Cooking with Uncle Steve and Aunt Cindy

I've said it before; my kids are so lucky in that they have fun aunts and uncles who take time to do fun things with them... Uncle Steve is in town preparing to marry the lovely Cindy Parks next week. The girls are thrilled to have their soon to be Aunt Cindy around as well. Steve and Cindy made a delicious meal with Audrey and Lili "helping" in the kitchen, which I can assure you requires a lot of patience.

Uncle Jon's worst nightmare...GLITTER

Check out Audrey'e knees after some glittery crafting...and yes, even though I insisted that anyone who wanted to glitter do so out on the porch, if made its way inside quite rapidly. Kateri's pudgy body basically acted like a giant marshmallowy lint roller as she crawled around and by noon she was all sparkly.

And yes, Audrey is sporting her favorite hairstyle: "crazy lady who lives next door with 12 cats..."

Irish Step Dancing

Two very excited little girls off to their first Irish Step Class...on the way home they were talking to each other in the back seat. "Wasn't our teacher nice?" "She was so nice" " She was super duper nice..."

Lili's scrupulosity

Lili swam up to me at the Lifetime Fitness pool today and asked, "Do you think it will worry the lifeguards if I do a really long handstand underwater?" I just had to laugh. I think I need to take her out to a dogfight or something, Royal Tenebaums style...I guess I should be thankful.

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Lili

Today was Lili's last day of first grade. I cannot believe how grown up she suddenly seems. It is hard to believe that she already has two years of school under her belt! VDM had a little awards ceremony today and Lili received an award for Best Conduct and Perfect Attendance (although she did miss one day...and she said that Daddy really should get the credit for that since he drove her to school every morning. Anyway, we are so proud of you, Lili!

Things you don't want to hear from the playroom

Me: "what is the baby playing with?"
Audrey: "She's just eating crunchy things that are old..."

luckily it was just a stray cheerio...