Kitchen pictures

I finally got around to taking pictures of our 90% complete kitchen. There are a lot more viewable from the My Pictures link on the left below Kidisms. The album is called January 18.

naomi's number 5

Naomi turned 5 yesterday. We went to the Imaginarium, which is a children's museum in Everett. Both kids had a blast.

We picked up Happy Meals for the kids on the way home and then both girls got a nap, although Leah only slept for about 15 minutes. That evening we had a family celebration with Ruth and Grey, Karen and Nathan, Dave and Rebekah, and Lael! Phil made a yummy roast beef. Everyone had fun. We had a chocolate cake (made by me using the classic chocolate mayo cake recipe) with vanilla frosting, chocolate frosting cat decoration (designed by Naomi) and star sprinkles.
Here Naomi is, dirty face and all. She blew out her candles one by one.

Thank You Note

I know this is impersonal to send a general thank you note. I went to Plan B with the SmileBox card after running out of patience creating thank you notes with the girls. We much appreciate your gifts and Christmas wishes!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Withering look

I had to post this picture of Leah. We are sure to see this look again! We were at Grammy Ruth's house for a holiday dinner and Leah really didn't want me to take her picture. This look was withering.