The bathroom project

This is the inside of some of the walls in our house. We suspect this part used to be a log cabin. We were just going to replace the floor in the bathroom but ended up doing some walls, too. Hopefully it will be finished soon.

Eek!

Zoe asked, "Mommy, why is Daddy breaking the house?"

Sleepyheads

Annie is sacked out after a hard day of play. Her pal, Posey, has found a warm placed to sleep.

The cake

Annie's birthday cake is environmentally friendly. It uses the Care Bears from Zoe's birthday cake.

Birthday girl

Annie is practicing for blowing out the candles on her cake.

Zoe is pouting because we sang her unfavorite song when Annie's birthday cake came out.

Annie is helping make her birthday cake by eating the frosting.

Annie sits with Grandma and Grandpa Smith and plays with our new portable DVD player.

after

Uh oh! Someone got carried away and raked a child in the leave pile. All these leaves came from the nicest tree in the yard. GGGRRRR!!

before

This is the best tree in the yard. It is nicely shaped and it has pretty leaves in the fall. Also, it's the only tree in the yard not in danger of Tim and his trusty chainsaw.

Dancer

This week was Observation Week at Zoe's dancing school. We saw what Zoe and the other kids have learned so far in their tap/ballet classes.

Kitties

The girls were being kitties and so Tim gave them some milk to drink for their supper.

School Parade

Zoe and her classmates learned about being citizens of America. They had a parade in the school and we were invited to view. The kids chanted a Citizen's chant and then they sign languaged/sang God Bless America.

A Day at the Farm

Before Halloween we went with Grandma and Grandpa Smith to Green Meadows Farm and patted animals and picked out a pumpkin or 10.

4 wheelin'

Annie has figured out how to ride Zoe's bike.

The Girls

Zoe and Annie at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. We saw some real animals too.

Spooky cat

Little Boy's eyes lit up when he got to venture out in the garden.

Jungle cat

Posey decided she wanted to sleep in the garden. I think she is dreaming she is a ferocious lion in deepest, darkest Africa and is about to attack a giant hippo for her supper.

Annie and Posey

Annie and her pal Posey cuddling together in the chilly morning.

mermaiden

Zoe is swimmin' like a fish since she completed swimming lessons this summer.

what a mess!

Annie helped Jen with some compost in the garden. She looks quite villanous with her half of a curly mustache. HAA-HAA-HA!

Where's Annie?

Annie and Zoe were playing that Annie was the baby going to bed and she needed all her friends too.

The Girls

Zoe dressed Annie up in Zoe's leotard from dancing school. Annie is ready for her third birthday so she can sign up for dancing school, too.

Annie

Annie is wearing her "leotard" for Miss Zoe's ballet class.

First Day

Zoe is ready for her first day of Kindergarten. Annie is lending moral support.

Giant in the Village

Annie is trying fit into the village that she helped make with Zoe and Granny Smith.

Visitors

This family of deer keep visiting the yard. That same day there was a fox hopping around in the neighbors field.

Supper from the Garden

Here is our first entirely from the garden supper. The breaded eggplant was cooked before I took the pic, it did not grow like this.

Sword Fight

Zoe and her new friend, Natalia are bloodthirsty pirates. They are after Tim, Marcin and Ewa.

Wild Annie

Zoe took this picture of Annie in a diner while we were on our way to Watertown, NY.

flowers

Zoe took a picture of the flowers around the pool.

Original Artwork

Here is some original art by the girls. Zoe did the works in chalk and Annie painted.