Cousins

Five girls all in a row!

Outdoor Fun

Sister Time

Easter Egg Hunting!

Excited to arrive at the park!

Patiently waiting to meet the Easter Bunny.

I might look unsure, but I actually liked meeting him.

"Look what that big bunny gave Elsie!"

Rows of eggs...

The "hunt" is on!

Serious business.

After the hunt, we played at the park!

Conspiring with Daddy.

Drivin' with Daddy

"Mama, you sit here, too!"

"Daddy, you are so funny!"

Happy girl.

Family Time

Late March Quotes by Elsie Rose

"Mama, I need some of that water.  Some of your water.  Don't worry, I won't drink all of it."

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 "Mama, I want to see your eyebrows.  Hmm....Elsie thinks Elsie has eyebrows, too!  Super Why doesn't have any eyebrows.  Elsie will have to teach him how to have eyebrows!"

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"Mama, your tummy is still a little bit big.  Not very big.  Just a little bit big.  Maybe there is another baby in your tummy!  Maybe there is another baby in there, and you can have that other little baby, and we can name her Sam, and then Elsie can have TWO little babies!  Can we have another little baby?  Elsie would like that."

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"Sylvie, maybe when you grow up, like tomorrow, I can teach you how to make your poopers in my blue potty chair just like me!  Then you won't make stinky pants."

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"Mama is the biggest and Sylvie is the littlest and Elsie is the middle...and Daddy is the tallest!"

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"Uncle Will is not as tall as Mama, but he is taller than Baby Sylvie.  Baby Sylvie is not tall to Uncle Will."

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Elsie:  "Mama, we need TWO MORE little babies."

Mama:  "Two at once?  We should have twins?"

Elsie:  "Yes, twins!  And then Elsie can be a twin, too!  Elsie doesn't know how to be a twin...."

Mama:  "Well, you can't learn to be a twin.  When you were in my  tummy, if there was another baby in there with you, then you would be a twin.  You have to be born that way."

Elsie:  "Hmm...then Elsie will have to jump, jump, jump (on the bed) to know how to be a twin!" 

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While working on a new puzzle with Mama:

"Don't worry, Mama, we will figure this thing out."

And later, after finishing the puzzle and guzzling a water bottle:

"Boy, this puzzle makes me really thirsty!"

Sylvie Harriet Two-Week Photo Shoot (yep, we are behind on posting!)

Early March Quotes

"Elsie's little baby Sylvie is hissing at her!"

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Mama:  "How did you sleep last night?"

Elsie:  "Elsie slept really good, but Olga Bunny was hop, hop, hopping all over Elsie's bed all night long!"

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Daddy:  "...and you have to eat all your vegetables to grow big and strong."
Elsie:  "Hmm...well, maybe when Elsie is older Elsie will know how to eat all her vegetables."

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Daddy and his girls

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"Elsie is pretty slow, but Pongo can run super, super, super fast!"

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Daddy:  "Good-bye, Elsie, I am going running!"

Elsie:  "Have a good run Daddy, and be very careful because there is lots of ice on the ground outside and it is very slippery!"

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Daddy, walking into the room:  "Mooooooooooooooo!"
Elsie, not missing a beat:  "Oink, oink!"

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Elsie:  "Mama, tell me some ideas for tomorrow."
Mama:  "Well, tomorrow we could bake cookies!"
Elsie:  "No!  Different idea, Mama!"
Mama:  "We could make chocolate cupcakes!"
Elsie:  "No!  Different idea, Mama!  A silly idea!"
Mama:  "We could build an airplane and fly it to Grandma Dorothy's house..."
Elsie:  "YEAH!"

On another night, sharing more "ideas" with Daddy:
Daddy: "You could wear all purple tomorrow!"
Elsie: "No!" 
Daddy: "What would be a better idea?  Why can't you wear purple?"
Elsie: "Because, Daddy, Elsie can't wear purple clothes.  Elsie has nice blue clothes to wear tomorrow!"

