The Great Race

Zoe practiced the for the race in the barn. Lily was her coach. Finally, Race Day! Annie says she won and Zoe says she won. We may never know.

Zoe the Star

This is the way ballerina mice are supposed to dress, according to Zoe, I mean, Angelina Ballerina.

Snow days

Zoe and Annie are making snow castles. Also, Zoe was trying get Annie to buy some snow at her Snow Store.

Where's Annie?

Have you seen Annie? We can't find her anywhere...

New Window

Here is a sampling of our new windows we had installed last week. The house is warmer already!

Herd of deer

Lately there have been a bunch of deer congregating in our yard and our neighbors' field. It's hard to count them all because they stand near each other while they eat but I think there are 12-15 in this group that came by yesterday. I have seen as many as 18 all together.

fairies

Zoe and Annie bought fairy costumes with some allowance money. I guess if you want to be a fairy you have to stick out your tongue.

Toy Box

Grandpa got a big box in the mail for Zoe and Annie. First it was a train with Grandpa as the conductor. Later it was a doll house, with Zoe and Annie as the dolls in residence.

Zoe took this picture of Annie. She is getting better at her picture taking skills.

Zoe's Show

Zoe starred in a dancing show. It started out with Zoe and Annie asking questions of the audience, What's your favorite color? What's your favorite farm animal? The show ended with real dancing, once the costume was fixed so it wouldn't keep falling off.
Annie, after the question asking segment was over, was relegated to the audience.

The Herd

Lily with her cousins, Sabre and Zephyr, are waiting for their cookies.

Zoe and Annie are reading some old cards that Grandma and Grandpa have gotten over the last year.

Silly Faces

cutie faces

A rare time when Zoe and Annie both wanted their picture taken and both were being cute... but then they started being silly.

mug shots

Zoe is showing off her newest haircut. She said her hair was still in her face so I cut myself. Hopefully that's the end of haircutting for a while.

early halloween

Annie and Zoe are practicing for Halloween. The only thing missing...tons of candy. Too bad.

fashion plate

It's hard to see,but Zoe is modeling her Cabbage Patch dolls' shoes.

Zoe sometimes loves having her picture taken and sometimes not. This day she wanted her picture taken several times.

Piggy tales

Who's the mommy?

Zoe is always trying to be Annie's mommy. Here she is trying to get Annie settled to go to bed.

It's a hawk.

There are usually a bunch of squirrels at this squirrel cake feeder. Then the hawk came along and scared everyone away.

In these 2 pictures you can see Zoe's haircut. She cut it herself and then we got it fixed at the haircut store. It doesn't look much different than what she did to herself. Annie is wearing puffy stickers on her face. Zoe stamped her own face with a heart stamp.

Annie is fixing Tim before his big trip.

bad hair days

This pic is showing off Annie's crazy hair. It's been crazy since the very cold weather arrived.

ladybug girl

Zoe finds lots of ladybugs in the house. For some reason she wanted to have this one on her nose.

Zoe is selling pretend ice cream from a window display at Lowe's. We were ordering our new windows at the time. YAY!

Well, It's another cheesy grin from Zoe. We never tire of them.

I know the pic is blurry but it's the best of the lot. Annie is trying to whistle. Mostly it came out like "whooo whooo".

Anne on the Computer

Sometimes it is hard for Anne to reach the computer from her chair, so she gets on the chest to play Dora's Backpack Adventure, or whatever.

New Wheels

Zoe bought roller skates with her Christmas loot, while Anne bought a scooter.

Zoe's Apron

Zoe is wearing her new apron, which she got for Christmas, while helping Jen make cookies. The wise observer can guess whether she wanted her picture taken or not.