Random Pictures

This is a common sight in my house. Forget about Barbie dolls and Little People toys, my kids want to dress up dolls on their favorite computer game! I thougt it was cute that Rachel and Sara happened to be dressed alike as well as sitting alike.

After removing our pool, we found lots of little creatures including several of these redback salamanders. They are fun! Ashley is holding this one.

More Before and After

While this isn't a completely fair representation of the "before" basement bathroom, it's pretty close. All the junk was removed and we had the sellers install a sink before we moved in. Lucky for us, though, they kindly left he snake skin tacked to the wall for us to remove. You can see the tail end of it in the top left of this picture.

And here's how it looks now! No one would dare use the bathroom before I finished it because it was so creepy. Even my piano students would rather go upstairs. Now it's the prettiest bathroom in our house.

Science Fair

Ashley got to participate in her school's science fair this year. She and her partner, Karleigh, made a volcano and demonstrated an eruption with good old fashioned baking soda and vinegar. The ONLY thing I did to help with this was make the salt dough that she formed the volcano out of. Everything else was completely done by the two of them. I was very impressed.

Here's everyone with their sugar crystal lollipops that they got from another students presentation. Ashley got a ribbon and a certificate for participating. It was a very fun day!

Sara and Molly

This is Sara's new favorite place to lay down, and I don't ever see Molly complaining about it.

Who's Who?

I cut Rachel's hair because it was soooo hard to manage. No 5 year-old should have long hair. So now, this is what she looks like. Apparently I cut off all of her blonde. Now I can't tell the difference between her and Melissa!

And I had to throw in this picture for the benefit of my perpetually bored sister, Jeny (maybe it's time for a new job?). Is this kid cute, or what???

Making Valentines

What a lot of work! The girls got all of their Valentines for school done early because I knew it was going to be a huge project. Choosing which conversation hearts to give each classmate was, of course, a very serious decision and took lots of time, but we had fun!

The Eye

I was just playing around with our new pocket sized camera and got this cool picture of Rachel's eye. That's as blue as it gets!