Friday, March 09, 2012

If Our Girls Ran the Zoo


In honor of dear Dr. Seuss the old great,
(Who, if he were still kicking, would be just one-o-eight),
We thought we would sit down and put in the time,
To blog recent photos in Seussical rhyme.

‘Twas the dinos that drew us that bright morning day,
But we visited other old faves ‘long the way,
Like the monkeys, gorillas, and loud siamangs,
Then Ellie got posed as a giant orang.





The giraffes, the flamingos, and ostriches too,
Were some of the things that we saw at the zoo,
And speak of giraffes! Ellie found one that went,
Simply splayed at the knees as she forwardly bent.





Next came the strangest of beasts anywhere,
A backwardsly, jiggledly white polar bear,
And what he was doing? Why, the "Crawdaddy Prance!"
It's the rage amongst bears who are given to dance.




So the seal that we saw was a-sunnin' herself,
As she sat on the side of the slippery shelf,
We sat for the show, and the girls had no trouble,
When they sat on the side of the seal's poolside bubble.



And lastly we found it was time to arrive,
In the land where the dinosaurs still lived and thrived,
They were massive and moving and roared from their bellies,
The Gi-gan-a-to-saur-us scared Bailey and Ellie!





They watched Baryonyx and laughed as he spit.
The ride on a T-Rex was such a great hit.
Then into the sand pit for fun times colossal,
They grabbed up their sifters and dug up a fossil.











The last thing to see was the gift shop--of course,
We made it right through without using great force,
But something I saw fit one daughter of mine,
Believe it or not, there it was...Bailey's sign.


Then outside the shop, well it grew pretty loud,
As the children piled up and formed a small crowd
'Round the dino that wriggled and really could flex,
So Ellie then petted a puppet T-Rex.


So that was our trip to the zoo to see dinos,
And here's one of Ellie in front of a Rhino.
But where's Katie, you say? Well, she slept through the whirl,
Be we still took a shot of that beautiful girl.









Monday, January 30, 2012

Playing...



Bailey can consistently tell us what a snake says...

Friday, January 27, 2012

Katie @ 7 Months

Pictures taken on January 5, 2012



Saturday, December 03, 2011

At the park...

After our failed photo opportunity and our visit with Santa, we took the crew to the park for some biking and strollering.





Santa Picture

Thrilled to be with Santa :)

An attempt...

...at a Christmas photo!



Ahhh...goldfish to stop the crying!




Ellie


Sunday, November 27, 2011

Ah, Thanksgiving...

Nothing, absolutely nothing compares with holiday time off to spend with family. Well, at least nothing compares to the time off. And, because we had so much extra time on our hands this glorious weekend, Carmen took the two older girls to get much needed haircuts. I've never, ever seen prettier girls...Carmen excluded, of course!



This one may just be holding on to those beautiful blue eyes.




Don't you know it's hard out here for a baby?





Finally...Bailey gets that hair tamed.
And unlike her older sister, she didn't cry at her first hair cut.





Sweet.




Just about everything is funny to this kid!







Gonna getcha!!!







Eat your heart out Cindy Crawford!





Bailey's been falling down a lot lately. Maybe we should strap this helmet on permanently...?

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Bailey Singing - Audio Only

When Bailey first began singing at the table the other night, I recorded her on my phone. I just now converted the file to something that will play on the blog. Enjoy.




Sunday, November 06, 2011

Bailey Speaks...And Sings!!!

I'm starting to see Carmen's point about getting out of the house on the weekends. It clears the mind, it's good for the body, and the kids have less time to destroy the house.



Anyway, Carmen snapped some great pics of Bailey while Ellie was playing on the playground. This was my favorite.


When we finally made it home, Bailey remained on stage. She's recently begun to say "thank you" and other coherent mumblings. However, out of no where, she began singing a quite noticeable tune at dinner! I took a photo of her while she was eating/singing. (We're just happy if the food stays on the table--much less the plate...)




Of course Ellie is not used to sharing the spotlight, so she had to get a "pose" in as well. Seriously, she said to Carmen, "Take my picture, too," and this is the way she posed each time.






And here is Bailey singing on her first music video. We can't figure out if it's the first part to ABCs, Baa Baa Black Sheep, or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. No matter...those American Idols have nothing on our little girl. (You'll have to turn your volume way up...she hasn't learned the proper way to project her singing voice yet.)