the photo that needs no caption.

first ride for squisito pizza and rita's ice cream

RIP Playhouse

The original owners of our house built a playhouse for their daughters, who must be my age! We painted it inside (well Raymond painted inside) and out and put in a new floor 5 yrs ago when Julia was diagnosed as something fun for her. Over the years it has been a grocery store, beauty salon, restaurant, club house, and baby nursery. It was time to take her down as she had become so rotted and infested none of us like to even go in there anymore. So we took her down on Sunday. The girls have big plans for a summer stage with lights on the decking....until we get a new shed.

irish dance recital day!

fighting at breakfast

 

Avery wants to wear a dress to school because Julia is but Avery has PE and its all my fault. Oh happy day...

spring cleaning in their pj's and boots

the wonderfile, "as seen on tv"

Thank you Aunt Gina for the Wonderfile. Obviously the need to organize things is genetic, I mean how many 8 year old are excited to have a wonderfile! Actually Avery was jealous. Julia already has things "filed." Who needs a wii when you can have a wonderfile!

breakfast of champions

mystery photos

Dick gave Alex and old camera to add to his collection in his office. Its probably from the early 80's. Alex was teaching Julia how to use it etc....he thought she broke it because it wouldn't snap a photo....turns out there was film in it...from when who knows.....its getting developed right now, the suspense is killing me!

MRI day thru Julia's eyes

I brought our small camera for the MRI. I told Julia in case she was bored and wanted to take photos, she looked at me like I was nuts. But as we were leaving she asked for the camera and took some photos....an MRI day through her eyes.

cookies for kids

Julia came home from school on Friday announcing that her and some friends at lunch decided they wanted to have a bake sale and sell hair braids on Sunday. Well, after we talked she realized Sunday was too soon and that we needed to wait for warmer weather. Then I remembered a foundation called cookies for kids, where you can hold your own bake sell and donate the money to cookies for kids which funds research for all types of pediatric cancers. Think the Alex's Lemonade Stand of bake sales. So we are planning one...for May when Glad will match all of their donations. Calling all bakers and helpers out there!! Her MRI is tomorrow. Keep us in your thoughts.

doing each others make-up and hair

it only took 11 years......

to hang blinds in our living room, so we aren't blinded by the sun in the morning......

irish dance costume check

thurs brunch with the girls (well pizza and cookies)

whip-its

ski season in review

ski racers....

Avery on stage!

Avery at the school assembly in January, she got picked to be the magicians helper!

happy st. patrick's day!

winter...the season of the dance party

Check out Aver's face on this! Wooden spoon microphones courtesy of moi....I think the song was Miranda Cosgrove's, Shakespeare....

celebrating 6 one more time!!

Dancing in the Baltimore St. Patrick's day parade!

Avery

Her art work was selected to be shown at the severna park library, so we went yesterday to see it and take a photo of the queen with her work!

missing it....

island girls

today's tropical update.....

sunrise...sunset....and rainbows

we're back......