the girls

1:40 a.m.

It is 1:40 a.m. Ruby can't sleep and Lucy has a stomach virus...seems like the perfect time to do some blogging. Other than her night waking and getting up at 5am Ruby is fantastic. She went to Chris' class today and enjoyed the live jazz band and watching the dancing. She likes the dance studio a lot. She is also in love bookshelves and VHS tapes. She is not sure about carrots. Her hair is "long," occasionally making a little curl in the back.

Seven Stars Circus

Lucy performed in the Seven Stars Circus last weekend. She did a VERY exciting balancing act. She runs onto a ball and balances while twirling two hula hoops on her arms, neck and then waist. It was FANTASTIC.

"HEY" from down south

Aiken, SC Visit

Ruby and I just returned from Aiken, SC...AKA Grandmother's house. We spent 9 days enjoying the SC weather (it was 72 degrees the day we left.) Ruby spent her days crawling, standing, touching the cat, wondering about the dog, eating yams, charming the pants off of her relatives and loving up her Grandmother. It was a great visit.

With aunt Frankie

Baby and Cat

"yucky"

Not sure what everyone is looking at here, but Ruby and James seem to feel the same way about it.

Hittin' the Peligrino

Innie and James visited this weekend and spent some quality time with Ruby. This particular bonding experience revolved around a Peligrino bottle.

FINALLY

Dado and the snow bunny

Snow snow snow

TOO CUTE!

cold

The northeast is experiencing record cold temperatures right now. It was 2 degrees in Philadelphia this morning. Yet, our brave girl Lucy is on a wilderness camping trip in New Hampshire. It is a 5 day trip. She is packing/sledding all her gear in to the site. She is sleeping in a tent and snow shoeing every where! I can't wait to hear about it on her return. Right now I can only think--WOW it must me cold. Check out the link on the right for more info about the trip.

"In the winter, ice bounds the lakes and a blanket of deep snow covers the forest. This is the time to add our ski tracks to those of moose and snowshoe hare’s. January, February and March are great months for very special ski and snowshoe trips to our traditional winter base camp, hidden away in the forest on a frozen beaver pond." --Kroka Newsletter

Night Before

Lucy's pack was so heavy she almost fell over backwards when she first put it on.

TrishMo's Birthday Celebration

We are trying to "act natural" in these photos...not that successfully though

Vogue

Response to Lucy's request to "look like models!" HA!