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.

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)

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.

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")

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Playing in the diaper box

I am loving the two year old stage! For the last month (starting at 2 years, 3 months old), things are A LOT easier. Besides just now sleeping through the night (that is a long story), Kate and Lily are beginning to entertain each other. They chase, wrestle and make each other laugh so hard. Lily especially loves making Kate laugh, and Kate thinks Lily is so hilarious. Here are some photos Sarah (the most wonderful nanny in the world) took of them playing in a box of diapers the other day. There is music when you click play (in case you are at work :) )

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Our first haircut

My very cute, but very shaggy-haired girls needed some style! It was so hard for me to finally break down and get their first haircut. Here they are (Kate on left) before the cut.

Daddy leads the way at Great Clips while Kate sits in his lap and Lily warms up.

Kate went first since she is generally a bit more compliant in new situations these days.

By the time she was done, Lily was dying for her turn to "sit in the big chair and eat a sucker." They both did fabulous! No tears and no fussing. We were so proud of them.

Here is the "stacked bob" from the back.

To celebrate the big day, we went next door to the dollar store to buy these party skirts and balloons. It was a great family day!