Fun at the fair

The following pictures are from the Puyallup Spring Fair.

Audrey with her first elephant ear. She took one bite and declared that she did not like it. (She is so not my child.)

Some face painting. A horse of course!

These tortoises were beyond boring - they didn't even move, but Audrey insisted on sitting by their side for at least 10 minutes.

My favorite activity as a kid while at the fair, spin art.

This was so cool! Audrey was harnessed and then jumped on this huge trampoline. There was a guy holding on to this rope that was attached to the harness and when he would pull it, she would go flying into the air.

Up she goes!

She loved it!

This horse was named..................

Really? I guess he just wasn't feeling it that day.

Audrey's first go at Whack A Mole.

Despite the great determination (as written on her face), Audrey learned the hard lesson of fair games - you rarely ever win.

She did have fun - really :)

A few random pictures

                      Audrey showing off her new trick - which she does for us almost every night.

                   This picture was taken before Olivia had her first taste of real food, sweet potatoes.

        And this picture was taken right after.

Just for laughs

I know that some of you may not approve, but she insisted.

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail.........

I love this time of year. Spring is in the air, there is chocolate everywhere, and my girls got to get dressed up in their Sunday best.

Happy Easter!

Audrey awoke to her abundantly filled Easter basket.

And as with all things, she had to sort the contents before playing with them.

Olivia looked on with envy as her Easter basket only contained a jar of baby food and 1 chocolate egg.(Which she had to surrender to her big sis anyway.)

Before getting ready, I couldn't resist playing around with Olivia's wet hair. Nana thinks that she looks like a greaser from the 1950's.

Cute girl #1

Cute girl #2

Too cute for words!

On the hunt

Oh sweet baby girl!

Let's get caught up!

I know that it has been a little while, so let me fill you in on what we have been up to these past few months.

We celebrated Christmas!

Scrooge

Santa's Merry Helpers?

It really did become comical - Olivia either frowned or cried for every Christmas picture we took.

We tried to survive the winter - with fun :)

Audrey and her best play pal "princess" Jackson.

Hey good looking!

Audrey at Auntie Kara's birthday party with some amazing face painting.

Um....... at a loss for words.

Audrey put on a lovely tea party and was kind enough to invite her little sister Olivia.

"No tea for me thank you"

Nothing like a good nap with Daddy.

Olivia at 4 months.

"Well hello there!"

Sisterly love

Olivia's first taste of rice cereal. (Much to our surprise, our always hungry girl took awhile to warm up to the new addition to her menu.)

Better weather arrived, so we busted out for some outside time at the zoo.

Ummmmm.......

"I'm outta here!"

Olivia at 5 months playing in her jumperoo.

Then the first day of spring arrived, and it was beautiful!

Monkeying around with Miles and Kate at the zoo.

My little monkey

I give up!

Okay there has to be time for me to update this month. But just in case -  I put in a cute Easter background to buy myself some more time.

I know I've been a slacker...........

I know what you're thinking: "Aarin Thanksgiving was months ago, hasn't anything else happened in your life that is worth documenting?" Well yes, that is exactly the reason why you are still seeing the same old pictures if you have been visiting our blog. (Though many of you may have abandoned us. I don't blame you, it is boring.) Much has happened in our life life these past few months. So much in fact, that I have not had any time to update our posts. I promise to do so before our new Valentines Day background is no longer applicable.