Silly Rabbits

Dance, dance, dance!

2008-08-07T09:03:00.004-05:00

Time for Princess Dance Camp again! I went back to my favorite dance studio, Saundra Lee's Dancing Starlets, the last week of July for four nights of awesome princess crafts, dance routines and fun.

I stood out from the group of pink and purple on performance night in my sparkly red costume...it's one of my favorites from my cousin Charity.

We performed dances as Angelina Ballerina, Lilo from Lilo & Stitch, Dora in Fairytale Land, and Princess Belle. This is from our Belle routine. For each dance we had a prop that we had made as a craft...here we are holding our beautiful hand-mirrors.

It was just a really fun week and I LOVED it!

Swim Time!

2008-08-07T08:31:00.004-05:00

We went swimming with some of our friends yesterday. As you can see, we had a pretty good time!

L to R: Jessi, Kai, Elena, Blake

Summer Fun '08

2008-08-01T16:28:00.007-05:00

Wheee! It's one of our favorite times of the year again...summer! Here are a bunch of snapshots from some of the fun things we've been doing.

We got this AWESOME go cart (ya know, with the big battery that we get to DRIVE) a few weeks ago...Mommy is teaching us much resourcefullness...she found it on the side of the road! (Mom must add that the previous owner helped us load it into the trunk and gave us the charger...awesome.)
We love to read together and Mom took this one of us reading one of my "My Little Pony" books together. Kai is showing his "strong elbows" here.

We spent a week in Wichita enjoying time with our cousins. It was really hot, but we spent one evening at the zoo...Grandma J and our aunts and uncles came too. (Me, Naomi, & Kai walking in).

Kai's favorite was the rhino exhibit! We even saw a baby one...it was still huge!

We posed on these lion statues with all our cousins! L to R: Elena, Annalise, Naomi, Stella & Kai.

Blueberry picking is an annual adventure around here...we were excited on the way!

Walking in with a few of our friends:

The Berry Patch even has this cool train thing we got to ride:

On the fourth of July we had a bunch of friends over to party! This was part of our parade down the block!

Sparklers with Daddy:

Admiring our new baby cousin, William (Will) Allen at the hospital with Aunt Chrissy:

Goofing off at a wedding:

Cutting a rug together at the wedding dance:

Our first lemonade stand! It was a hit and we made about $6!! That's our friend Caden who was one of our favorite customers.

And, of course, time with our best babysitter ever, Maddie Jones! She let us have a picnic lunch this day out under our tree.

Summer News!

2008-06-22T13:51:00.004-05:00

This was the first year we went to the Raymore fishing derby and it turned out to be a really fun morning for our family! Kai made our only catch...and it was big enough to get recorded at 10.5" and 9 oz. He was proud as punch and his picture was in the paper this week! I was pretty bummed about not catching anything...my pole even broke in half when my hook got stuck on some grass, but the yummy snacks in our goodie-bags helped make up for that!

Then...ta-dah! Mommy finally let me get my hair cut off real short like Naomi's! I LOVE it!! Mommy is already missing my long braids so I let her put a braid in this morning...around my head like a headband...does that make sense? Well, she says it was super cute anyway. Today at church I got to show all my friends and they liked it too.

Here is a picture from Mother's Day...we all went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch. We were there for about 3 hours since the line was so long...ugh! You can see Aunt Chrissy's baby bump in this picture...but you can't see it in person any more...she had baby Will last Thursday and he is sooooo cute! We don't have his pictures off the camera yet, but some will be up soon. He has dark hair and is just super sweet.

Two of my cousins had first birthday parties yesterday...Happy Birthday Annalise and Lily...and Aunt Jodi announced this week that they are going to have a new baby in January! So by next year we'll have 8 cousins...and all younger than me! Wow.

Well, stay tuned and I might even blog again soon. I have a busy week ahead while I finish up swim lessons, go to storytime, run through the sprinkler and maybe can talk mom into taking me to the pool!

Luv, Elena

Cousins are fun!

2008-03-02T23:57:00.005-06:00

Naomi and Stella came to visit just after Kai's birthday weekend. Oh, yeah, Aunt Jodi came with them too....somebody had to drive.

One day while they were here we went for an outing to the library, Target and Jose Peppers for lunch. No problem having fun for us munchkins!

But, WHERE oh, where could Stella be?

Here we are....

Oh! There you are Miss Stella-Bella!

These Mommies deserved their yummy lunch date out...it's hard work wrangling 4 busy kiddos! Later this week, we'll decend on their home for Naomi's birthday....boy, I sure do love birthday season!!! Did I mention Aunt Jodi is going to be 30 right after Naomi's birthday? Yup, really.

Kai's First Interview

2008-03-02T22:53:00.004-06:00

Since Kai turned three, he got to have his first birthday interview this year...just like mine from my third and fourth birthdays! (Yup, you can click on those links to go right to my interviews.) It was a few days after his birthday and me and Mommy set him up in the rocking chair with the promise of some M&M's if he would sit and answer the questions...no problem....he did great!

1. Favorite Color: Blue and Green

2. Favorite Movie: Diego and the Monster Movie

3. Best Friend: Eli, Rock, Harrison and Tatum and Blake

4. Fav thing to do outside: Play on the slide and on the green swingset (he swings on the green swing, Elena uses the blue one).

