They are at it AGAIN!

Note that they are "hiding" the evidence behind their cribs, as if we wouldn't notice the paper off the wall...

CAUGHT!

ZuZu's birthday party, in photos...

Who IS this big girl?!

ZuZu's "pedals"!  ZuZu's "pedals"!

Can you already see the jealousy brewing?  This trike has caused some major drama this week...

ZuZu insisited on an Elmo cake.  She doesn't even watch Sesame Street anymore, but I went with it.  I already had the cake pan, after all!

Coyote stalking a rabbit through the yard...

Wait.  What was that, you ask?  You read that correctly.  A coyote. Stalking one of our little brown bunnies.  Through our YARD.  In the middle of TOWN!  CRAZY!  And I am so glad I had a house full of people there to witness it, or no one would have believed it!


Hugs for Granddad...

 Hugs for Ma...

One successful party!

Payback?

While working in my office yesterday afternoon, I heard some tremendous noise coming from the girls' bedroom-- where they were supposed to be napping.  But as I have learned, having two girls just 18 months apart makes for some noisy "naptimes."  They giggle.  They squeal.  They scream.  Then they laugh.  Then they jump.

It's fun.

But this was A LOT of noise.  I went up to investigate.  K, who had been up for almost 24 hours at that point, was sleeping through it.  No wonder I hadn't heard footsteps going in to silence them.

And then I looked in.  And wow.  What a sight...

Need a closer look?  Here is Hosanna's side of the room...

And here is ZuZu's side of the room.  Notice she hit two walls...

Now, I will freely admit that the wallpaper was not my favorite.  But it wasn't hideous.  The plan was as follows: 1) paint Moses' room; 2) paint the kitchen/dining room/family room; 3) paint the girls' room.  And #3 was going to come along sometime after Hosanna switches to a "big girl bed."  And because ZuZu still insists on sleeping in her crib, I figured I had a few years.

Looks like my kitchen is going to have to wait for a while...

My parents reminded me that I did the exact same thing when I was 15 months old.  They had just wallpapered my bedroom, and in anger one day I started tearing it down. 

Well... at least the wallpaper wasn't new.  And the girls didn't do it in anger.  And now I know two little monkeys who can finish the job!

Stock tip: Invest in Rubbermaid

We have moved 4 times in 8 years.  I've gotten pretty good at throwing things away.  We've also purchased too many Rubbermaid tubs to count.  I thought we had every shape, size, and color.

Until Saturday, when I bought more.  You see, Moses' art teacher is fantastic.  Moses is frequently bringing home impressive pieces, like the one pictured above.  His self portrait with a pipe cleaner moustache.  He is, after all, not even 6 yet.  I think this is pretty darn fantastic.

And when you have all of this fine art, you NEED to keep it ALL!  Right?  Right?!

Perhaps it's time to throw away all those law school notebooks to make room for the masterpieces...

THREE.

Still in disbelief, 24 hours later.

But alas, this girl is three.


She had a great day, and the weather cooperated and we got to play outside! Add a little "face time" in there with Uncle Jarrett, Aunt Emily, and Olive, and you've pretty much got a great day!

Grandparents and cousins are coming over on Sunday to celebrate, but we gave ZuZu her presents yesterday. And I will say, she asserts herself like a three-year-old. Especially when telling her brother "NO." I think she took "birthday princess" a little to the extreme, and that's going to come back to haunt her come April when we don't make Moses share any of his new toys.

But then again, it was a long and eventful day, and things didn't flow like normal. It was 9:30 last night before she was settled down enough to be able to fall asleep.  And who could be frustrated with this little cutie?! I think these pictures scream, "I am three and am as cute as can be!"






And this one screams, "I am almost 18 months and about as ornery as they come."


And this one (from earlier in the day) screams, "I am almost six, and I. AM. AWESOME."


Hosanna SO BADLY wanted ZuZu's new LaLaLoopsy doll...


One of my favorite pictures from last night: ZuZu playing with her "Calico Critters" house. Brought back memories of my own dollhouses and calico critters and playing at the dining room table after my birthday parties!


Hoping to install all those "birthday memories" that I had growing up! Birthdays are special, and you ARE the princess of your day. So I guess maybe ZuZu *might* have been a result of my own creation yesterday...  and I'm sure the extreme sugar content in the pink lemonade cupcakes might not have helped matters....

It's a happy birthday, topsy-turvy sort of day!

LOOK WHO'S THREE! THREE. I CANNOT believe it. I refuse to believe it. So I am deciding she won't be three until her family party on Sunday. As of today, she's still two.

Unless you ask her, of course.

Started the day with a birthday doughnut!


And someone is super excited to have her own leappad! (Her brother may be equally excited not to be sharing his any longer...)


There will be more birthday happenings later today. But first, a look at Moses' attire for the day...


Before you decide Moses isn't the only one in our family needing some fashion help, it's Topsy-Turvy Day at school! So Moses has on two different socks (one goes over his knee), camo pants with one leg rolled up, a blue shirt with red iron-on tie, a pastel button-down shirt (inside out) with one sleeve rolled up so you can see the sports wrist band. Now THAT is a look.