Christmas morning tea

The girls got a new table and chairs set for Christmas, and when Shea went down for her morning nap, Danya asked if we could have a special tea party at her new table. This was the first of many tea parties that we've been having at this "Danya size" table.

The table is set.
Danya has the cookie in her sights.
Pour the tea...

ENJOY!

My first real sewing attempt for the girls!

Every morning, when I wake up, I put on my robe and have a cup of coffee. Many times this fall, Danya would wake up and ask me where HER robe was. This gave me the idea to make the girls matching robes as a Christmas gift. So, I went to the store and bought fuzzy pink fabric and a simple looking pattern. I then called my good friend Juanita and asked her to tutor me on sewing 101. I'd never made anything from a real pattern, so it was slow going, but the results were SO gratifying that I will definitely do it again. Here are the girls in their cozy robes. I tie Shea's in the back so that it stays on her. :)

They're my little housewives in training!!!

This is why we did this!

Sometimes, in the craziness and the busyness of my days with the girls, I wonder to myself "What were we thinking having them so close together?". And then, I get busy in the kitchen or doing laundry and wonder why they are being so quiet...what mischief could they be getting into??? I go looking and what do I find.....a perfect reminder of why we wanted them to be so close in age, and it really is quite worth the work!

A couple of videos

Yesterday morning I was reading and the girls both got up on the fireplace hearth with their books and read together. It was so cute. Later in the day, Shea went into Danya's room and got a baby doll and a bottle to feed her. Both of them are growing up so fast! Enjoy the vidoes.


Reading time...



"Baby"

1 year old!

We have a sweet friend who took these pictures of Shea in her home. She really captured how happy and fun loving our little Shea is. There are 120 pictures that I got out of this shoot, so here are just a few that make me smile. You can click on the pictures to see the larger photo.

It's the most wonderful time of the year....

Fall is here in full force. Here are some pics I snapped when the girls and I went outside to play in the leaves. The yellow leaves are from my favorite HUGE apricot tree in our backyard. The red leaves are from our little pear tree in the side yard. I love this time of year!

My story for the day is that I just started getting the girls ready for their bath, and as I ran the water and started taking Danya's clothes off.....Shea literally dove in head first, clothes and all. She loves the bath and couldn't wait. She's too short to get in the right way, so she bonked her head and was soaked head to toe before I could get to her. Needless to say, she freaked out, but not for long. She LOVES the bath! Here are the girls, post trauma, enjoying some splishing and splashing.