Scenes from the Girls' Room

Today I walked into the girls' room to turn off the lights (for the millionth time) and saw the following vignettes. I didn't ask what was going on in each one, just took the pictures and left. I'll leave it up to you to decide what the story is.



I know it's hard to tell from the picture, but each animal had its own bag/purse/trunk sitting next to it.

Beans and Eggs

Here is Finn's China girl bean whom she named Max. It was carefully replanted at the gray house next to some very friendly tomato plants.


Cute Hutchie picture!


Chloe telling Hutch he stinks!


Sunday was our traditional church egg hunt at the lake. Chloe keeping a close count of her eggs.


Hutch did not get the concept and we had to work really hard to get him to pick up the eggs.


Hutch's basket of rocks and an egg.


Chloe and the Easter Bunny himherself.


Finn playing it cool, but underneath that exterior is an egg hunting machine.

Beans

In the car:

Finn: This is our bean plant. We planted a China girl bean. Well, it wasn't a real China girl, just a bean.
Me: laughter only
Finn: What's so funny?

Rhyme Time and Other Funnies

Coming into the house tonight I told the girls to put their drink in the sink. Chloe said "oooooo, that rhymes." I said "so does hop and pop". Finley then piped up, "so does excellent and smexcellent." Technically, yes, but I am not sure that would be an acceptable example in English class.
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While the girls were getting ready for church yesterday, I heard the following exchange.

Jeremy: Is there a reason Clippity (the stuffed horse) is wearing high heels?
Chloe: Daddy, her hooves are broken.

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Chloe spilled milk at dinner tonight and when she got upset about having to clean it up, she yelled "I'm never eating dinner again" as she ran to her room. She did end up eating a few minutes later after she had calmed down.

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J.B.'s Baby Pool

26 What?

Since I now have 26 days or less, if my doctor comes through with an induction like I am hoping, then I am now in keeping busy mode. Most everything baby related is done so I sit and wait. And wait some more. I am going to start a baby poll soon so everyone can give their guess as to whether or not J.B. will be kind or stubborn. Here are a few more pictures I wanted to share that did not fit with the last post.


Finn doing business on her cell while we wait for her to pay us attention.


Hutch getting ready to plant flowers. He had just had a snack of applesauce and apparently more soaked through the bib than went in his stomach.


Some of the flowers we have planted lately. Finn and Chloe picked these out to revive my hanging baskets. We have also planted some azaleas and a couple of blueberry bushes.


Hutch was looking quite dapper today.


He has really started loving books--looking at them, being read to, and tearing them up. He has a few favorites like "Go Dogs Go" and "Each Peach Pear Plum". He can now say go and loves to find the baby in the other one.


In this picture he was bringing me one of his animals so I could throw it back in his crib. He likes to toss them out at night and make us put them back in when he wakes up. Silly boy!

Cartenwheels

For the past week or so, the girls have used their outside time to perfect their cartenwheels. They are getting better but still have a long way to go. Thanks to the fast action setting on my camera, I was able to capture the following sequences. Here is Chloe giving it her all.






This was a random shot from another set but I loved it!

Finn gives it a go!

Another random shot but look at those long legs!


For the record, Chloe is the one who has renamed these leg-flailing arm-swinging things "cartenwheels".