Deja vu

Fashion by Elizabeth

Remember how Elizabeth has been wanting to dress herself lately? She has been wearing everybody else's clothes. She has a particular weakness for fleece, but any jacket or winter coat will do. She gets upset that we won't let her wear them outside the house (it is hot after all) or to bed (her bedroom also gets warm.)

Technology is taking over our house

I have tried to fight it but there seems to be no stopping it. The girls are now happy new owners of ipods. Karl got them both free- one in a drawing, another from his boss. The girls love them and run around singing their songs at the top of their lungs. It is pretty funny to hear two different songs being shouted out at the same time. And all three of the older kids are computer experts. Even Ian is able to minimize windows, scroll and double click like it is nothing. No one taught him this, how does he know how to navigate his way around a computer so well? And Alexandria? Have you seen her blog? She is amazing. She posts slideshows that put mine to shame. And the thing you need to know about that is that she is unable to see the pictures on her computer when she selects them. So she is blindly trying to select just by the file name and is able to do it!
Even the baby wants in on the technology:


Also now Karl has set Alexandria up with her own email account. Today I asked her how her ear was feeling and she said "I'm emailing you about that Mommy."
And she did, complete with pictures. I tell you it is tough being the dumb blonde among this bunch. Although I should be glad because they can all help me, right?

Fun at the lake

We went to Papa and Nana's this weekend and got to enjoy our first boat ride of the season. Poor Alexandria was sick and had to stay home in what she called "military confinement." Luckily I am sure there are plenty more boat rides to be had this summer.


Heading to the dock:

Elizabeth enjoying the wind:

Ian helping Papa drive the boat while Kurt looks on:

Ian modeling Erin's sunglasses:

Elizabeth and Erin:

Lucy and Annika(in Chad's sunglasses)

Elizabeth gets her turn driving the boat:

Annika:

Birthday Torture

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Since Elizabeth is having cake at her party on Sunday, we opted for birthday brownies tonight. It turns out a surefire way to anger a two year old (at least this two year old) is to hold a dessert just out of reach while you light the candles, sing to her and wait for her to blow out said candles. Poor baby!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth

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Wow,this ended up being really long but I couldn't leave any of the pictures out. "You are my sunshine" is Elizabeth's favorite song.

Flashback

June 1st, 2007

I was 36 weeks pregnant with Elizabeth. I had been sick and there were dishes in the sink and laundry was piled up. I called my mom and joked that if the baby were to come early it would be that night, since things were in such disarray. Imagine my surprise when I went to sleep that night and woke up a few hours later in labor. I had had no indication that the baby would come early. I had to call my mom back and tell her to come over, for real. Mom came over, we headed off to the hospital and Elizabeth Claire was born just a few hours later.