Adventures in crazyland

I haven’t posted in a while… yeah, mommy-hood gets in the way of that sometimes. So here’s a sample of some of the things we’ve been up to lately:

Dress up. We found a few good deals at thrift stores in town, plus I raided my old stuff for some fun things they could use. Hence the medal for being a member of the National Honor Society in high school, now a medal for winning various footraces.

Amanda said that she was “Miss Lady” when she dressed up like this. I asked Mike if he thought maybe that was her hobo name.

(Notice me laughing in the background, behind my laptop?)

This was Katie’s dress up outfit for the day. I’m not sure if she was going for the “Pancho Villa” look, but I think she got it, even down to the sort of grimace on her face.

(Also notice the attention hungry big sister in the background. It sort of looks like she’s about to attempt her first cartwheel.)

I think this picture speaks for itself, really. I have to say, though, I think my favorite part of this picture is Katie’s pretty plastic heels along with the rest of the outfit. And Amanda just threw together all of her favorite things into the one outfit. That butterfly in her hand is usually known as the “swiping butterfly,” thanks to an episode of Dora the Explorer where Swiper makes a robotic butterfly that he’s programmed to swipe something. Or, if you’re listening to Katie, it’s the “hyping buttewfwy,” since she has a hard time with the letter S.

Since it’s summertime, we’ve also been spending lots of time in the yard, looking for everyone’s favorite bug. The girls are obsessed with roly-polies. Katie saw one through the window today, and immediately demanded to go outside and get him. She also told me that he wanted his picture taken. Well, the roly-poly told me, in a squeaky little high pitched voice that sounded suspiciously like Katie.

She’s also very ticklish.

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