Swinging Fun

The girls had fun swinging on warm fall days. Even Jolie liked it and she's not nearly as adventurous as Malaya.

cereal

I have been trying to get Jolie to eat from a bottle for over a month! She will not do it. So, 2 days before I went back to work, and out of desperation to prevent her from starving, I introduced cereal.

And by the way, she is still not eating from a bottle and I am back at work. She is going hungry during the day and eating all night long. As you can imagine, it has been a really rough start to the new school year.

Janet, this one's for you.

I spent most of the summer painting. I still have a lot more to do. But, here are some pictures of the rooms that are done. This is our bedroom. I am "testing" the material around the window to see if I want to make it into curtains.


This is the extra bathroom. It is actually the first room I painted. I figured it was small and I could get it done quickly. Well, I learned that nothing gets done quickly with 2 kids running around.

Here are pictures of the girls' bathroom. It is the only room that is 100% done...curtains, accessories, pictures, etc.

This is Malaya's room.

Here is Jolie's room. It is almost complete. Aunt Mel is making some cute girly sea life pictures for the wall behind the crib. That will bring in some more pink to the room. The things hanging above the chair are bubbles. And I am playing around with doing a bubble border too.

Ocean City, NJ

We were able to go to the beach for 2 days this summer. Not a lengthy vacation, but it was great anyway. The girls had so much fun and loved being there!


When we first got to the beach Malaya was a little afraid of the water. She said there were sharks and whales in there. I have no idea where she got that from. Anyway, after about 1/2 hour she decided sharks and whales weren't so bad and she LOVED the water. She spent most of the time running in and out of it. I don't know where she got the energy!

Beach

Malaya seems to make friends with older kids very easily. She likes the 4 year olds. She found this little boy on the beach and they became best friends for the day. The little boy even stood at the water's edge while she was swimming with daddy. He watched and waited anxiously for her to come back and play some more. We were joking that they were going to run off and elope.

Jolie was great on the beach. She just hung out with us and took naps on and off. She did hate the water though. She cried when her feet got wet. Poor girl.

We got wheels!

This is how the girls are getting around nowadays.

bath time

Some cute bathtime pictures!

So, our camera has been broken for about 1 1/2 months. That's like half of Jolie's life! I have not been able to take pictures and the video is not that great looking. Then the other day I took the cutest video of Jolie rolling, and it won't load. I tried for 3 days! We didn't want to put out the expense (until I return to work), but Sean broke down and bought a new one. He said, "The girls are just too cute to miss." So here are a few pictures from the last 3 days.


Ma grew pumpkins in her garden this year. The wet weather made them ripen quickly, so Malaya was able to pick and carve a pumpkin in August!!! Of course she had to very carefully consider which pumpkin to pick.

Jolie found her feet. I am still waiting for her to eat her toes though.