quiet celebration

as i make my way tip toeing down our squeaky hallway, having successfully put marley and davis to bed for the night, i hear crowds cheering hooray as balloons and confetti rain down...in my head of course.  ben has been working second shift, which means dinner, bath, and bedtime fall on me solo most days.  i actually prefer this schedule as it gives us maximum time for family adventures.  i think i am getting the hang of the evening hours pretty good.  but it is far from routine, for me at least.  the girls have their routines.  i just feel like the big cheese when i am actually able to do it.  it should get easier as time goes on.
on another note, i have been bitching and moaning about no ice cream for no reason at all.  we have an ice cream maker.  so tomorrow we are making soy ice cream.  woo hoo. 

marley and gg and the quilt

 so my grandma made this amazing quilt for marley.  it has a different sunbonnet sue for each month.  my grandma did TONS of hand work (which i don't do) and each month she used bits of material that she got from my mom.  scraps from the dresses and oufits she had made marley.  it is a priceless treasure.  and beautiful to boot.  i'll post a better picture of it soon.

all aboard!

 we did the old toy bucket shuffle and look what we found!  a train conductor's hat!  marley was very excited.  we got this when her great grandpa gave us a tour of a historical dayton, ohio park.

she is serious about her choo trains

roller skates take two

she LOVED the turtles.

i loved watching ben try to squeeze his butt on to one

pickle face...hehehe

more pickle face

davis's cheeks mean business