5. What I want to be when I grow up: A tiger!

6. Favorite toy: A dinosaur dragon.

7. What I like to wear: A pumpkin hat and a helmet.

8. Favorite book: Einny the Pooh and Tigger. (no typos) And Eyore.

9. Favorite food: Ticos. (Do you mean tacos? cheese triangles? quesidillas?) Yes.

10. Favorite Song: Um, Jeee-sus. (Which Jesus song?) He breaks into song:

Jesus loves the little chillllldren
All the people of the worrrrllld.

11. Favorite Place to Go: Uuuummmm....UtDonald's

12. Fav thing to do with Daddy: Play a game.

13. Fav thing to do with Mommy: Play a game. Like Roll & Play.

14. What I am scared of: A monster. Ya, when I hear a monsters, when I hear em stomping in the garage...I will wake up. And then I'll stop on them like this (jumps up and starts jumping) really fast. Ya, when it does that I'll wake up and JUMP UP like that and the monster will get in the garage and the monster will will will will will (thinking, thinking, thinking) will stomp really fast like this (more jumping and stomping). (Kai, you're really brave, aren't you?) Ya, but um that stomping was too loud when it waked me up.

15. What place I'd like to go: AtDonald's (Yup, McDonald's again)

Yeeee! I'm Threeeeee!

2008-03-02T22:13:00.006-06:00

Kai here...I get to do my very own first blog post and let sissy take a break.

I turned 3 on Feb. 15 and had great fun at my pizza party! Oh yeah, that's me:

Our first fun thing was the SLIME FACTORY!!! Daddy checked out the slime kit from work (yes, there are great advantages to having a mad scientist for a Dad!) and set up shop for me and my friends. We made really COOL slime and everybody got to take some home (sorry about your table finish Miss Maria).

These are my friends that came: Harrison (my honorary big bro), me, Elena, Maddie & Rock. Jet was there too, and Ben and Seth...I love them lots!

While I got busy playing with my new toys, Elena found herself a new chair and footstool...oh, wait, noooooo...that's Grandma and Grandpa!!!

I had all kinds of ideas for my birthday cake theme...and Mom let me do them ALL: Dragons (that's my T-Rex), Spiderman, Diego & Baby Jaguar (that's my tiger), and a puppy (I love puppies & keep a pile of them on my bed). COOL!

Last, but not least, here I am on my new twin bed. I finally got to use my Spiderman sheets and got a really cool Spidy-head pillow from Grandpa Bob. This bed used to be at my Great-Grandma Ruth's house...thanks, Grandma! Oh, maybe you can see my pile of puppies in this picture.

Sand & Sun!

2008-02-06T17:45:00.000-06:00

I've been waiting to go back to the beach for years! So it was with much excitement that we visited Siesta Key beach while on holiday in Florida last week. I don't remember my last beach visit since I was not quite one year old, so this was totally the BEST!

Mommy says this is a "pure delight" photo:

Kai was up to his arms in the sand...Daddy is a great digger...he uses his hands like badger paws!

I decided to get in on the sand action...it was fun!

There's Kai in the Gulf of Mexico at almost sunset. This one's a keeper.

I searched for some shells and a runner guy gave me a couple really cool ones. We stayed for the sunset and then left with a new set of seaside memories!

Santa Update

2007-12-16T18:09:00.000-06:00

Wheee! I got to sit on Santa's lap the other night. I saw him from across the room and ran all the way and jumped right onto his lap. He said "Ho! Ho! Ho!" a lot! I was a little shy and didn't ask about my letter or anything, but was real excited.

Now, Kai, on the other hand, clung to Daddy's shoulder and wouldn't even look at Santa. His newest sentiments towards Chris Cringle are that he will SHOUT at him if he sees him. He says he's going to say "Santa! Go Away! We Not Want You!". We all kind of giggle at his seriousness about the matter. I bet he might change his mind on Christmas morning. Luv, Elena

Movie Moments

2007-12-16T17:41:00.000-06:00

I love movies. Especially princess movies. I call all the princess movies by the name of the princess...even if that's not the real title--like "Belle" is "Beauty & the Beast".

Here are some of my favorite moments:

Giselle ("Enchanted"): When the motorcycles (bikes) ran over the prince!

Cinderella: When the fairy Godmother turned into the coach.
Aurora ("Sleeping Beauty"): I like when, um, she was singing and walking with her friends the rabbits and the birds and the owl.
Ariel ("The Little Mermaid"): When Ursula was singing the song when Ariel was there (Poor Unfortunate Fools). I like that song because there was rainbow stuff and pink on there and I like that color.
Snow White: I like when I saw the pretty cottage.
Belle ("Beauty & the Beast"): I like when Belle and Beast were playing in the snow.
Mulan: When all the ladies dressed up her.
Pocahantas: I like Pocahauntas when her Grandmother Willow and her was talking.
Anastasia: When they danced around the hall. And I like when she had her princess dress on---the one with the sash and sparkles.
Jamine ("Aladdin"): When Aladdin was hiding Dieago...It's on Aladdin II (Return of Jafar).

Dear Santa,

2007-12-06T14:44:00.000-06:00

I'm writing a letter to you and I'm wanting to tell you what I'm wanting to get. And, um, I'll give you a card so you'll know what I'm doing and what I'm wanting to do. And I was wondering if you could make some My Little Pony stuff in your toy shop?

