Shoe Fettish

No, it's not me, or even Jarom...surprisingly.  We have discovered that our little munchkin Ella is obsessed with shoes.  She rummages through the house looking for shoes to try on.  She brings them over to her little chair in the living room and with the most concentrated look on her face she carefully tries to put them on.  Just the other day she found a Barbie doll and was painstakingly trying to put the tiny shoe onto the doll's feet.  She gets frustrated a lot when the shoe falls off and cries out "Shooooeee!"   When we go to Riley's preschool or the daycare at the gym she runs straight for all the kids shoes lined up at the door like it was a valuable treasure!  It's hilarious...hopefully this obsession of hers will go away by the time she's a teenager ;)

Spring

I finally got the girls in their Easter dresses and Riley especially loves looking just like Ella. If I do Ella's hair a certain way, Riley wants her to be the same too. I thought it was the younger siblings that wanted to be like their older ones?

Ring Around the Rosie

The girls love dancing, especially with Daddy. You just never know what you're going to get with these three.

Happy St Patrick's Day & Easter!

So I'm a little behind in my postings, but here are a couple pics from St. Patrick's Day, I just thought they looked cute all in green.  Easter weekend we went to Jarom's work to see him all dressed up again as the Easter bunny.  Ella recognized him immediately, probably because most Easter bunnies don't have a beard!  I think next year they're going to have upgrade the bunny costume so he looks a little more kid friendly ;)    We would've put on their Easter dresses but it was so cold and rainy all weekend.  I'll post pictures next week before we head to church.  Happy Easter!

This is Riley's Easter egg hairstyle, she got lots of comments

Jacksonville...Oregon, not Florida

This past weekend we drove 7 hours down to see my high school friend get married.  The drive itself was ok, Riley was perfect, Ella not so much.  It's hard for a 1 yr old to be strapped down for that long!  Jacksonville is a historic town not too far from the California border, near Medford.  It's the cutest town, the main street was like out of the old western movies.  Our bed & breakfast was just a tiny block from everything. Everything in that town is within walking distance.  The morning of the wedding we walked down to a little park and let the kids play.  Then we had really yummy sweet potato fries and Chicago dogs at a cafe in town.  The day was sunny and warm!  The wedding ceremony was up on a little bluff overlooking the mountains.  The girls had a good time dancing and Riley was especially excited to see the princess (the bride) walk down the aisle.   If we had more time we would've taken the Oregon coast back up, guess we'll try that another time.

Gymnastics

This is Riley at gymnastics class that she takes once a week. She loves it and even tried to practice at home. This one is for Nana ;)

Day at the Zoo

This winter has been unbelievably warm, if only it were always like this.  So this past weekend we went to the zoo and so did everyone else! CROWDED!  Oh well, we still had a good time, despite losing Ella's new shoes.