just pictures

makes me laugh

These two girls make me laugh, shall I be honest some of these things make me want to scream, but usually I laugh.

Caroline

in the car she often says"GO woman" talking to cars in front of us. {She already is a Houston driver! }

Everything she eats is delicious

She won't eat food if she doesn't deam to be beautiful {?}

She throws words around like responsible and recognize like Susanna throws food off her tray
Susanna
WILL.NOT. stay off the kitchen table

every sweet treat is called a dookie{she can't get enough of them}

all animals are called puppies, except cats

she will not say Caroline, only Dister{ask her to say Caroline, she says "Dister"}

she has the cutiest little kissy face

favorite song Itsy Bitsy Spider

looking at books, she HAS to sit in your lap when this happens :)

I remembered recently why I have stored my makeup in a bag on the counter for a couple of years, instead of in the drawer that is meant for such things, 20 month olds LOVE to get into make up

friends

A little dress up and dancing.

if Santa had only known

that she would love this chocolate reindeer more than any other gift.... the simple things!

Santa could have saved some money!

"what a beautiful day to go to the zoo"

Caroline said this several times during our recent trip to the zoo(a few days before Christmas). Oh, and she is boycotting looking at the camera:)

Susanna taking over stroller duty
oh, and what outing isn't complete without your mom nagging/reprimanding you? So glad this was caught on the camera. j/k keeping it real.

My favorite picture ever!

deep breath

The Landry's have endured a few rough weeks, but here is some proof that we are alive and kicking. I am grateful for these three and our heavenly Father who knit us together as a family.

Caroline Turns Four by Sandy Landry

Here is a story that Caroline's Nini (Sandy to the rest of us or Mom to Josh) wrote for her to remember her 4th birthday party. I will do a picture post this weekend.

Caroline was turning four the very next day. She wasn’t sure if she would turn four in the night, and if she would feel it when it happened. What if her feet grew an inch during the night and when she awoke she appeared taller, more like a four year old?

Sometimes Caroline didn’t understand the difference between “tomorrow” and “day after tomorrow,” “later,” “soon,” “in a little while,” and “a long time from now.” They were all words that meant “a long time and NOT NOW.” She knew that for sure. So even though everyone had told her the birthday was “tomorrow,” she was still surprised when she awoke and everyone said, “You are four years old today,” and she knew she must have done it without trying at all, but she didn’t seem one bit taller.

She was having her friends over for her Daddy donut birthday party. That was because she and her daddy always went out for donuts on Saturday morning and she wanted to share her special fun with her friends. On her birthday, she was inviting all of her friends to join her for breakfast. They were coming early in the morning and they were even wearing their pjs to play and eat donuts with her.

Caroline’s mommy had a special outfit for Caroline to wear. It had a C on the front with long flowy pants and ruffles on the bottom. On an ordinary day, Caroline would have thought it was a very pretty outfit, but when she saw her friends arrive in their pjs, she didn’t think her pretty outfit was “comfy” enough, so she went quietly to her room and put on her old princess nightgown, the one that was too short and looked a little dirty and was frayed around the edges. Caroline felt so comfy and so beautiful when she went outside with her friends. As she passed her Nini, her Nini asked, “Caroline, are you sure it’s all right to wear that gown to your party, to which she replied, “Of course it is, it is beautiful. Her mommy was so surprised when Caroline came out in her new outfit.

Before long, all of her friends had arrived. There were lots of friends: Colin, Gabriel, Haley, Leah, Nora, Maggie, Judd, and two Graces, and two Carolines. They ran around and jumped on Caroline’s new trampoline and played in her little play house and stirred things in her little kitchen. They even ran into her room and tried on her play clothes.

Caroline wanted to share with her friends, but it was hard , especially when everyone put on her jewelry. For a minute, she was a little sad, but then she remembered that when she played at their houses they always shared with her, so she let them wear her very best jewelry and her prettiest clothes. Everyone looked very beautiful dressed up like princesses and fairies. Caroline thought perhaps her boy friends were best; they never wanted to wear her play clothes.

When Caroline blew out her candles, she huffed and she puffed like the mean old wolf, and she blew them all out and even had lots of air left. No one knew she had been practicing for weeks to be able to blow them all out in such a grand way.

The very best part was when Mr. Ed came. Mr. Ed was a very funny man who played his guitar and sang songs with the kids. He sang songs about a great big fish eating little fish and abc’s and lots of exciting things and the children sang with him and danced and had a great time. Since Caroline was the birthday girl, she got to hold the hungry caterpillar while Mr. Ed sang about him.

After Caroline opened her gifts, all the kids mommy’s helped clean up and gather up their things and rushed home. Well, Caroline thought they rushed home, because she hated to see them go.

When everyone had gone, Caroline wanted to know when her birthday was coming again. “Oh, Caroline, her mommy said. It will be a whole year until you are five.”

Caroline wanted to know how many fingers she could hold up when she was five and she began practicing right away for her next birthday.

sugar & spice & everything nice

Yesterday Caroline woke up from her nap and asked for a snack. I offered her any kind of berry in the fridge. Frustrated, " no I don't want fruit, I want something SWEET, REALLY REALLY SWEET, with LOTS of sugar!" I am so with her on that one! But of course I didn't tell her that!

school days

First day of Mother's Day Out. She was not in a picture taking kind of mood.

We found one of C's buddies and took a quick picture before before we ventured off to the classrooms. {they have been hunting for rollie pollies during recess, both of their dads hunt (a lot), the rollie pollies better watch out!}

She is having a good time and she LOVES the return of chapel time, she often gets to lead the prayer, which she loves. She is learning some new songs, again a love of hers. And being a former PreK(ish) teacher I am very pleased with the activities they are doing when we enter the classroom. The teachers say she is a joy, friendly, and very helpful. That makes a mamma's heart sing. On a side note, she always helps the crying smaller kids on the playground reassuring them their mommies will always come back. (something she was famous for doing last year, isn't that cute!)

New "do"

OK it is not a big change{just 2 inches}, but it is about the only exciting thing going on around here:) It does look cute when it is fixed, and is pretty tangle free! yippee for her and me!

just because

This chair.... the girls sit in it together, fight over it and SJ gets told to sit down in it about a bajillion{yes a bajillion} times a day.

Jump for Joy

A bike ride with Grandma

There is not a better way to start your morning!

sum, sum summertime!

The girls trying to beat this heat. This was our first week back from Wyoming and we were in all kinds of detox. We missed Bebe, Grandma, Aunt Edie, the trampoline, the 70 degree weather.....

are you my teacher?

Caroline's likes to ask me if I am her teacher when I bossily nicely ask her to do something. I have found if I say, yes I am the teacher and you are the student. THEN she IMMEDIATLY complies with whatever I asked of her. I am A.M.A.Z.E.D and tickled. She cracks me up, I might have her start calling me Mrs. Landry :)

Let's take a picture!

Caroline ALWAYS wants to pose for pictures holding Susanna. As you can see, Susanna does not EVER want to pose for pictures with her sister choking holding her. Caroline's intentions are oh so sweet and I try to indulge her!

Jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down!

jump

jump

jump

working hard

Both girls hard at work. Caroline doing her favorite thing "homework" and Susanna working on standing in one of Caroline's little chairs, yes, she falls off of it often!