And I was wanting some My Little Pony movies. And I want the Barbie the Island Princess movie. And I want a dolly crib. And a My Little Pony book & dress up clothes and Rarity the Unicorn.

And I was wondering if I could get a My Little Pony puzzle and TeaPot Palace. And I was wondering if you had a fifty dollar so I could buy Baby Alive? And I want a My Little Pony baby.

Are you feeling good? Santa, where do you get the stuff to make toys? Santa, we have lots and lots of ornaments on our tree.

Love, Elena

(I drew a rainbow on the front of Santa's card and then we put it in "Santa's Magic Mailbox" that he gave to Mom and Dad. By magic it was gone to the North Pole this morning!)

Dear Santa,
No! I don't like Santa. I not doing it. --Kai (He put his in the Magic Mailbox too...but his had a Halloween sticker and some scribbles on the front. I don't know if Santa will like it.)

Halloween Week

2007-11-02T23:19:00.000-05:00

We did lots of fun stuff the week or so around Halloween!

This is us at library storytime with a bunch of other kiddos...that day I dressed as a ballerina princess, Kai was superman (in jeans & a cape).

Here's our trick-or-treating crew! 7 kids, all boys except for me...and I was the FASTEST trick-or-treater of them all...me and Isaac were the oldest too! (I was Cinderella this night)

Here is Kai (aka Robin Hood) with Rock and Jet the lions...how cute is that?

Can you tell Daddy was excited about his "Daddy Candy Tax"?

We also all went to the Como/StarWars family's party again this year! Robin Hood was checking out some of the creepy stuff.

I was the beautimus Maid Marian (Robin Hood's love).

Oh yes, don't forget about Mommy and Daddy...Miss Bianca insists on costumes...and of course, Mom and Dad love to dress up anyway. Daddy was the "more cowbell guy" from the SNL skit and Mommy was a Japanese Geisha.

One of the games was eating a donut on a string...WITHOUT your hands Kai!!

We went to the pumpkin patch and each picked out a pumpkin to paint. I did mine with a rainbow of colors. My rainbow turned out grey, but I loved it! Maybe next year we'll delve into the realm of carving pumpkins.

Bangs! Bangs!

2007-11-02T17:09:00.000-05:00

Look who can see again! It's me!

After we posted the ladybug apron pictures, Mommy realized that my hair was ALWAYS in my face...no matter how many clips or ponies or braids we tried. Daddy was fine with it so snip, snip, snip! I'm a brand new gal! Luv, Elena

Snicker Snack

2007-10-22T16:26:00.000-05:00

Mom makes us "snicker snacks" now, after Miss Molly gave her the idea...peanuts, chocolate chips, marshmallows and raisins...YUM! This afternoon, Kai told Mom "I not want raisins in my bowl. I don't want peanuts either. I just like mershmellows an' chockit chips!" My brother is one smart cookie!

Birthday Bonanza!

2007-10-18T14:38:00.000-05:00

In our family, the main birthday seasons are February & March, then the last part of September & first of October!
First we celebrated with Zaritha at her Under the Sea 2nd Birthday! She is so funny shy around lots of people that we didn't hear her say a single word all evening until she opened up her remote control Hummer and Jeep! THEN she got excited. I think she didn't really appreciate the beauty of all the girly princess gifts she got...I'll have to help her learn to love that stuff!

Next was Stella's First Birthday! I think she's saying "Really, you're all singing for me? Awww, you shouldn't have!"

She really liked her books and presents. Me and Naomi and Kai were helping her open.

Kai practiced his photography skills...he actually got some good shots!

This was Stella's fun cake that Mommy made.

Here are all of us cousins. Me, Kai, Stella, Naomi, and baby Annalise.

This isn't at the party, but it's the same weekend... that's Daddy holding Annalise. She's so cute...we really love her.

Finally, our friend Rock turned 3! I guess he's not technically family, but pretty close. That's out friend Harrison (L) next to Rock (R).

Sewing 101

2007-10-18T14:15:00.000-05:00

Mommy and I have been planning to make me a ladybug apron for quite a while. This week we finally got it done! It was really fun to learn what goes into a sewing project. We started with fabric that was left over from decorating my room (my curtains and a throw pillow match):

First I got to cut out the pieces using my new school scissors. I do pretty well cutting from one point to another...just don't draw me a line or I'll spaz out when it's not perfect!

We didn't use a pattern, just measured the pieces on me as we went along.

It was hard work sitting on Mom's lap and being in charge of the pins and backstitch button. I thought we needed to stop and make some funny faces for the camera while we were working.

I looked through Mommy's big box of buttons and picked out the four that I liked the best. We sewed two on each pocket!

I'm very proud of my first sewing project!

If I Knew You Were Coming...

2007-08-24T21:26:00.000-05:00

I'da Baked A Cake!

It's been a month FULL of visitors here at our house...I think we are all in shock at the quiet tonight since it's just the four of us again. We took lots o'pictures--enjoy! Luv, Elena

Okay, this is me and Naomi mixing up some yummy dessert called Chocolate Eclair. Mmmm, mmmm!

Since Naomi, Stella & Aunt Jodi were here all this week, we spent a little bit of time watching some shows. Kai and I usually sit on the cozy couch, but Naomi had the great idea of spreading out a blankie so we could all sit close together! Fun!

