january extras

here are a few random pictures that didn't find a blog home this month

my children think they are pirates

i don't know where this fetish came from

but i have to admit that it is rubbing off a bit on j and i

step lively, girls

arrrrrgh, matey!

and

walk the plank!

are just a few of the latest phrases we've been tossing around ;)

the performances have been plentiful this month

lots of singing, musical instruments, dancing, and even a FROZEN puppet show

we're proud to say that we know all the words to every song on that soundtrack

i know...i know...what a bunch of geeks

but we've been stuck inside with this miserable cold weather so we've resorted to lots of living room dance parties to keep ourselves busy

one day daddy got wild and gave the girls rambo headbands that he found in my scarf drawer :)

this one just keeps getting better

her nights are getting longer and it takes very little to put a smile on those rosebud lips

finally, no month would be complete without lots of sister snuggles

and sisters fighting...

and sisters sharing the flu...

and pink eye...

and ear infections....

although i really don't want to remember the day that they were all puking simultaneously for 12 hours...i do kind of wish that i had a picture of it just because i can't hardly believe that we survived such an ordeal. but, alas, i was not in the picture-taking frame of mind that day and the following gems are much more fun to look at anyway...

and by the way...we're still hanging on to Christmas

or maybe Christmas is still hanging on to us

mostly its the fact that we are too lazy to strap the tree to the vehicle and haul it out to the compost pile

so it is still sitting on the deck, providing a safe haven for the squirrels and birds and shining a little cheer into these bitter january nights

here's hoping for a february warm up

word on the street is that we might have temperatures high enough to get these little rascals outside to make a snowman tomorrow

i'll take it!