Too Cute for (Many) Words

How best to steal your way into your teacher-mom's heart? How about letting her find the two of you reading together?


And again?


Here's Elliana's first attempt at coloring...notice that her hand is a frantic blur!


And this is Keira's first attempt at eating with chopsticks, which she did surprisingly well at (just don't check the floor):

This birdie at the "ma-quarium" really wanted to show off for Kiwi--he kept doing this crazy paddling back and forth in front of her:

Elliana loves to sit on the bar stools and order up a sippy cup of milk (straight up):

Kiwi finds a solution to the sweltering heat: water table? How about water BED?

"Welcome to my house!"

My family being silly at Silas' birthday party (where we were forced to hang out at his grandparents' beach house and enjoy the unbelievably perfect weather--such a chore!):

Ahhh...now THIS is the life!

On the way home, Elliana fell asleep "reading":

From the "You might be a redneck if..." files (Hey, it was 10,000 degrees out, there was no shade in the back yard, and my children are very, very white! My only choice was to put the pool in the garage!):

Elliana is the master of silly faces:

Kiwi and Uncle Steve:

Peeeks!