One day, Isaac & Sammy came over for the day. They are moving this weekend so Miss Molly was packing while they stayed here.

Kai really loved playing with Stella. She is crawling all over the place now and we had to make sure she didn't go to the stairs. She doesn't usually have a binkie, but found one of my dolly's and liked to chew on it!

Grandma Cheri and Papa Chuck came over one Sunday for the afternoon. Mommy & I had picked a bouquet from my garden and I wanted a picture of us with it.

This is baby Annalise. She is soooo sweet. Aunt Pud and Uncle Brad stayed overnight with her after their baby shower in Topeka. Her hair does that all by itself! You can see more pictures of their family here.

I LOVE my great-aunt Cle and she loves me! We didn't think she'd be here to visit this summer, so what a special treat that she got to stay for four whole days! She lives in Florida and we don't get to see her much...she spoils us something fierce!

While the Hart's were here we had Lisa, Leslie and Alex (Mom's aunt & cousins) come by for dessert. Aunt Lisa just moved back from Pennsylvania so we hope to see more of them now!

This is four of us girlies (well, just half of me) right before they went home today. We took lots of snaps before they left and Aunt Jodi was so silly...she kept closing her eyes! This is just before Naomi got really upset that she was leaving. We will miss them until we meet again!

Baby Lily

2007-06-23T15:15:00.000-05:00

We have another new girl cousin! Lily May was born this Wednesday and we got to go visit her at the hospital. Aunt Pud didn't have her baby like we hoped this week, so we're still waiting on that one...but here's me holding Lily:
She slept the whole time we held her. Her fingers were so tiny! Kai seemed especially proud, as he is around all new babies. He had Mommy sing her his lullabies..."Momma, sing "Pishin' in the Dark" to baby Li-lllly", okay "Mom, now sing her "Jesus"!" She thought that was just too sweet. (Oh, those songs are Fishin' In the Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Be Near Me Lord Jesus).

Uncle Travis and Auntie Kim were tired but happy and we just wish we could have seen Zaritha with her baby sister. We will lots when we go on vacation next month!

Kai and Uncle Travis' outfits matched so we took this picture...Uncle Travis was really hoping not to get peed on since we had a pull-up emergency and Kai was just in plain ol' swimtrunks! He's really doing a good job potty-training! He gets to have a marshmallow every time he goes...so I get one too and I really like that!

We may be rabbits, but...

2007-06-23T15:13:00.000-05:00

We sure love corn! Corn on-the-cob especially! In our flower garden we have 3 stalkes that are starting to get big...then we'll get to eat our very own home-grown sweet ears. Mmmm, mmmm, good!

Ready, Set, Summer!

2007-06-16T13:52:00.000-05:00

It's been a busy start to summer this month! Here are some pictures of what we've been up to:

First I spent two weeks taking Red-Cross swim lessions at Longview CC. I passed with flying colors--I can put my face in the water, jump off the side and even the diving board if I have a life jacket on. Last year I wouldn't even get in the big pool...hardly even the little one so I am really growing up! Oh, and it helped that Mom & Dad said I could pick somewhere special to go if I did everything the teacher told me to do...I'm going to go to the farm zoo, the train restaurant or the mall.

Kai loves to fish. He talks about going fishing with Grandma everyday. Mom lets him fish in our new alligator wading pool with his bobber. He spends a lot of time out there!

Last night we caught fireflies for the first time! It was awesome fun! I caught, like, 10! I didn't want to let them go OR go in to bed...that's why I look like I do in this picture. It's funny.

Sweet Prayers & a Momentus Feat

2007-06-01T19:55:00.000-05:00

Tonight Mommy prayed with Kai before bed and this is the prayer that came from his sweet head:

Mommy: Dear God, we thank you for Kai Alexander...
Kai: Elena & Daddy
Mommy: We pray he sleeps well tonight and thank you for Elena and Daddy. We also thank you for Kai's friends.
Kai (in exaggerated whispers): Gracie! Maddie! Big Maddie! Little Maddie! Mommy!
Mommy: Yes, thank you Lord for such good friends.
Kai: And my swingset.
Mommy: Oh, yes, thank you that we have such a fun swingset and that Kai is learning to play like such a big boy on it.
Kai: And my dump truck and digger. And my Nemo pictures.
Mommy: Yes, thank you for all those things, and most of all for Jesus. Please help Kai remember that Jesus is always in his heart. In His Name, Amen.
Kai: Night, Mommy.

I also did something special today...dunt da da dah...I learned to pump on the swing! Wheeeeee! Mommy has been waiting for this day for a looonnng time! I haven't been practicing at all, but I did learn to ride on our rope swing this week, so Mom thought maybe it was time to try pumping again. She was out pushing us and said, "Why don't you try pushing your legs out and then back so you can stay "super high" all by yourself?" And guess what? It worked! I swang my heart out for quite a while, then got all put out because I couldn't get started again myself. I don't think I will EVER be able to do THAT! So then Mom said "That's it! Time for bath!" and I had to go in. I'm still so excited that I'm going to tell all my friends about it.

Good Night! Luv, Elena

Our New Cousin!

