Thanks, Grandma Betsey!

So I took the pictures Martin last posted as a thank-you to Grandma Betsey for these adorable outfits she sent the girls for Easter. I put them on the girls to commemorate the first decent weather we've had around here in, oh, 107 months. Here are a couple more outtakes from the photo shoot. By the way, I have no idea why Libby insisted on holding her arm like that, but I like the gentlemanly look of it. "May I escort you to your chair, Madam?" And I love that Emma's clutching it like the genteel little lady she is (cue a loud belch from Emma).




And here's another shot of Smiley Peepers (a k a Eczema Head ... poor girl).


One of Martin's colleagues was so sweet and brought this adorable little coat back for Libby from somewhere in South America (Bolivia? Chile?). Libby ADORES it and refuses to wear any other "toat." In fact, she often insists on wearing it around the house for hours on end.


And is it just me, or is there something a little creepy about this? I keep waiting for the doll's head to do a 360 while she pulls out a miniature butcher's knife. (I owe these terrible images to a really creepy "Fantasy Island" evil-doll episode that scarred me profoundly.)

Our kids are the cutest

New pics that prove it.



...or not...

Howdy, Strangers!

Sorry we haven't had much time to post lately. Things have been quite hectic around here for a few weeks. I'm hoping things will slow down a smidge soon, so I can post more updates for Emma and Lib's anxiously awaiting fans. (I'm also hoping things will slow down a little so Mama can have a teensy-weensy bit of sanity back.)

In the meantime, to give you a little hit o' the Emma-Libbers cuteness:

Usually, Libby plays Naked Duck Girl at bathtime, but apparently the night of this performance, the role was played by Daddy.


Nanook of the North. I know -- adorable, right? But I've seen it enough, thank you. No ... more ... snow!



Smily Peepers -- a happy girl.


Enjoying the Ohio blizzard with cousins Diana ("Nnnnn-nah") and Kennedy ("Dee-Dee").


Enjoying Ohio chips and dip. Grandma has great treats.

And speaking of photos

You may have noticed the new Flickr "badge" to the right. It shows a rotating bunch of the pictures from our Flickr site. Click on a photo and you'll be taken to a larger version at Flickr. From there you can click on my "photostream" to get all the pictures we've posted.

Photoshop

I've been craving some nice black-and-white pictures of the girls so I started playing around in photoshop. This one turned out pretty well.