The Birthday Girl!

How did the last two years fly by so quickly??? G is now 2! And what a big girl she is: she's talking in occasional sentences, playing with Q and friends (side by side and together), and is learning to dress herself. She's even showing interest in being potty trained! Here's the birthday girl watching her new Noodlebug DVD (from Nana and Papa), holding her new baby doll and duck (from Gm'a Jeanne and Gp'a Tom), is wearing her "worm" and standing on her "rocking" monkey (from us). She's still learning how to balance on the monkey, and is therefore holding onto E's hand. Thanks for all the great presents!
Cute kid stuff:
- Yesterday G picked out a pink dress to wear. Q's said "Mama, she looks like a princess!"
- G's favorite toy to sleep with is her "bear in pajamas" (Q's name for it): it's a bear head sewn onto the middle of a pink blanket. She calls it her "bee-or."

Kids

A quick photo update of the kids. I'll post more at some point - I promise!!

September
Sarah and McKayla came to visit.
Wearing Dada's shirt.
Reading to the bear.
Happy girl!

G's new hat.
October
Let's read!
Sitting together.

The first family movie/pizza night. Enchanted anyone?
Yep. He's his dad's boy: he hates getting his hands dirty! Mama had to do most of the work....
November
Tired boy.
Playing together.
A masterpiece of creative preschool art!
December
Decorating cookies! G was much more interested in licking the icing off one cookie than she was in eating the cookies. Q was VERY into decorating and then eating cookies.
January
The Birthday Boy! (It took a couple of tries to get all 4 candles out....)
Playing with Mama's rocking horse.