First Day of Kindergarten!

We had an excellent summer!

Scenes from two birthday parties

Two Years Old

If you read my previous post you can probably tell that I am feeling more than a little sentimental about the gals' birthdays. I suppose that Harper turning five just makes us want to sop up even more of Margot's "still little" years. Watching her little personality emerge in all the wondrous ways that only a two-year-old can pull off is so amazing.

She's ridiculously precious. Her teachers often comment that it's hard to scold her when she's mischievous (which is A LOT) because she's so darn cute. She knows exactly when to flash that toothy smile to make it virtually impossible to do anything but kiss her smooth little cheeks. She loves music and will bounce to the beat of anything she hears, even the windshield wipers. She finally SLEEPS! It only took her 22 months (good grief). She has this precious little off-centered run that almost looks like a limp (but not in a sad way). She loves hugging, candy and saying, "Ohhh mannn."

She's pretty close to perfect and she's made the Phillips Family Four complete. Happy Second Birthday, Margie!

We'll be celebrating on Saturday (yes, same day as Harper's) with an Elmo themed birthday party. Stay tuned for pictures.

Five Years Old

It's almost more than I can comprehend. Harper is going to be five-years-old on Monday. I distinctly remember Buster and I listening to Loudon Wainwright's tribute to his young daughter, "Five Year's Old" when Harper was little and thinking - thank goodness that is YEARS away....five seems so grown up that it makes my heart hurt.

There was certainly no way for us to predict that it would go so very, very quickly. Sure, the day in and day out of child-rearing can be monotonous, and I suppose that's why it's more than a little shocking to realize that the cumulative result of that day-to-day is time evaporation. Poof...here we are.

She's so amazing. She crosses her legs like a little lady now. She's got a very keen (and unique) sense of fashion. She sometimes speaks with a British accent. She's thoughtful, caring, imaginative and inspiring. She starts kindergarten in the Fall. She's our big girl now. She's five years old. Sniff sniff.

We'll be celebrating on Saturday with an Alice in Wonderland themed birthday bash at FairyTales. I promise to post pictures after.

March!

Well, we've successfully (at least somewhat) managed to entertain a four-year-old and one-year-old through winter time. I think they fared pretty well. See for yourself.

Harper's new obsession: the iPad. We have to limit her time as she would play on it all day if we let her. It's the new "Harper TV."

Margot's new obsession: talking. While she still has a ways to go, she's quite mastered "yeah" (not yes, but yeah), "no" and "Mommy." She has found that if she says mommy twice to no avail then if she screams it as loud as she can that will usually illicit a response. Oh, Margot. She's certainly not short on personality.