienne.. it was very very beautiful while it lasted.

Look what my kids can do...

My kids can tear up a room in less than 5 minutes or maybe less than 3 minutes or 2.. i didn't time it!!

It's just not right!!

It really isn't right how these kitties are treated... so loved... maybe overloved, but totally loved. you can often find them in the arms of the two small children cuddled up anywhere in the house. i had no idea how much entertainment two free kittens would add to our house, better than a tv. so ruthie usually holds them so that they can still walk on their two back feet. and elly m. holds them any which way they will let her... which is sometimes right on top of them... we do have a lot of fun with them though.

Peek-A-Boo!!

here is ruthie in her "bed" in mommy and daddy's room. she takes a nap in here everyday, because if they sleep in the same room during the day they talk for 2 hours straight to each other. sisters are great!

Some beautiful snapshots!!!

Wish i was good at photography, but here are some cute pics of the fam.

snapshots!!!

check out that cheesy smile and oh my goodness the hair on that girl.. who is supposed to be brushing that? hmm....

fun swing...

This is a super fun swing at the super fun place... the big backyard at the botanical gardens. it is shaped like a cocoon... i wish i had one in our backyard. and the picture of bella is to show that she was there and well... because she is such a cute mommy... and well because elly m. took that picture.. hence the bending down becoming shorter.

Can you believe it???

I couldn't believe it... we got all four of them looking almost at the camera... hmmmm... maybe we should go to this swing more often to get them all four together and plan it directly after nap time.... hmmm.. i think i have an idea a brewing here!!! It is so great.. my children already have more cousins than i did growing up!!! amazing.. and i think they will have even more some day...

a few of aaron...

i felt like it was much easier to get pictures of aaron today than all the girls, but i did get olivia's little head up in the little window.. such a fun place to play!!









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a little note from ruthie

cutie cousins..

It is amazing to look at my two children and think that they don't really look anything alike and then you put four cousins together and you can often see similar features, yet completely different features!!! Amazing.. but they are all so cute! at one point i hear olivia asking bella " can i take my shorts off mommy?" and bella's reply was priceless "this isn't sweden hunny... you can't just run around naked and this isn't our backyard either... you are going to have to leave your pants on" very diappointed olivia kept her pants on!! the things mnnnnnjyou have to say to children... maybe i should start writing down the things i say to the girls.... funny stuff sometimes, especially this delightful season of the potty training.\\\\\\\\\\\\....



a little note from ruthie.. whom should not be touching the computer!!!!

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