Um...ow

The other day in the car when the girls were acting-up and irritating each other (and really irritating me)....

Me: "Girls, you must realize by now that I have eyes in the back of my head and i can see EVERYTHING all the TIME... so you better behave....!!" *

Nicki: "Moommmeeee (all drawn out and dramatic...), doesn't that hurt?"

LOL!!



*Yes, my grandmother used that saying too.....

Happy Spring

Hello hello. Glad to be here posting pictures as it's been since mid-Feb-ish since I last came on site. Everything and everybody is fine although we certainly had a stint of being the House of Sick for about 4 solid weeks from mid-Feb to mid-March. We literally had the flu (authentic case for me), bronchitis, ear infections, and tons of virus stuff. But......all gone now....

Then, I travelled and have more traveling upcoming to Singapore and India starting next week for 2 weeks. (oh, Ed's loving this..... not!!). So, in between all of that....oh yes, and starting a very (very!) exciting new job at work, it's been quite crazy in our household. Crazy but fun and the girls...now over the sick stuff....are simply truly thriving. Just adorable. Three-and-a-half and loving every second. I'm tired at the end of the day but gosh, it's a good tired.

Ah...it will be nice diving back into the blogosphere for a bit. Sure hope everyone is well....I look forward to catching-up after my bit of hiatus....

Hugs to All,

Cin

Oldies But Goodies

I came across a couple of old favorite pics....First one is well...you know, right outside the White Swan in China....

This second one is here with our "first" child, Buddy

Of Tutus, Twirls, and Twin-kies....and Waiting...

You see, I always thought I'd have little girls when I was in my early 30s and I'm now in my way-late 40's so that's about 15+ years of waiting..give or take a few. What is it that I've been waiting for? Tutus and Ballet Lessons. You guys know this 'cause I say it all-the-time but by-golly, I sure do love being immersed in all this cute little girl stuff and I think ballet lessons and tutus and tights and twirls is way up on that spectrum, isn't it?

The girls started taking ballet a few weeks ago and they simply love it. Almost every morning, they wake up and say "Mommy, is it ballerina school day?" And, every evening after school, they both can't wait to either put on their princess dresses or their ballet outfits....




Ahh...all such good stuff....

Hugs,
Cindy

Pretend this is dated on Feb 1st

Ok...I will be posting a picture every day this month.....so...pretend that this is posted on Feb 1st..... ;-)

SuperBowl Food and Fun...

Whew, thank goodness for the Steelers win last night. Would not have been that much fun if #10 didn't make that fantastic catch at the very last minute...(well, last 2 mins...). We had a fun evening.....the Ks, the McCraes, the Schmitz came over for SuperBowl Sunday. Ah...so much food...

Look at this...to be so young....Pretty good picture of Adam and his friend, Samantha, don't you think? :)


Here's Deb and J...


Don't know if you can see, but there really was SO MUCH food. My favorite.....Bob's spicy shrimp...there's Bob in the background...Darn, the only picture I got of him....


J and me and the girls...


Col and Sammi


And then, the girls of course. Not a great picture but still pretty cute. Gosh, they love their princess dresses!!


Hugs,
Cindy

Keeps Me Laughing Most of the Time

We do a lot of laughing around here. Not all laughing, for sure....but pretty-much mostly it is laughing and giggles and very (very...) silly stuff. And it's mostly all good. One thing I like to do is let them sit on the kitchen counter and hang-out with me while I cook and clean and do kitchen-y things. And, as I scurry here and scurry there in the kitchen, they keep me giggling and as tickled as they are....At 3-years old, it doesn't take too much to make a giggle...but hey, doesn't take too much to get me to giggle either...

Ah....can someone out there please tell me how I can keep them 3-yrs old for maybe another 4 or 5 years....

Hugs,
Cindy

P.S. Nicki on left; Sammi on right....