Black Olives

She did this when she was a baby. . .

. . . whenever we went to Olive Garden. . .

. . . M got a side of olives. . .

. . . and acted just as silly. . .

. . .while she ate them. . .some things don't change :)

What Have We Been Doing All Week?

Ava loves her new DSi. I try to limit the amount of time the girls play video-type games, which is easy during the week, as they have school, ice skating (M) and gymnastics (A). But they manage to plug in for about a half hour, right before dinner.

"For I know the Plans I have for You. . . "

Happy Family Day!!!

My amazing little girl:

Today

With Mommy, Maddie and Nana (that frown is because Mommy asked her to stop playing with her new DSi long enough to smile for the camera:))

And some pics from our summer:

Grading by Candlelight

Huge power outage in our region last night and I didn't want to fall behind in grading papers. Turns out that school is cancelled today, so I have plenty of time. It was 91 degrees in the house last night--at 10pm!

M. had a lot of fun taking pictures of Mommy working like a "Colonial" teacher.

First Day of School!

The girls started school yesterday.

A rainy, muggy morning!

Ava started kindergarten!