Monday, May 07, 2007

What is Lily like these days...














Here's my sweet Lily. She is a watcher and a listener. There is not much that passes by her unnoticed and she has a great memory. She is very talented verbally and, at 2 1/2 years old, speaks in 5-6 word sentences. (I find that knowing what is on the mind of a 2 1/2 year old is rather interesting :) )







































She is very adventurous and fun loving.














...but she is slow to warm up to people she doesn't know. Here she is clinging to Daddy checking out the new people around her.




















Lily LOVES dresses. For two months straight, "dress" was the first word out of her mouth in the mornings. Now, I hardly put her in anything else. As I mentioned before, when I walk in a toy store, I see so many things that Kate would like. In the same manner, when I walk in a clothing store, I'm constantly seeing things that Lily would like.




















Lily likes to do anything that involves being a helper. She especially likes cooking. When we are waiting for Kate to wake up from nap, she helps me cook supper (above). She acts like a big sister to Kate. She is a good sharer when her sister is upset. Below she is teaching Kate to use the potty. She is saying, "I hold your hand, Sister...OK?





























She really enjoys the fact that Kate thinks she is funny. Here she is putting on a silly show for Kate.




















She likes to pretend that she is a caterpillar, worm or kitty cat. Her new pretend play is to call all the princesses she knows on the phone and ask them to come to her princess party. "Princess Cinderella? What you doin'? Come to my princess party?"














Lily likes to be HELD. I am constantly trying to make sure I give Kate equal hold time since Lily is much more vocal about this desire than Kate even though Kate loves it just as much.














She wants to be an adult.















Lily loves playdoh. She can sit for an hour and not get bored with it.














She loves her kitty, Zack (but it may have more to do with fact that she can boss him around).

















She is happiest when you are just sitting down across from her talking one on one.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

What is Kate like these days...

These are the faces Kate most commonly makes...










































These next two are her "Stop with the comedy routine, Sister, I can't breathe!" She thinks Lily is really hilarious! Lily can make her laugh until there is no sound but little gasps of air coming out.































Her "playing dress-up" consists of some sort of hat and heels or boots. A pretty dress rarely makes it into the equation. The only shirt she'll sleep in right now is this Mickey Mouse shirt or her panda bear shirt.




















She has always been a puzzle queen. At 2 1/2, she is up to 25 piece puzzles. Sometimes she will sit down and do the same one 15-20 times in a row. Here she is teaching Doggybear how to put together the Dora puzzle.


































Here is Kate in some boxing gloves. Until this month, I really thought Kate was the sweetest baby ever created. She hardly ever pitched a fit. She seemed to defer to Lily in arguements. If you even looked at her with disapproval, she would stop what she was doing. I was always feeling the need to protect her. Well, this month, she finally became a normal 2 year old with LOTS of opinions and an ability to fight back.














Weighing in at only a half pound less than her sister, she is still a pokey eater and not much for sweets. Here she is sticking a sucker in her hair. She'll keep the same sucker for a week. Of course, this drives Lily crazy since she eats hers immediately and then wonders why her sister still has one and she doesn't.


















She gets stuck on one subject and STAYS there. Below is a photo from the Veggie Tales stage and a more current one from the Cinderella stage. I think I listened to that Veggie Tales CD 5,754 times and the Princess one 4,678 times. When I go to a toy store, I find a ton of things that Kate would love. She is so easy to buy for since she has such strong passions. This is one of the most interesting differences between the girls to me. Kate is a "player." She finds all games and toys really fun. She is always ready for a good laugh. Lily would rather you sit and talk to her like a little adult...as if she is 2 going on 12. Kate makes 2 years old really funny and seems to enjoy every part of being 2.

Monday, April 02, 2007

What have we been up to?....












Eating fudgesicles
























Playing on the playground (Kate in front)





























Making cookies (Lily top)






















Watching princess movies like Snow White (Lily right)



















Playing in the sandbox after dark (Lily right)



























Washing the dishes (Lily top and Kate bottom)














Still sleeping through the night!! (Kate right)










































Primping (Lily top and Kate bottom)














































Wearing pigtails (Lily top, Kate bottom, Lily right)
















...and loving doing all of these things together! (Lily's face)

Friday, March 16, 2007

A stroll in the park














Lily and Kate love to stroll their babies down the street. This is one of my favorite outfits on them. I absolutely love dressing twin girls! The hats were knited by my neighbor. The sweaters were hand made in Chile and were gifts from our Chilean friends. Kate on left above. Lily is in the next 4 photos.



























































Kate's in the next 6 photos.




































































Lily on right below.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Playing with Hudson

Kate and Lily love to play with Hudson. His Daddy is a pastor with our Daddy, so they are often running through the halls of the church together. Here they are at our house doing the twist and playing ring-around-the-rosey. No, his mom did not dress him in this skirt...he ASKED for this skirt after seeing what a great time Lily and Kate were having twisting around in their skirts. Hudson is ALL boy so it is strange to see him in a skirt. Yes, we put the ponytail in his hair so we could have more bribery tools in hand once he becomes old enough to be embarassed at photos of himself in a skirt and ponytail. Lily is in the pink skirt. (Again...there is music when you hit "Play")