Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!

Anna and Patrick and I enjoyed a nice walk in the double-wide yesterday! The sun was out and we thoroughly enjoyed being outside after the monsoon on Friday! Come on spring!!!

Beating the Wintertime Blues!

It's cold outside, but Anna wanted to put on "lotion" (she is so responsible and apparently well aware of what damage the sun can do to your skin) with her bathing suit! We ate hotdogs for dinner and pretended to be at the beach. Patrick is looking oh-so-cute sporting his trunks! A fun-filled Saturday night at the Morrow house!

See me in action!

Put up the baby gates!

Patrick is on the move! While getting Anna out of the tub, I came back into Patrick's room after about 3-4 minutes to find him in this position! He is showing off his arm strength and doing a sort of "army crawl". He can scoot his way around rather quickly and seems thrilled with his new talent!

"I'm just giving the pig a bath!"

Anna almost flooded the bathroom today... She and Patrick were both down for a nap, and I settled in to do some work. Anna gets up, says her sweet hello to try and get me to let her stay up, and makes a stop in the bathroom on her way back to her room. I am just finishing up and hoping that the water I hear running is nothing to be concerned about. I'm almost finished... As I walk in, Anna is innocently giving her pig a bath in the sink, with only about an inch of room to spare in the sink before water would have come spilling over. Just in time! Pigs do get dirty, so luckily he was wrapped in a hand towel and back in bed with Anna.

Could not resist...

"Patrick, you're not going to be able to get by on good looks alone forever." I mean, come on! What a smile! Patrick is smiling much more these days, after his first two bottom teeth are almost completely through the gum. He was pretty uncomfortable at times, but back to his happy, mellow self.

Cinderella, Cinderella

Anna in action - she loves to clean! Pictured here scrubbing the kitchen floor (on two separtate occations). The first time, she cried when I broke it to her that we would have to stop. As you can see, she is very thorough and using a toothbrush to clean the grout lines. She also cleans the tile in the shower with a washcloth at bathtime. She has recently discovered the joy of washing dishes. Ben is thrilled to have her take over his usual nightly duty. With her around, we can just kick up our feet and relax!