Inevitably...

the day I forget to comb my hair, and once I remember decide it is not important, is the one day in over two and a half years that my husband randomly brings a friend home for lunch.

Raisins, anyone?

Cousins

Cora, Ruby, Kayla, and Alicia
From a week or two ago when we visited Kristy and Cody. The girls all got along very well. My girls loved having lots of different toys to play with. Kayla did a great job of sharing her toys. I was impressed.

Haven't you always wanted a monkey?*

The girls were reading to their monkeys.
My mom gave these monkeys to the girls before the girls were old enough to appreciate them. That has certainly changed. Cora is very attached to the monkeys (along with all the other stuffed animals in the house).

Random side note: in the last picture you can see the picture of a dog in the book Cora is reading. When I read that book to the girls I make the animal sounds. Now, when looking at the dog picture, Cora tries to say, "Woof, woof." Only it sounds more like, "Oot, oot." She also sometimes snorts while reading this book, but not just on the pig page.

*Bonus: what is the reference?

Christmas Chairs

These chairs were a Christmas gift from Ray's mom. The girls love them. I think the chairs look very comfortable. If they didn't have a weight limit far under my weight, I might just try them out myself.
Here they are lounging with their feet up:

Cora doesn't need a footstool to put her feet up:

I was trying to get them to use the diaper box as a footstool, but they chose not to.

Favorite "Hat"

I made the mistake one day of doing this:
It became the coveted item for a day or two. The girls were fighting over it constantly. They both wanted to wear their "hat." You can see how happy it makes them.
I believe in this picture Ruby was running away from Cora because Cora was trying to pull the box off her head.

Thanksgiving Pictures

Yes, I'm slow. Between holidays and sickness I've not found much time to blog of late. Perhaps that will change with the new year.

Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving day.

The whole clan:

Grandma learned the chocolate trick:

Cora hasn't spent much time around people with glasses. She really likes glasses: