Living in a Barnyard!!

Our little girls have the most amazing imaginative minds!

Today they woke up from their naps being a piggy (Juliya) and a moo moo (Nataliya). They stay in character until they inform me and each other that they are something/someone new. So, depending on the moment ... if I ask "would you like some juice?" they answer "Oink, oink!!" or "Moo, Moo!" or "Arf, Arf!!" I just crack up!

The little pigs have a mud puddle they play in ... that is all of the tan/brown colored pillows off of our couches put in a circle ... if they crawl over the pillows ... they are all muddy. Then they need a gup, gup (their word for a bath). So then they roll around on the blue blanket we have in the family room and they get all clean!!

Since waking up from their naps ... about 40 minutes ago ... they have been pigs, cows, dogs (Lola and Spirit ... two dogs we know), Mommy, Kasie, John and DD (our friend Danielle). I'm sure I'll encounter 10-12 more characters before bedtime! It sure keeps things interesting and entertaining!!

As I write ... they are watching a Raffi concert ... recorded in the 70's. This is the fourth time we've watched it today ... and we were gone from home from 8:45 am - 3:00 pm. But they are so cute ... b/c they are up standing in front of the TV ... doing everything the kids on the video do ... singing along ... quoting Raffi ... and dancing with their dogs all at the same time.

They just put their puppies on their leashes (you know, the purple and pink ones Daddy brought home from his last trip) and took them "out" to go potty!!! :o) DD (Juliya) ran back to tell me her puppy is sniffing! :o) And John (Nataliya) is excited she put the leash on and took it off without any help. Oh ... now she is Mommy and talking on her cell phone!

At Christmas time ... the girls were given kitty outfits from their big sissy Kaysha. Here they are dressed up as kitty cats! Kaysha included a note with the gifts "someone has to teach them how cute a kitty cat can be!!" ... she knows me all to well ... that my children would never be exposed to cats unless someone else did it!!!

As you can see ... they keep me on my toes ... and it really is no wonder I'm so tired at night that I hardly ever write on this blog!

So ... it's time to head out to the barn and feed all my animals!!

SISTERS!!!

These are a few of my favorite pictures from the past few months. Several years ago I bought this really cute wooden snowman as a Chrismas decoration. This year the girls were exactly as tall as our little snowman guy! My plan is to take a picture of them next to this wooden snowman every year ... it will be so fun to see how they grow!

I tried really hard to get a "nice" picture in front of the Christmas tree ... but this one of them yelling something at the top of their lungs will just have to do!! It certainly captures them! :o)









All of the pictures I post show such happy moments. Well, as you can imagine ... not all of our moments are happy. These crying pictures are actually really cute!

Nataliya was exhausted and ready for bed ... I'm not even sure what she was crying about ... but it truly was cute ... and then to just lay her head on her sisters lap ... soooooo sweet! Juliya is a very nurturing big sister (when she wants to be!).

Family Fun

1. Mommy and Juliya
2. Nataliya and Daddy
3. Funny faces with Mommy
4. Welcome Home Daddy! (picking Daddy up at the airplane port!)

Fun Little Sisters!!

Well ... here I am trying to post some pictures ... and I have no idea why they are sideways and/or upside down!! :o) I guess to make the viewing more interesting!!
Enjoy!
1. Girls on the steps ... just being cute!
2. Girls trying on their dresses for cousin Chelsea's wedding.
3. Natalie Joy waiting for Daddy pick her up and do another flip!!
4. Sweet Juliya in her piggy jammies (you can't really see those) with her piggy puppet!

Who Knew!?!?!

This weekend Daddy was gone to Minnesota. When he left he told the girls he would bring them home a present ... but they needed to be good girls for Mommy in order to get it.

Well before he even left the house with his bags ... Juliya was putting in her gift request ... a collar and leash ... for her puppy. She doesn't have a puppy mind you ... several imaginary ones that she snaps her fingers at and tells them "come Lola, come!!" (she gets the name Lola from a friend who has a dog by that name.) She also has this teeny tiny dog that lives in a bug catcher cage ... way too small for a collar & leash. But she was truly jumping up and down soooooooo excited at the thought of getting a collar and leash. I did make sure to tell her she wouldn't be using the collar and leash on her sister ... who often pretends to be a dog!! :o)

So, Chris called me when he got down to the airport in Indy ... and he was actually a bit early for his flight ... so he decided to use the time to run down to K-Mart (or is it BIG K now) and find the presents! And there they were ... in the "small pet needs" aisle ... one purple, one pink ... perfect! Later that day the girls told me they wanted a pink and purple one ... little did they know Daddy already had them in his possession.

Tonight when Daddy came home the girls received their gifts ... and immediately we put them on some stuffed animal puppies they have. They drug them all around the house ... snapping their fingers at them telling them to "come!" and/or "go!" ... even taking them "outside" to go potty!

I will say I am liking these animal choices! The girls are content with all of their imaginary and stuffed animals ... and I'm hoping it stays that way for a long time!! :o)