just some randoms

Seoul is very into puzzles lately. For Christmas Grandpa gave her a box of wooden princess puzzles- one of the best gifts ever!

Seoul has never fallen asleep in odd places... until today. She didn't take a nap. I was making dinner and she asked me for a snack. When I came around the corner, I found her like this. She was out - even slept through Sydney slapping her on the tummy trying to wake her up.

Stylin'

Cooking and serving food - what a great team! They love this play kitchen so much!

Can't get enough of these lovely flowers.

Seoul loves to pick dandelion bouquets. I said, "Pose!" and this is what she did. Can you say diva??

At the pond feeding the ducks.

Seoul's favorite toddler song is "Where is Thumbkin?" these days. She loves 'Mr. Tall Man' and yes, I think it's funny, not inappropriate. Yet.

Sweet sisters playing together.

I found Seoul putting her babies to bed. Seoul's baby is on the left - Baby Toot Toot. Sydney's baby is on the right - no name yet. She even included Violet the Puppy for the night time music.

When I can't find the girls, this is often where they are. Sitting reading books together. Seoul's bed was the spot of choice lately.

[pictures from April 2012]

Seoul's Mischief

One day I knew Seoul was out of bed and in the living room when she was supposed to be taking a nap. I asked her what she was doing and she said nothing. I put her back to bed without another thought. A couple days later when I went to use the camera, I discovered she had taken 127 pictures. Yes, that is a lot! When I asked her about them she said, "I'm funny! Look at these silly pictures I took!" Oh my - what can I say to that?! Here is just a sampling of her "silly" ones that captured things that were important to her.

Seoul and her cute, mischievous face!

This is a favorite book in our house - Cinderella Skeleton.

She is very into drawing people, and loves her green friend.

Seoul loves the Easter window decals. I'm pretty 

sure we didn't take them down until the end of May.

The yellow mold on the porch was her dirt pie.
She would check on it & stir it every day.

The girls were so excited when our tulips bloomed. Seoul 

gave me an update every day about their health - how big they 

were, if they're dying, petals falling, etc.

We love this silly girl!

[pictures from April 2012]

just playin'

Just playing with some settings on the camera, trying to capture memorable shots of the girls. They have so many matching shirts, and they love it. Every day they choose which "matchy match" shirts to wear. I love the girls' curiosity and desire to explore.

[pictures from April 2012]

warm days!

We live for the warm-weather-play-outside days! Even when the sun isn't out Seoul wants the kidwash or the little pool out. Sydney doesn't love to go through it but she likes to pretend she will.

We hope for more sunshine!

[pictures from April 2012]

Kelley's worst nightmare

July 2, 2012

Sydney wearing the cd player playing music while she's pushing the popper toy. So noisy!!

Funny: Seoul is jumping around trying to stop Sydney from making noise so she can talk to me - actually bargaining with me trying to get me to pull out her too-small Hello Kitty shirt to wear.

Now the girls are screaming at each other to see who can scream 'stop ' the loudest.

The joys of a mother's day. It's pretty funny really!

Sydney and her food...

... don't get in her way! Sydney is picky when she chooses to be, but in general she is a good eater. When she loves it, she doesn't mess around! PS. She's also pretty good with a cup like a big girl but really likes straws.

feeding the ducks

We went with some friends to feed the ducks. The girls loved it, although I think Sydney loved eating the bread more than sharing the bread. Silly girl!

Oh, the love!

Don't get me wrong, it's not all roses and chocolate with these two but they DO love each other SO much! We are so excited for the best friends they are already, and the relationship that will develop and deepen over the years. They are super different in personality and temperament but I really do think they complement each other, and will help each other stretch and grow. Lately all I hear is: "Sydney, play with me! C'mon Syd - play with me!" Sydney is so content to just wander and do her own thing. 

Love these girls!!

{pictures from April 2012}

hideout!

One day I helped Seoul build a fort and then every day after that she wanted to keep building more. Our rolltop desk has the space for a chair so I capitalized on that - used the card table to set up next to it so there was an extra hidey hole for the girls. It was pretty dark so they didn't like it until Kelley introduced the lantern and flashlight. Once it was up Sydney would run and hide in there. Good times!

North Bend Visit

We took a day (in April) and made the drive to North Bend to visit family. {Grandma} Dubbee, Aunt Klorissa, Uncle AJ, and cousin Cason [and Buddy the dog] live there. Aunt Kendy and Ken were also able to come down for part of the day also so it was a fun family day!

Cason is getting to be such a big kid and we're so glad to see him! We got to check out their new digs - they have a pretty cool back yard with a huge tree that makes a fort. The cousins warmed up to each other pretty quickly even though we haven't been able to see them as often as we'd like. It made us happy to see them playing together!

{Grandma} Dubbee has a new place we could check out also - it's so cute! Seoul discovered the funny rocking pig - hilarious! Dubbee also had another Easter egg hunt and baskets for the kids - heaven for them. Sydney gathered candy and cared less about the eggs - ha!

Check out this awesome candy face.

We hit the beach and the weather was decent. Sand castles, holes, and water - a kid's paradise. We all had so much fun! Sydney is a champ - she totally face-planted multiple times but it didn't phase her one bit... eating sand and still going. Love that girl!

Last but not least dinner at a favorite family restaurant: Kum-Yon's.

We love our family! Chances to get together are such happy times!