Back.

This was my life all last week... basically just walking around in a fog.
Mommy and I were SO sick.  Daddy and Elly were a little bit sick; it seemed to work through their systems much more quickly.

But this week, we're back to our little fishing hole...
it's actually our front porch, but we like to pretend.

This day in particular was SO BEAUTIFUL!

We could not get enough of it!

Elly was so happy to see dirt that she literally had to...

eat it.

And she's always looking for Tig...
she LOVES Tig.

Baby Brother is also doing well.  He's moving around quite a bit now, but Mommy says it's nothing like it was with the sis or myself. But he's got a few good months to really get his wildness worked up.

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!