Bring on the party!

If this face doesn't say PARTY to you, then nothing will.

Haley was blowing super huge bubbles.

The Birthday Band

Oh, how I love my Uncle Joel!

And obviously we know how to have fun...
(this basket was left behind from sledders, so we pushed each other down the hill)

And then we just ran...

I'm never going to be two again.
(Note From Mom: This actually has been a thought on Lucy's mind throughout the week. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about that.)

ANOTHER Note From Mom:

Lucy means "Bearer of Light" and she has lived her namesake from the beginning being a constant source of light throughout my day.

One of her favorite songs to sing is "This Little Light of Mine", something I've been singing to her since I've known she was there. 

So, my little Lovely, I continue to sing...

"This little light of mine, I'm going let you shine; let you shine, let you shine, let you shine...".

More snow... more fun...

This is a favorite pastime of Elly's and mine.  We love to pull every single one of our books (this picture does not even come close to showing what we can do!) off the shelf and then leisurely just read whatever we'd like.

Elly was quite distracted and just kept saying "Cheese" until she thought Mommy was done getting the picture.

This is my awesome pillow tent.

I got my bake on one afternoon and made some delicious cookies.  I'm a major help when it comes to making cookie dough.

A Note From Mom:

All of us regularly say, "I love you to the moon and back" taken from one of Lucy's books she enjoys. One day I added, "I love you to the moon, bouncing off of each and every star, around the sun, back around the moon, and all the way back!".  Lucy loved it and has her own new "I love you".  

It goes a little something like this:

"I yuv you to the moooon, awound the staaaaaars, thwew the trwees by the fogs, awound the suuuuun, and back!"

So incredibly cute.

On our way out the door...

...Elly realized that she needed a purse, a necklace, and her crown.  Oh, little sis, a girl after my own heart...

A Note From Mom:

I was getting everything ready to leave one day and had told the girls to get ready as well. Elly took off running to their room, looking very concerned, and came back with all of her accessories. It was hilarious.  I especially like the crown, upside down.

Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails...

We're soon going to be seeing just exactly what little boys are made of when my little BROTHER gets here!

We agree with ole' Albert...

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

Albert Einstein

Several times a day Elly will go into our room, grab one of our purses then walk out waving her hand at Mommy and I as she walks to the door saying in her most Southern Belle drawl,
"Bai..."
Translated: "Bye! I'm off to run some errands, see you soon!"

Wig, check. Fur coat, check. Make-up, check.

Posing for literally 2 seconds so Mommy can get a picture, check.

Aaaaaand done.

I, however, can't get enough of this!

Incomparable Elly

Elly is thinking: "Hmm... that sure looks cozy in there..."
Tig is thinking: "Maybe she'll go away if I don't look at her."

Elly: "I was right!  It IS cozy in here!"
Tig: "Is staying inside really worth it?"

Here I am capturing images of my imagination with my trusty bucket of crayons.

Here is an image of Elly or as we like to call her, Baby Destructo.

Don't do it, Elly. Do not do it.

Nothing and no one is safe until every piece of paper is shredded, every cup is knocked off the table, every surface is climbed on.
Baby Destructo has the power to whirlwind through a room at speeds that cannot be clocked,
yet maintains her angelic, cherub-like features that leave people wondering,
"What just happened here?!?!?!".

Although I have to admit that shredding paper is actually quite fun.