Photos

Hi! It's early, and the house is quiet, and the windows are open, and the streets are wet. I've been sitting here for 20 minutes uploading pictures, and I didn't Fbomb it once. What a great time of day to write blog posts! Also: I need coffee.

So, here's the teacher gifts that we made for Kate and Joan's preschool teachers. I got the idea from Midwest Mom (this post is her project). Since my girls are a little older than Harper, I let them hand paint each card. We made three sets (two for teachers, one for my grandma), so I had them do three cards of each color flower. Then I added some envelopes and some cute ribbon, and we were done.


These are a sample of Joan's cards. Also, fun fact! Did you know that her name is pronounced JoAnne? Joan is actually her real middle name in real life, and she is named after my grandma, who uses the same spelling.

Kate is obsessed with painting so she did more cards than Joan (JoAnne!). I'm so glad I took pictures of these, since we gave them all away!

Here's the finished product, before we put it in a nice gift bag.





Also, I included these two pictures for their teachers. This one is their first day of preschool in September 2006.

This is them on their last day of preschool (May 2008). I think it's fun to see how much they've changed during their 2 years at preschool. They were such babies when they started!

Finally, here's some recent shots of our family enjoying the newly summerish weather:

I love seeing them so happy.

I like to call this one "Daddy's helpers".

We take pictures with our blooming crab apple tree every year.

She's crouching down, copying Daddy, who was crouching down to take her picture.

I love how green everything is this time of year.

Marin and Daddy, at the lake a few blocks from our house.

We walk to the lake almost every day. The girls love to throw rocks.