dinos and dough.

homemade playdough and dinosaurs last week. annabelle and olive played for almost an hour. poking their dinos into the dough, feeding them, creating beds, blankets and houses for them...meanwhile wren was content to play beneath the table, finally getting her chance to hold the coveted elmo toy.

kitties!

catching up (again) on some of my pictures. last week i took wren, olive, and luna to buy cat food. we also looked at the fish, birds, hamsters, mice, guinea pigs, kitties, and ferrets at the local petco. it was quite the outing. luna and olive also picked out cat toy wands for manni. when we got home we called to the kitties and i opened some catnip. i think olive and luna were pretty surprised when all three kitties came running into the living room. usually lola and mau are elusive, avoiding the girls and their affections. after a heavy dose of nip all kitties and girls were ready to play, and those $3 cat wands turned out to be a great investment. cats and kids were entertained all morning and afternoon, and the rest of the week. annabelle was able to play the next day, and wren is frequently grabbing the wands and shaking it at passing f elines in the evening (during the day she usually isn't allowed a turn because "she's too little.") i also think that the interaction with the kitties is a great opportunity to talk about gentle touches, respect and compassion towards animals, simple but important knowledge for little minds.

wren and annabelle.

we are all so thankful that it is finally warming up. the girls are thrilled to be outside. the sunshine feels so good and its wonderful to be able to touch the grass and mud and hear the birds. luna said to me last week, "hey look! grass!!" and i think thats how all of us feel on those first sunny days. grass!

here are some sweet pictures of annabelle and wren out enjoying the sun this afternoon.

parachute play with ruby.

pictures with luna.

wha happened?

just going through pictures and updating the blogs and happened across this one. not sure when it was taken or whats going on, but it made me laugh. olive's little O face and catwalk on the window ledge, combined with annabelles wild hair, wild movement, and i am assuming wild and excited chatter at olive. they have such funny ways of communicating and playing with each other, its a riot to watch their interactions.

painting butterflys.