2007-05-31T21:39:00.000-05:00

Aunt Pud is going to have our newest baby girl cousin sometime in June. We are really excited. Actually, Auntie Kim will probably have our other new cousin even sooner...it will be a fun month of babies. I always say I can't wait till they pop out!

Kai is checking out the new baby in Aunt Mackenzie's tummy in this picture.

As only a two-year old can, he asked "did you swallow de baby?". She laughed and said no. So then he patted her tummy and said "baby in here?", then he reached, ahem, UP, and asked "baby in here?". More laughing, more no's!

More Kai Words

2007-05-31T21:19:00.000-05:00

We thought of a few more of Kai's funnies:

Crockagator- n. any toy, picture or actual alligator or crocodile (We think this is pretty darn creative)!

Becktest- n. toast with jelly or cinnamon sugar served in the morning "More becktest pleeeze!"

My Fip Fops- n. Elena's blue flip flops with pretty butterfly decorations

Puzzle Queen

2007-05-31T20:58:00.000-05:00

Did I ever mention that I LOVE puzzles?

When I was 18 months old, I could do my 15 piece wooden one with the little knobs in less than a minute. Then when I was three, I got bored with all the 24 piece numbers, so Mom got me a few 63 piece ones at garage sales...yahoo! Those were fun, and I figured out how to put them together one row at a time...always starting at the bottom and finding each consecutive piece to add at time. Dad and Mom would try to help and start on another section...no way...I wouldn't be ready for that piece. Now that I am four (and I remind everyone that fact daily) I'm doing 100 piece puzzles of Cinderella and Care Bears and Kitties. We have a Curious George one that I haven't tried yet. They are really hard and I usually have help...but yesterday I did the Cinderella one ALL BY MYSELF!!!! I was so excited! Since then I've done it 3 more times alone. I think Mommy is sometimes scared about what she's getting into with homeschooling me in a year or so.

Kai's Dictionary

2007-05-08T22:02:00.000-05:00

Kai's a funny little guy...here are some of his spoken thoughts:

Aaaahhh! Mommy, put my dragon helmet back on! (After his "dragon" towel hood falls off).

Eeed Jew! Eeed Jew! (Hold You (Me)! Hold You (Me)!)

Hi Dad! (Yup, just "Hi Dad!" Like he's 5 or something)

I seepy dood last night! (I slept good last night! He hollers this every morning and after each nap)

I shoot da birdies, chew, chew, chew! (Must be from Uncle Bo training)

Hmmm...we're sure there are others...maybe we'll add to this later. Luv, Elena

Party Time!

2007-04-14T11:11:00.000-05:00

We celebrated my birthday with just our family...it was lots of fun. These are my new roller skates! I want to learn to ice skate, so these are "inline" trainer skates. I've already done it all the way up and down our block...good thing Grandma also got me a new helmet and knee and elbow pads!

Kai likes sitting on the bike Daddy & Mommy got me. It even has a bell and a baby seat!

By the time I was ready for my cake at Applebee's, I was starting not to feel so good. Mom and Dad thought it was just from a long day, but unfortunately, I got real sick during my vacation at Grandma Cheri and Papa Chuck's.

The day I came back from Grandma's, I was feeling better and my cousin Charity got to come play at my house for a bit. We got our hair curled and nails painted at Grandma's beauty salon before coming home. This is Grandma reading all of us a book in my room.

I sure like being four--and am already talking about turning five! I had another birthday interview, just like last year...here are all my answers:

1. Favorite Color: White, pink, blue, yellow, orange, purple...every color...all of them! The sparkle ones are my very favorite.

2. Favorite Movie: Wizard of Oz

3. Best Friend: Big Maddie and Little Maddie

4. Fav thing to do outside: When we go on a walk, I like to push my dollies in my dolly stroller.

5. What I want to be when I grow up: I'm wanting to get some bigger dress-up clothes for me, so that's what I'm wanting to do! For a job? I'm wanting to have some snacktimes!

6. Favorite toy: I'd like to have a jack-in-the-box. Go get my cake now, Mommy. Oh, favorite toy? I like all the presents that I got from my birstday! And painting stuffs.

7. What I like to wear: I like all my fancy, colorful dresses, skirts.

8. Favorite book: Well, I wish I had a Wizard of Oz book. Ones I have? Well, all of mine, Kai's, all of them. Red Riding Hood, Pinnocio.

9. Favorite food: Blueberries

10. Favorite Song: That's the Princess Song...(and then she sings this to the tune of "Are You Sleeping"):

I love princesses, I love princesses
Yes I do, Yes I do
I want to see a princess
I want to see a princess
At Disney World, At Disney World

Did you make that one up?...Yeah.

11. Favorite Place to Go: Going to Aunt Jodi's house

12. Fav thing to do with Daddy: Actually, when you and Kai go and run errands while it's movie day, I like to watch movies with him.

13. Fav thing to do with Mommy: I like to play some games and do some school stuff.

14. What I am scared of: Grandma Cheri, when I was at her house, she said when I took a bath when I was a baby there was a fan in there that scared me. Now? A tiger.

15. What place I'd like to go: It's to McDonald's.

Bunny Cake

2007-04-06T21:53:00.000-05:00

We got to make a Bunny Cake today!!!! Mommy's friend, Karen, told her about this cake that she still makes with her kids who are all grown-up. It was lots of fun. We chose to make him be BLUE with sprinkles on top. We used marshmallows to make his tail and big, puffy cheeks and long ears. Jelly beans are his eyes and nose.

