little sister, big sister

Vivian, taking a call at the "office" at the Children's Museum. Looks like it's someone she doesn't want to talk to...


Vivian, with a plate of "pillows" (thin sliced ham wrapped around cream cheese...my grandmother Mimi used to make these for us).


Sabine, sitting on a big rock at the coast...


Sabine, up in a tree at librarian friend Deb's house (we were over there for an awesome music making party).

DoJump! end of session show

The girls thoroughly enjoy their DoJump! class. Photos below are from their end of winter session show. They are in a homeschooling class together.






Vivian playing peek-a-boo!

Children's Museum

One of the things we love about PDX are all the places to go/things to do with kids. The Children's Museum is a favorite.

The chocto-pus returns

This was the celebratory ("Because I'm reading now") cake we made with Sabine.


Vivian's been into face painting lately. No frilly designs for this little one. She says she's a wolf. And enjoy the long hair while you can, as she chopped of two nice sized chunks right in the front the other night...I think a chin-length-bob is in her future. We might have to check out the "International School of Beauty" that's around the corner from our house.


Ben and Jerry's...two ways. Vivian sure likes her chocolate icecream...everywhere.

You can take the girls out of Wyoming...

But apparently you can't take the Wyoming out of the girls...

Here's Vivian enjoying the back yard snow...


Sabine as Queen of the World...


Enjoying the igloo slide...


The Oregon Igloo (Bret says igloo building goes a lot faster when you use a picnic table and benches for the base).

Decorating the tree

Vivian's into high heels these days. She can even walk downstairs in them...better than her mama!


Sabine was very happy to get the tree up, even if we bought it off a lot instead of going into the woods with good friends Juile, Shawn, Birch and Axel. And Julie's hot cocoa. It was only slightly mitigated by the fact that we bought it from Cafe au Play at a fundraiser, and they had hot cocoa...but not Julie's hot cocoa.

Crafts, watermelon

Sabine and Vivian painting the pieces for a game we're making for the LIFE is Good Conference raffle.


This is a "birthday cake" Sabine made to have a teddybear birthday party with our neighbor kids - Atticus (aka Musky) and Oliver.


Watermelon eating...frog style.