Kira & Elise Cook: May 2012

Eli is 3!

And Kira was so excited that she needed to pick his wrapping paper. Oh, yeah, and 5 GIANT hair barrets to go along with several smaller hair barrets. She also wore a party hat the whole time we were at the party. The girl knows how to accessorize, just not when to stop.

Elise in a box

Who needs toys? Or clothes? Totally over-rated.

Outside fun

Elise eats sand, Kira thinks it's a great hair treatment. Good thing we have running water!

Big Girl

Elise is getting so self sufficient. It is both scary and a little sad since she is our last "little one"

Kira is 3!!!

Serious cake cutting supervision

Wow, we hardly took any pictures at Kira's party. I think it is because we had 11 kids and their parents at the house and it was crazy. Rest assured that a fun time was had by all despite the poor performance on picture taking.

Kira's Cake

Kira requested a dinosaur party complete with a dinosaur cake. When I asked "what kind of dinosaur cake do you want, how about a triceratops?", Kira ran to her room and brought me her stuffed triceratops and asked me to make a cake "just like this one". I think it turned out pretty nice!

New bathroom!

I know there are no kids in these pictures, but we're excited to have a new upstairs bath with the simple change out of sink and cabinets. Ben and Chris did an awesome job of taking out the old and putting in new that are much nicer and add tons of storage. It looks like we did a whole remodel and didn't have to touch plumbing, tile, or anything else! Now for the downstairs bath...

Dirt is so much fun...

The dog showed me a great new method for digging...

here are just a couple of the rocks that I found while digging in the dirt.

Still wearing my hospital bracelet from my kidney imaging and urology visit early in the week.

I got so dirty that my black shorts turned brown. It was so much fun!

First Concrete at Grammy K and Grandpa J's!

Totally "helping" Grandpa J supervise...

Making sure her hard hat is on. "Safety First"

Watching from afar with Daddy and Grandpa-J, right after showing Grandpa-J's special "clubhouse" to Daddy. We cousins get the run of the "clubhouse" when the house is done!