Pictures from this week

In my attempt to stay regular with my blog, here are some pictures from this week:

The weather has been nice this week.  It’s probably just a tease and we’ll have snow again, but we’re trying to enjoy it while we can.  Here’s Nicole enjoying her lunch of Mac ‘n Cheese outside:

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Ila and Thomas enjoyed a walk in our double stroller.  We always go around the block to look at the chickens.  They love to yell at them and tell them to become chicken nuggets.

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The girls had fun bouncing around:

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When it rained, Ila asked if she could go out and splash in the puddles.  It reminded me of our walks in Seattle.

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Thomas and his little friend watching from the window:

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Nicole’s indoor picnic.  Partly I loved this because it was so nice and neat:

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I loved her bedtime for monkeys for the same reason.  She carefully spread the blankets out.  What can I say, I’m a little obsessed with cleanliness and order and it makes me happy to see my children play in a neat manner:

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The rain stopped and Ila went back out to jump in the puddles again:

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Meanwhile the monkeys woke up and Nicole made them food.  She pretended the book next to her was a cookbook.

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At scripture time each night, Thomas runs to get a book and then sits down and starts flipping pages.  It think it’s adorable, but the picture doesn’t quite do it justice:

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Yesterday the girls were best friends all day long.  They pretended to be magical princesses banishing naughty guys with beautiful things.  They even went over with Charlotte to practice piano and insisted on going to her piano lesson as well.

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Thomas loves listening to nursery rhymes on the computer.  He spent a lot of time this week on starfall.com.

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