Snowy Hope

Hope had a snow day during one of our non-stop storms and she got to help Daddy clean up.

She was thrilled!

Daddy was a little less thrilled with the snow

Hope follows Daddy everywhere but she knows the end of the driveway is as far as she can go unless someone is holding her hand

She took a seat until Daddy was done with his dangerous in the street work.

I asked her if she knew who Miley Cryus was and she said she did. She likes the wrecking ball song. I asked if she was imitating Miley and she said "No way, I'm too little to act like that"

"Nana! Daddy is making me carry all the heavy stuff!"

"Just kidding"

Daddy admitted that having Hope as a helper makes the clean-up much better

I posted some pics of the cats over at The Other Blog

Before Christmas ...

... might be a good time to share some photos from Thanksgiving. 

My brother held Athena very carefully

Hope and Aunt Lauren, my niece and Hope's GodMother.

Aunt Lauren will be marrying Dan next year. Hope said "he doesn't make believe he's listening to me, he really listens to me."

Cousin Gabriel follows Hope everywhere. He's just a year old so steps are still a challenge.

Now and then Hope feels the need to ignore Gabriel.

Athena and Hope with their Uncle Michael. Micheal is Gabriel's Dad.

Athena took to her swing when she'd had enough.

And On We Go ...

Little Wonder Women

Athena and Hope had a fun Halloween

 Flashing Nana the peace sign

Even Wonder Woman can't tame that hair

Hope promises to not eat any candy before noon and to only have two pieces a day.

We hope you had a fun Halloween too

Hope Is Four

It's been a long time folks. Miss you all. Have not been well but I do want to share some happy.

Here are some photos from Hope's 4th Birthday. She turned 4 on July 3.

 Wonder Woman is her favorite super hero

 Playing with her friend Regan after a long time in the pool

Cousin Gabriel is adorable

A quiet moment with Luke, usually they are chasing each other and pinching and then complaining

She always gets shy when everyone is singing Happy Birthday


The next morning we played Fairy and the Not Nice Queen

This is what an annoyed fairy looks like

But all was good in the end

Hope has big news - she will be a big sister in late September/Early October. She's excited about this.

Love you all

Dad's Day

The rain actually held off this past Sunday so that we could have a BBQ and pool time for Dad's Day.

The girls in the photos are Hope's cousins Their Dad John is a great guy. He is my DIL's cousin.
The little boy is Gabriel - his parents are my DIL's brother Michael and the famous Tita Geli
Micheal is the baseball coach in one of the pics.


Here we go ...

All I Want Is A Place Somewhere

During the wind of Sandy and the cold of being without power I put lots of comforters and blankets out all over the house so that Siren and Isadora could have plenty of spots to be warm and feel secure.

Siren likes to show off his tail.

A Fish Named After A Dog

This is Mel, my granddaughter Hope's fish. He's named after the dog on the children's TV show 'Jack's Big Music Show'.

Nana, Mel is waiting for his breakfast. He's sitting on his heater.

Now he sees me! We have to feed him now or he gets mad.

In the water his food looks like corn flakes

He's going to his park now

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS

CAMERA CRITTERS

The Carriage Awaits

For her Sweet 16, nearly 10 years ago!, my niece had a Cinderella theme. The favors were these little carriages that can be used as pin cushions or as a wee keepsake box as they open in the center.

Macro Monday