Whoooosh! Did you blink? That's how fast time has moved for me! I cannot believe my last post was in APRIL!! Yikes!! Slideshows are added to catch everyone up on our amazing children and how much they've grown over the past six months.
Summer was a blast! Visits to Nanny's pool, a visit to Dutch Wonderland in beautiful Lancaster, PA, splashin' in the kiddie pool on our deck and lots of visits with cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Ah summer...you went too fast!
Click the link beneath the photo for the complete slideshow, 'Summer Fun!'.
Then all of the sudden, summer was coming to an end and Marcus' first day of school was here. I choked back tears watching him board the bus for the first time. I just can't believe he's in school now...where has the time gone?
Here's a photo from that day. Click on the link below for the full slideshow, 'Marcus' First Day of School'.
Wow, Annaliese has been growing super-fast! She's also very much a 'girlie' girl...but don't let her love for pink, purple and all things 'Disney princess' fool you...you'll often find my precocious little girl wearing her 'dress up heels', holding a baby in one hand and a hammer in the other. She'll use a toy tool bench and tool box better than any Bob the Builder!
One day I saw her putting her trike upside down and taking a toy wrench to the tires. "I fik it Mommy!", she said, and continued to turn the wrench around the fake lug nut. Holy Smokes! She even knows what to turn and how to turn it! Where did she learn THAT from?
Here's a cute slideshow of Annaliese showing off her 'dress up' heels (I bought from the Dollar Tree, LOVE that store). She walks in them like a super-model (this must be in our genes, ladies) and knows how to stand in them, balancing her weight like a pro. Click the link for the slideshow.
Sometimes I wish I could freeze time and keep them little for a bit longer. Lately it seems as if their maturing and growing is stuck on 'fast-forward'. It's amazing and sad at the same time. I still remember the tiny little babies they were:
Marcus, 8 months old
Annaliese, 9 months old
Although they're still both babies, really, I miss the creeping-not-crawling-yet, pulling-to-stand, awkward-first-steps days. However, I look forward to the future with our two precious ones and all of the ways they'll continue to delight and amaze us!
God bless!
- The Mamasaurus 9/27/09
