girls will be girls!

All of the girls are really fun right now. Three years old seems to agree with the twins and they seem to enjoy being a little more grown up. They are playing well together and are finally wanting to learn how to be more independent. They are trying to dress themselves and they put their own shoes on and even occasionally we head out without the paci and blankie! We really have much fewer meltdowns and fights than we used to. It has been a good few weeks and I really hope it continues! Caroline had a fussy few weeks at the beginning of July but is doing MUCH better now and is really back to her normal self. She had her 6 month check-up this week and she had a big growth spurt so maybe that was the cause of the fussies! She is now 75% in height at 26.25 inches and 40% in weight at 15 pounds 2 ounces. She is sitting pretty well though she is a little too "busy" to want to sit still. She is a little mobile and scoots herself around on her belly a bit though traditional crawling may be a month or two away. She is a champ roller and it is really fun to watch her play. She is doing great with her solid foods and I started her on Cheerios this week. She concentrates so hard on getting them in her mouth. It is too, too cute! Well, I will let the pictures do the talking ...

Sweet Caroline ...

So, I took Caroline to the doctor a few days ago and left Alan with the twins ... well, he is playing with PlayDoh with Hannah and realizes that Meredith is no where to be found. He went all around the house looking for her and found her asleep in the chair in our bedroom ... now, this would NEVER have happened on my watch ... putting herself down for a nap ... must be nice to be Daddy!

Cluck, cluck Hannah is a chicken! This is part of a fun art set the twins got for their birthday.

Oooo, oooo, ahhh, ahhh Meredith is a monkey ...

The girls love to help me with my herb garden ... we check on them everyday!

It has been so hot here, we have been playing on the upstairs porch a lot ... it is nice and shady and breezy up there ... we have 3 kid rocking chairs that were a gift from my parents when we moved into the house ... well, of course, the twins always want the same one ... sometimes it works out like this and sometimes not ... shortly after this photo was taken M scooted H out of the chair and a fit was had ...

Caroline wasn't quite digging the rocking chair yet ...

Twirling twins ...

Arabesque!

Me and my mini-me ...

you turn around just for a minute and ...

the twins feeding their baby dolls ... so funny how much they copy me ... Hannah even walks around with ponytail holders around her wrist like I always do!

Triple decker ... (obviously they don't really sleep like this ... they were playing and I popped Caroline on top just for fun)