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Elsie and her tent

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After a series of furballs appeared in her tent, it was washed and put away.  After a few weeks, the following conversation happened as we set up her tent again:

" Elsie was worried about her tent!  I couldn't find it anywhere!  Kitties, no more furballs in Elsie's tent!"

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"Elsie don't like that kind of dinner (stir fry)!  Elsie just likes apples, pears, treats, bananas, and apples!  Elsie can't eat that kind of dinner, because it will make my tummy feel bad and then we will have to go to Elsie's room and get my medicine so I will feel better!"

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While looking at old pictures of Ping, Pongo, and Toodles together:
"Elsie doesn't have a Toodles anymore.  Elsie just has a Ping and a Pongo and an Izzy.  Now Elsie is a big kid, so maybe now Elsie can have another Toodles!  Can Elsie have another Toodles?"

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Mama:  Elsie, did you have good dreams last night?"

Elsie: "Yeah, Elsie did have good dreams!"

Mama:  "What did you dream about?"

Elsie: "I dreamed about Mama and Elsie's little baby piggies and Elsie's little baby Sylvie!"

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Elsie: "I want pears for snack!"

Mama: "I think we ate all the pears.  Maybe we can get more at the grocery store when we go."

Elsie: "Yes.  We can go and get pears and cupcakes at the grocery store."

Mama: "Just pears and cupcakes?  We don't need anything else at the store?"

Elsie: "Hmmm....no.  Elsie don't think so.  We just need pears and cupcakes."

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"When I wear my kitty coat, I look just like Pongo Kitty!  He is a very special, special kitty.  But I don't have whiskers like Pongo does."

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"When I wake up I have CRAZY hair!"

Girls morning out!

Mama and my Baby Sylvie and I all had a special morning out last week. It was really cold, so we went to a sunny cafe together, and had a treat and did lots of playing! Here are some pictures to show how much fun we had:

I found two little bears that I played with.

They even helped me to do some puzzles.

Sylvie made funny faced and slept most of the time.  She does that a lot.

The bears and I chilled in the warm sunshine while Mama finished her coffee.

More Elsie Quotes

*context* I was playing outside with Elsie, a lot of running/chasing...
A: How did you get so fast?
E: Because you teach Elsie daddy!

*context* Elsie and I were sitting by the window in the morning after a snowstorm, watching a neighbor's Bobcat move snow.  She asked what that was making "all that VERY loud noise" so I explained what it was.  Later on when we went by the window:
E:  Daddy- where that kitty truck go?!

*context* At night Elsie likes to talk about "Ideas" this can be random things like "how about we go jump on the moon" or "how about tomorrow we go to the Library."  Usually she wants you to come up with dozens which she laughs about then says "No" but sometimes she has some...  A couple from tonight:
E:  Elsie have idea- how about tomorrow we go find a pink spaceship,
 then go ride in that pink spaceship!

And another:
E:  Elsie want to go play outside with no clothes, and, and, play in in the garbage with no clothes!

A few more hospital pics of Sylvie's first moments...

In the birthing bed with Mama.

Daddy holding Sylvie for the first time, exactly one hour after birth!

Sleepy girl!

Elsie Quote

*Context - Elsie was looking through Josie's collection of High School senior photos*
Elsie  - "Daddy who is this?"
Andy - "That is one of  momma's friends I have never met."
Elsie - "Yes, yes and that is one of Elsie's friends Elsie has never met!"

Family outing!

We took our first outing as a family of four yesterday!

After Tuesday's snowstorm, we all wanted to get out of the house a little bit, so Mama and Sylvie attended a "Mom and Baby" yoga class while and Daddy and I played at the cafe next door.  I ate an entire cinnamon roll before playing with all the cafe's puzzles and toys.

The ladies of the house all took nice afternoon naps to celebrate the great occasion, while Daddy took a much-deserved run by himself.  I think we are figuring out this "family of four" thing!   

Sister Time

Guess who loves having a sister?  It has been a hard transition but times like this are so precious:

 

And of course when you smile you need to close your eyes ^_^ 

Sylvie's First Photo Shoot