BUSY!!!!

We have been busy lately. Astrid had a skating party a couple of weekends ago. The picture shows some of the kids doing the limbo. Astrid had just knocked the pole down. Today Ingrid and I spent the day at dance rehearsals. Her big recital is tomorrow at 3:00. The pictutures show her jazz routine. She is the best in her class of course. She really gets up there and gives it her all. She tried out for the Nutcracker last week. We will know the 5th is she made it or not. Astrid had her last soccer game for the year last Saturday. Sigrid is just rotten. She has a very dirty mouth....I don't know where she learned those words.....not me of course. She has learned to sing some songs and does a good job of it. She sings "I had a little Turtle" , R-E-D, B-L-U-E, and her ABC's. Well I need to get to bed.

I am definetely related to Helen

These pictures show my dirty floor, my freshly mopped floor, and then my floor cleaned with a spray bottle of bleach and a toothbrush. I shall be able to go to bed and rest easy now....knowing my floors are as clean as they can be.....

Astrid had a Golden Birthday!!

Astrid had a wonderful birthday. Ingrid made her birthday cake. Astrid got a camera, bug vaccuum, clothes, shoes, a leather horse and more. Her Daddy took her to eat at New China (her favorite) She will have a skating party next weekend with her school friends. This weekend being Easter, we decided to wait til next weekend. The girls looked pretty today for Easter. It was somewhat cold but not like yesterday. Ingrid did an excellent job singing at church today....she sang He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.

Eric weed eated and mowed on Saturday for the first time this year. The yard looks so pretty. Gigi and I dug up 6 maples, 3 dogwoods, and a pin oak today. We planted 3 maples, 3 dogwoods, and the pin oak at my house. The other 3 maples she planted at her garden. We had set out on an adventure looking for rocks but we found trees instead.

Happy Happy Day

Sigrid had a wonderful day. Her favorite part was the birthday cake. Pop asked if he could have a piece and she reached in grabbed a handful and fed it to him.

Ingrid is having a rough go....Sigrid's birthday this week and Astrid's birthday next week. She is in desperate need of attention...so she thinks.

Earlier in the day I had taken the girls to have their pictue made in their Easter dresses. I told them when we got home I would like to take their picture by my phlox. Well before I was out of the truck Astrid had ran in the house and changed....but Sigrid sat right down and said "cheese".

Long Time No Post

In the top picture, Astrid had been to a birthday party. It was of Hawaiian theme...she was not very interested in it but she new someone who would love the costume. Ingid added the bra to the outfit since she didn't have a coconut top.

In the bottom picture Siggie was playing hid-n-seek.

We're Home!!!!

Well we made it home safely. We had a wonderful trip. I will post more pictures this weekend. Astrid, Ingrid, Sigrid and I stayed home today but Eric is a trooper and went on to work.

As I lay in peaceful slumber this morning I thought I heard the faint cry of my mother....."is anyone awake?" She had let herself in to check and see if we made it home. I perked up and said "I'm awake Mom"....her reply "Not you one of the important people"....No the important people were still asleep.....they need their rest as all important people do.

Snow Family

Astrid and Ingrid made a snow family yesterday.

Our Humble Abode

SNOW

The girls are enjoying their day in the snow.

New Trick

Gigi taught Sigrid a new trick!

Daddy taught her about the magazines.

Love at First Sight

Happy Anniversary!!!

36 years and going strong!

Love Laura

Happy New Year

2006 will be hard to top at our house! I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year. My husband vows to exercise more.....The girls and I are making no promises on what we will accomplish....we will just wait and see what the year holds. Love you all, Laura

Cookies for Santa

Erin got Ingrid her very own rolling pin , cookie cutters, spoon, and frosting gun. She is trying it all out on her cookies for Santa.

Birthday present

Ingie opted to go to the hotel in Branson called Splash Country instead of a birthday party. The girls had fun I think. We stopped at Erin's the night before and had Christmas with her. Erin cooked a delicious dinner. We were the first people she has ever cooked a meal for. We feel very priveledged.

Christmas

Ingrid and Sigrid had a Christmas program at preschool today. Sigie's shirt says "good things come in small packages". She wanted me to take a picture of her toes this morning.

Ingrid wanted her hair curled this morning for the program. She had trouble deciding on the red velvet bow or the red corduroy hat with a grosgain ribbon on it. Her jumper was green corduroy with stockings embroderied on the bottom. She was really proud of her looks today. Her class sang "Frosty the Snowman" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Ingrid and her friend Abby Grace sang the loudest and tried to out do everyone. I must say they succeeded. Abby Grace also decided she could out do Ingrid by singing faster...this upset the teacher and Ingrid tried to get Abby to slow down by using hand gestures but Abby ingnored them. Ingrid didn't care that Abby could sing faster....Ingrid just wanted to sing it right.

All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

Astrid lost two teeth last night. One she swallowed and the other she pulled. She was very upset about the one she swallowed. She was afraid she wouldn't get paid for it. She wrote the Tooth Fairy a nice note and the Tooth Fairy paid her for both teeth.

Our Tree!

While Siggy was asleep Astrid, Ingrid,

and I put up the tree.

When she awoke, she was so thrilled

that she took little running steps backward

and clapped her hands.

"Tree, tree, tree", she shouted.

She is going to love Christmas this year. Presents

thrill her but I think she likes the lights best.

Hannah Inc.

Hannah And Our Hope

I can see fright in the eyes of these two parents,
but always there is hope. Hannah is their hope. She
is ours, too. You will see Hannah improving because
she feels the "want" and "love" from her parents
and Lil Bub, Grandparents and all of us!