Call the Tooth Fairy!

Ella lost her first tooth! She came up to me one day and said that her tooth could twist, and when I looked at it, it was barely hanging on. So we yanked it and she was thrilled. Absolutely could not wait to call everyone! She has since lost her 2nd one, so she has a delightful hole where her 2 bottom teeth used to be!

Violet Baby

Here are pics of the rapidly growing Violet

Ella dressed her up as a "queen" but I think she looks more like Captain Jack Sparrows long lost child!

My lovely, always happy, girls!

Violet is obsessed with shoes ... mostly on her hands. When she finds some she puts them on her hands and crawls around and claps them together. So much fun! If she's crawling, there are shoes on her hands 90% of the time! Obsessed, I tell ya!

Fun Run!

Every year Ella's school has a fundraiser where each kid asks their family/friends to pledge money towards the laps that they run. Ella came home so excited, she said we needed to buy her "running shorts" because normal ones wouldn't work. She ran 1 1/4 miles that day ... on little 6 yr old legs! She had so much fun! Each time she came through the victory arch after a lap, she was skipping with her Victory Arms. The girl is unstoppable!

OMSI Trip

We went to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) a couple weeks ago when Cory had the day off. Here are the girls (and Cory) enjoying the atmosphere.

Violet was just happy being held.

Ella playing with her paddle boat.

The girls using a crane to unload ship cargo.

Ella in the NASA Rocket

Posing with Samson the T-Rex

It was a good day together, and fun to have Cory with us!