Alexa's puppets

Here are five photos of Alexa with her puppets.  You can see that she had me take a picture featuring her and each individual "aminal."  Yes, that is spelled correctly for the way in which she pronounces the word ;o)  She's my sweet girl - love her!!!!

the black eye

Check out this tough guy!  Grant gave the headboard of our bed a good smack with his eye a couple of weeks ago.  He didn't need any stitches but it was a good one!!  Other than crying when it happened, the incident didn't faze him.  You don't want to meet this kid in a dark alley...

my guys

I just love this picture of Clint and Grant.  As you can see, Grant is "scurrying" towards me to get the camera while Clint watches.  They're both probably wondering who's going to be quicker: me or Grant!!??  The two men in my life: they couldn't be more handsome or special to me.

first haircuts

Both Grant and Alexa had their first haircuts this summer!!

I would say that both were very successfull, though I was a little sad to see Grant's baby-fine hair go, as well as a little of Alexa's long hair.

ballerina

Alexa has started taking dance lessons! She attends class with other 2 and 3 year olds. It's titled "Ballet and Creative Movement" - she loves it!! Here are a couple of pictures of her demonstrating her "ballet" moves - very impressive, if you ask her parents!! :o) Oh, don't worry... we finally got her some tights and shoes that fit her!!

what a smiley boy :)

Here is our "big" boy, Grant. He is a very happy baby who loves to laugh at/with his sister. He's very vocal and can "army" crawl now. He has 5 teeth and working on another one! At 8 months old, we often wonder "Where has the precious time gone????"

winter fun

Here is our sweet girl, Alexa, outside with her dad. She didn't last long - the temps in northern Iowa are nearly unbearable. All she had to say about her experience outside was "don't eat yellow snow, Mom - that means someone peed there." Smart girl!