We look a little bewildered in this picture because Mommy was sternly telling us to STOP LICKING while she took the picture...see our poised lickin' fingers? Hee hee!! We're bringing it to Grandma Cheri and Papa Chuck's tomorrow...hope they don't mind all the pokes. Hoppy Easter--Love, Elena

Birthday Beauty

2007-03-31T10:58:00.000-05:00

Today is my fourth birthday! I picked out this bee--u-tiful dress when Grandma J took me shopping yesterday. It twirls VERY good. Mommy took these pictures of me up in the princess bed in the guest room. I was being kinda silly, but she somehow caught these two sweet pics.

My best friend Maddie stopped by with birthday wishes. That's the look of pure joy on my face! She is such a kind person and I want to be like her when I'm bigger!

Evening Mist

2007-03-29T08:23:00.000-05:00

Mom is building new gardening beds and we helped her mix her special dirt Monday night. I wasn't sure what she was squirting out of the hose at first...she said it was "mist". Well, it didn't take long for us to figure out that "mist" is lots of fun to play in! Let's just say it was straight in for baths afterwards! Luv, Elena

Disney on Ice!

2007-03-25T23:34:00.000-05:00

Mommy's friend and our neighbor won tickets for Disney on Ice last week and gave them to us! Whee! We don't really know what "Disney on Ice" IS, yet, but here we are excited to be doing something really special (that's our cousin, Naomi with us). Aunt Jodi and baby Stella got to come too.

Here we are with Mommy...I'm looking a little spacy, but it's intermission and I'm really hungry...why can't we get the $10 bag of cotton candy again Mom?? Good thing Aunt Jo had that bag of old Cheerios and raisins...perfect for just such an emergency!

Ahhh, here are the princesses...Cinderella and Snow White. They're in the parade...wait...the parade is over??? Where are they going??? That was only two minutes on the ice!

As it turns out, I, along with a bigillion other young princesses in attendance spent the remainder of the evening wondering when Cinderella would indeed return---only to be disappointed by more of the crazy bad guy from the Incredibles...who are they?! (Grandma Cheri, do you see I'm wearing the special-beautiful necklace you gave me? I wear it all the time with my fabulous "circle" dresses (those are the ones that twirl really good).)

It was sure fun to go on an exciting adventure night though and we give a great thanks to Mrs. Morris for being so kind to give us the tickets!!! My next goal is to talk Mom and Dad into taking me to visit Cinderella's castle FOR REAL...they say it's down near Aunt Cle and Uncle Ed's home...hmmmm...I'll be working on this one!

Kai's 2nd Birthday!

2007-02-22T22:25:00.000-06:00

Look who's TWO!!! Kai was so excited about his birthday last week...all he would say is "FROGGIE CAKE! FROGGIE CAKE!" so Mommy made him and Icky, Sticky, Froggie Cake (The Icky, Sticky Frog is one of our FAVORITE books!).

He received lots of fun presents and we had a great time watching him open them...just the four of us celebrated together...that was so nice! His fav gift? Had to be the "beeg sord" that he immediately used to go poke Mommy with. The sword lives on top of the refridgerator for the most part, because he gets a little wild and starts hitting me over the head with it. I know he's a brave knight, but can't he act just a little more like a prince? I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon! Luv, Elena

Dishwashers-In-Training

2007-02-12T22:15:00.000-06:00

Kai & I love to do "BUBBLES!". He's great with the scrubber and I'm learning how to really wash the pots and pans. I think we must have had spaghetti this night...looks like I hadn't washed my face yet! Luv, Elena

EasyBake Adventures

2007-01-24T21:47:00.000-06:00

My most exciting gift from Christmas was my EasyBake Oven! I've made cakes, cookies and then there were the cupcakes. Have you ever tried to make cupcakes in an EasyBake?

It's not so easy...Mommy says they should have the pans made correctly after 50+ years or whatever of making them! My poor cupcakes were demolished on the way out of the oven...tops clean tore off. But Mom says frosting can fix just about anything and I finished with a smile!

Bruiser

2007-01-15T22:04:00.000-06:00

Warning! Warning! DO NOT DANCE WITH WILD ABANDON TO PRAISE JESUS MUSIC BEFORE YOU'VE EVEN HAD BREAKFAST!

Kai did, though, and then fell on the corner of my nightstand. The knot on his head swelled up so big, so fast, that Mommy could feel it happening under her hand...yuk! Thankfully, it didn't break the skin...but we were afraid it might explode! These pictures are after it started to heal...it gave him two shiners and a nasty scab where he hit. No stitches yet!

Bathing Beauty

2007-01-05T21:59:00.000-06:00

Cheese! How do you like my after-bath look? This is my favorite Princess robe. Sometimes I thank God for it in my bedtime prayers. I'm also sporting Mommy's new hair wrap...my hair IS getting pretty long! (Mom's note: I know...3 going on, what?, 14??!)

It's the Great Pumpkin!

2006-11-10T21:20:00.000-06:00

We took a family trip to the pumpkin patch at Suburban Lawn & Garden...now THAT's the place to go! First they gave us popcorn to snack on, then we got to take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch! It was so exciting...as soon as we got out, I had to go potty, so we got to get right back on the hayride and go up to the building. Mommy & Daddy loved that part. THEN we all rode in a golf cart BACK to the pumpkins...Kai just kept saying "Ride! Ride!" it was right up his alley!

