visit with ggma and ggpa

molly and clara are lucky, not only do they have great grandparents who came up from Los Angeles to visit, but their great grandparents have great taste in books...

At Home

Molly & Clucky; Clara & the Laundry; a sunflower-to-be (if we can fend off the critters for long enough!)

No School Day

Nona and Molly went up to the Hall of Science today and by all accounts they really enjoyed themselves. Later, they went to gymnastics and Molly was dazzling in her sparkly leotard.

At Home, with Nona

Pictures from our fun at home so far:
Nona with lemon (picture by Clara!); Clara in the lineup; Molly does a show, Clara examines the lineup; Molly does a fingur puppet show; Molly & Clara in the puppet show (these last photos are what happens when you let Nona babysit!); Molly & an egg; Molly & Clara getting ready to head out; Molly showing off her '80's style; Sofi & Molly hang out some laundry; and Silly Bunny settles in to her new home.

Adventure Playground

Molly & her friend Chaiden enjoying the toys at the Adventure Playground.

Finger Painting (March 2009)

Back in March (!) during Nona's last visit (!!) I took these pictures of the girls finger painting in the kitchen. Not sure why I didn't post them sooner...

Emily!

Emily came to visit recently. We had a great time with her. Here are some pictures from our trip to Fairyland - I particularly appreciated Emily's perspective on Molly's "contemplative" enjoyment of the rides (it's all good).

Matching

Matching sisters? Oh my!

School Portraits

The school portraits this year weren't as painful/funny as last year. I think Molly was more comfortable with the situation (and knew what to expect). The photographer even got a few "candids". They did two days of pictures, and Molly was very excited to pick out special shirts for each day: the "star"/Takoma Park shirt for the first day, and her favorite trucks shirt for the second. We'll treasure this moment or color and theme diversity, because the next week purple officially became her favorite color and more and more of her outfits revolve around working purple into the color scheme.

Holding Chicks

No chicks were (permanently) harmed in this holding session. But two kids and a grandma were very happy!