Sunday Morning

I have always thought it would be fun to take a picture every Sunday morning of the girls and watch them slowly change and grow.
Here we have two Sundays.  the first was taken last summer:  River Blue Butterfly Dress, Silver, Silver Pink Shimmery dress, Summer Blue and Yellow Flowers.

 

This set was taken about 6 months later - Winter Pics:

Summer, River, Silver

Straw Hats

Summer 

Summer Left, Silver Right

Beauty Salon

Silver has really gotten into combing hair lately  - Summer will hold really still while she runs a comb through it.  She will also ask to comb mine out regularly.  Daddy is also a good sport to have his hair combed and "cut".  She likes using her fingers as pretend scissors.

The last time I got my hair cut they had an empty chair just next to ours and the girls took turns pretending they were cutting each other's hair at the salon.  

At a store with an office chair display, she had me sit in the chair while she pretended to cut my hair.  

Silver is also a figure out how to get something done personality.  Which is very good and something we encourage - Think of a way you can figure it out! 

She wanted to take her ponytails out of her hair.  I put in the small rubber bands which hurt if you just pull them out, so I usually cut the bands out with a scissor.  I found this chunk of hair on the floor and asked Silver about it.  She answers that she couldn't find me at the moment and really wanted her ponytail out.  Mommy usually cuts out the bands, so she decided to do it herself!!  

Christmas 2012

River's Christmas program.

She is in the middle in the pink shirt.

River in middle pink.

LOTS of Christmas crafts.  

Many will not be pictured here, but we had so much fun making things :)

Christmas advent - cut off one ring for each day until Christmas.

Marshmallow Snowflakes!

Sick Times Too!

It's nice to have a sister to cuddle up with for Curious George!!

Aaahhh, The BEST part of Christmas:  Lebkuchen Cookies.

Sweet Silver!

Christmas was a magical time in our home this year!

River asked me:  Mom, tell me the truth, Is Santa Real???

So I let her in on the little secret...and she was a great keeper of the Santa Secret!

She got in on the fun and helped me wrap presents for her sisters, "Oh, Silver is just going to LOVE this!"  She says "Okay, now let's wrap MY present from Santa!!"  Hhhmmm, it doesn't work that way little elf!

So the girls REALLY wanted to meet Santa, Mom and Dad ran into Santa, and had to have a picture with him, the girls were SO happy that we got to see him.  

And then they got to meet him themselves :)

River with Santa

Silver with Santa

Summer with Santa

They sat right on his lap and told them what their favorite things but River was quick to add that she would be happy with anything.  I was very proud of her.

River's favorites:  Art, Rocks and Flowers

Silver's Favorites:  Cheetahs, Pandas and Horses

Summer's Favorites:  Horses and Nemo.

Mom breathed a sigh as they coincided perfectly with what Santa had wrapped up!

Play put on by cousins and girls of Christ's Birth.

Colt made a great Angel complete with Halo!

Leaving Santa Lebkuchen cookies with milk and the Reindeer carrots!

Colt's addition to the lebkuchen, make them big and round with chocolate chips in the middle - I'll keep him around!  I didn't think you could improve perfection, but I was wrong!  

River with her polar bear.  We get to open one present Christmas Eve, and River's happened to be a Polar Bear!  

VIDEO:  Girls on Christmas Eve!

Silver opening her Pegasus horse that walks!

River was super excited about her art kit!

Silver's Doctor Kit was put to immediate use!

Silver "cut" Daddy's hair

Followed by a complete physical!

Shado hit the perfect gift for River - a geologist kit where you dig out pretty stones!

Super fun - totally River!

River with her Flowers - Amarillis bulbs

I have always wanted a fish tank - and we found one on Craigslist just after Christmas time.  I wasn't after one quite so gigantic - but you never know what you'll find on Craigslist :)  

We decided this was an excellent addition!

Silver is very observant to needs!  She is the first to notice when the wood stove needs more wood brought  or when the fishtank needs to be washed.  She has adopted that as her special job!

Summer and Silver teamwork to clean the tank!

Many good memories!