We painted our pumpkins with lots of beautiful craft paints. Mine had a butterfly and rainbow on it. Mommy didn't take pictures, though. I think it had something to do with Kai picking up my 'wet paint' (that doesn't come out) pumpkin after she just cleaned him up and took off his paint shirt. She got over it though...I think. Happy Fall Y'All! Elena

Boo! It's Halloween Fun!

2006-11-10T20:57:00.000-06:00

We went to a scary Halloween party at our friends' house this year. It was funny because Mommy & Daddy dressed up too. Oh, that's right, they always dress up for Halloween...maybe THEY are silly rabbits!

One Rootin' tootin' cute Farmer Kai:

Wolverine? That's pretty good Daddy...were you really Logan in the movie?

Mommy from '92, her friend Maria the Gypsy and Marcola the vamptress:

It took me all of three seconds to decide I wanted to dress up like a beautiful princess, five seconds total to decide Cinderella was the one! My favorite line? "It's like a wonderful dream come true!"

The whole crew! It was a fun party, thanks Como's!

Now, the actual night of Halloween, it was brrrrr, "bootie Ma'mer" cold! Mommy bundled us up good and we trick-or-treated our whole block. No junky, funky candy in orange and black wrappers around here...each house offered a smorgasboard of chocolate--full size Hershey bars, Kit Kats, Snickers, bags of goodies and LOTS of M&M's (our favorite!). When Mommy commented today that I sure got some good candy, I just told her the flat out reason--"Well, I'm a good trick-or-treater!". What was she thinking? Like they would give ME licorice!?

So, did I mention I even had a princess fur coat? Kai wanted to wear his Safari hat but it didn't even go...I think that's why he's looking a little bewildered in the last picture...he thought Safari Farmer was just fine! Until next time...boo!

Summertime, summertime...

2006-07-15T21:34:00.000-05:00

Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime! Whooo-wheee, we just love summer! Mom is keeping us busy with fun stuff to do every week. It's hard to say what my favorite thing has been...maybe everything.

We went blueberry picking with friends from church. I made a super-yummy pie, just like Little Bear does with his Mother Bear after he picks berries. Kai kinda liked to eat 'em straight from the bush.

Daddy has been refurbishing our playground, so we went to Lowe's for some new swings and such. They have the most awesome car-ts! We drive really well, especially when Mommy spins doughnuts in the wide open isles.

Lately I have been wanting a puppy....well, my friend Maddie just got TWO! Her mommy says we can visit them anytime...I love it, but, as with most dogs, I like their backsides better than their faces. I just don't like doggie licks!

I went to Fairytale Princess Dance Camp for a week the end of June. It was fabulous! I got to learn a different princess dance each night and then had my first recital.

This is a picture from the Cinderella routine. Don't you just love my gown? (Thanks Grandma J.) When I wear it around the house, I like to twirl and say "It's like a wonderful dream come true!"--just like Cinderella herself!

Deanna Rose is the "Farm Zoo" and we've gone a few times this summer. My new fav is feeding the baby goats a bottle...I make them take turns and tell the big ones they've had enough!

Kai has no fear so the slides are right up his alley!

This is Sadie the horse. I have to hold on real tight with both hands, but she still just walks around a path. It would be so much more exciting if the horseys would take off in a gallop!

Hope you all are having a fun summer too! You can say hi by clicking the "# comments" button under this post. I love to hear from friends! See ya soon.

Adventures in Painting!

2006-06-16T20:49:00.000-05:00

Today Mom let us paint together for the first time, what a great idea!
Painting is one of my favorite arts...and Kai is starting to like it too as you will see...

Okay, here we go Kai, dip the brush in the water, then the paint and go for it!

Oh no! Not on your face Goofy!

Midway through we had a little tiff and had to take a time out, doggone it, life is rough.

In the end we were very proud of our duet! What a masterpiece!

Now I'm Fff-reeee!

2006-04-11T10:32:00.000-05:00

My birthday was sooooo fun! I'll tell you all about it in these pictures.

Licking the cake was my favorite pastime during the two parties...whenever I thought no one was looking I had my fingers covered in pink icing!

Mom and Dad set up the dining room to look like the dining hall of a castle decked out for a ball! Mommy MAY have gone a little overboard with the throne for me and the 25 yards of tulling, but I sure loved it!!!

My brother was there offering up lots of giggles...he really wanted to eat my cake too! What a silly rabbit!

At my "friend" party, the first thing we did was decorate princess party hats with big jewels...we were really good at gluing! I had nine friends come dressed up in their favorite princess dresses. We had Cinderellas, Snow White, fairy princesses...all so pretty! I wore 4 different dresses by the time everything was done...what fun to play dress up!

Then we read "The Frog Prince" and played "Kiss the Frog". Here is Naomi getting a spin in her pretty party dress!

And here I am 'kissing' the froggie...I didn't like wearing the blindfold though! Aunt Chrissy won the game Friday and my friend Tori won on Saturday.

A table full of beautiful princesses! We got to drink pink princess punch out of our very own sparkly goblets.

Here's a shot of the "Party Queens", Aunt Jodi and Mommy. They made sure everybody, even grandmas and grandpas, got a chance to kiss the frog!

