Her first pony

No, not a real pony, silly!

Her first ponytail!

She's so sweet don't you just want to eat her up?

Stuck on you

My kids really aren't interested in coloring.

Maybe it is because Ella only likes to eat the crayons.

Maybe it is because Ben still doesn't know his colors. In fact, he is on the verge of failing pre-preschool because he doesn't know his colors. Or his shapes. Or maybe he is on the verge of failing pre-preschool because he hits his friends.

What was I saying???

Ah, yes. Coloring. They don't like to color.

But they LOVE stickers!!

And they don't just decorate paper with stickers. They use their stickers to turn themselves into works of art.

PS - Even though Ben doesn't know his colors (or shapes) he knows EVERY animal and what sound they make.... from a tiger to a flamingo to a yak. He knows them ALL. I think he is VERY SMART!

PPS - I am still not convinced that he isn't color blind.

Sunday Night = Trash Night

Good thing Daddy has his #1 helper to help haul the load in his "gatorade" (which is what Ben calls his John Deer Gator)

Time to get out and blow the stink off!

The kids had been cooped up in the house for so long with their illnesses, that the second the weather turned somewhat nice, we headed to the playground and just let the kids R-U-N!

Ben must have thought that he was at the beach because as soon as he got out of the car, he ran over to the sandbox and took his shoes off!

Ella, although still snotty, wouldn't keep her hat on or hood up. But it was obviously she was truely enjoying the fresh air.

This was the first time that neither kid was afraid of the big slides and rode them over and over and over.

And of course, the swings are always a big hit!

Here's hoping for more warm, sunny days ahead!

Urrrgggghhhh!

I HATE our computer

I HATE our internet service

They are both interferring with my blogging

(I tried ALL WEEK last week to post a video of Ben on the blog. NO LUCK. And then I was so frustrated with the video that couldn't even post anything else)

SORRY. I will try and get back into a better blogging routine

She looks good...

Even when wearing nothing but WELLIES























By the way, Ella had her 18 month check-up on Monday. She measured 30.5 inches, which puts her in the 25th percentile for length. She weighed in at a massive 20 lbs 5 oz., which puts her in the 5th percentile for weight. Yes, I said FIFTH. However, you can see from the pictures above that she does carry a little junk in her trunk!

Sorry for our absence

We have been trying to recover from the illnesses that are traveling through our house!

I promise, I will be back this week with updates!

In the meantime, here is a quick pick of Ella being fabulous, as usual.