I really wanted a green computer for my birthday, but I think I'm happy with the mounds of other goodies everyone was so kind to give me. Right now, my favorite gift has been my Bathtime Ariel doll. I ask Mom to blowdry her hair every night after bath, but I think she's done with that. Guess I'll deal with it. *sigh* What fun it was to open everything!

This is as close as Mom could get to having a group picture of all the princesses (I think Naomi is missing in this one). That's me on the far right with the cool shades. We were all playing in my basement with my kitchen and other toys. It's so fun to have such good friends!

Hope you enjoyed my virtual Birthday tour! I've already asked when my next Birthday is...hmmmm...what kind of party should I have? Luv, Elena

My Favs and more!

2006-03-28T11:48:00.000-06:00

Well, this week is my THIRD birthday!!! I am so excited to turn 3 and to have my parties. My friends are all coming, my aunts and uncles and grandparents too! I'm having a princess party complete with chocolate cupcakes and a castle cake and haven't stopped talking about this event since about Christmas.

Here I am making my strawberry cake!

Mom interviewed me on video for my very first "Birthday Interview" today. She says we'll do it each year to see how I grow and change. Whatever that means. Here are my questions and answers. Luv, Elena

1. Favorite Color: Pink!
2. Favorite Movie: Pocahontas
3. Best Friend: Maddie
4. Fav thing to do outside: Collect Leaves
5. What I want to be when I grow up: A Ballerina
6. Favorite toy: Kitchen
7. What I like to wear: Snow White costume for dress up; A pretty dress otherwise
8. Favorite book: Anastasia
9. Favorite food: Macaroni & Cheese
10. Favorite Song: Lazy Yellow Moon--Fishin' In the Dark
11. Favorite Place to Go: Garage Sales (and no, Mom did NOT prompt me)
12. Fav thing to do with Daddy: Play in my basement
13. Fav thing to do with Mommy: Read books
14. What I am scared of: Mommy, no, Daddy
15. What place I'd like to go: Bye, bye to a station

Refridgerator Raiders!

2006-03-27T11:26:00.000-06:00

Hmmm...Mom isn't exactly energy-conscience when it comes to the refridgerator. Leaving it open just seems easier than opening and closing it 15 times while trying to make dinner...so we have become quite the experts on condiments! Kai was caught on film last night and this is a picture of me from a couple summers ago.

Curious George

2006-03-20T16:25:00.000-06:00

On Sunday we had our first visit to a theatre to see a movie just for us!

It was actually part of my birthday present...just a little early.
I love reading Curious George books and sat through the whole
movie except for one potty break---I was drinking lots of yummy
"wrinkle nose" (that's what we call pop)! The popcorn was great too.
Kai had more fun walking up and down the theatre steps with Mom
than sitting in his booster seat. But I think he liked parts of it.

My favorite part was when George put all the paint in the lady's
bubble bath...he's so silly! Love, Elena

Two times the trouble!

2006-03-20T16:16:00.000-06:00

We love helping do laundry! This is the best part...a ride please Mom!

A super "CHEESE!"

Just playin' around...

This Little Piggy...

2006-03-20T14:18:00.000-06:00

What can we say? Kai boy just loves his food!

Mmmmmm...first taste of strawberries with cool whip! I bet Mom's gonna make me take a bath to get all of it out of my hair.

Not sure what this was...but it was sure yummy!

Kai's First Birthday!

2006-02-18T14:20:00.000-06:00

I was pretty excited about my Winnie the Pooh cake that Mommy made!

Princesses Elena and Naomi came to celebrate decked out in some sparkly digs!

I had been waiting a looong time to get some of that cake! Do you think I could have mashed it in my face any faster?

I even got some balloons! They have been so fun!

Then there were lots of PRESENTS---Yay! I love boxes and paper!

See Grandma J, I love my puppy!

All my cousins (well, I only have 2) had fun playing too! Me and Naomi took turns riding in my block wagon.

This is Zaritha, my cute baby cousin and her mommy, Aunt Kimmy! My mommy says Zaritha is just squeezable! She loves babies.

Welcome to Silly Rabbits!

2006-02-18T13:25:00.000-06:00

Yay! I'm so glad you've come to visit our blog...I'm going to use it to post pictures of me and Kai for all our family and friends. Mommy always asks us if we are silly rabbits or funny bunnies, in case you are wondering where the title came from--we think SHE is a silly rabbit! Here are a few favorite pictures:

Kai loves to ride my tricycle, and I'm pretty good at sharing it.

It's cold here today...5 degrees with -9 windchill...booty ma'amer! (Daddy says that "booty ma'amer" needs an explanation--it's Mommy's family expression for "it's darn tootin' cold outside!" She used to say that to her Grandma Ruthie (ma'mer) when she was my age...and it stuck!) We are staying warm inside and dancing to Daddy's guitar playing.

Kai and I like to read books together in Daddy's chair--

Here I am at my first visit to the dentist...I got a Cinderella toothbrush and lots of stickers!

We call Kai the "Dishwasher Raider!" And now Grandpa Mark knows why he had to fix so many dishwasher doors when he worked as a handyman!

Well, better go do some more puzzles! Luv, Elena

Close Up!

2006-02-18T11:31:00.000-06:00

Cheese!