Fun in the Kitchen

This past week was so fun. The girls are so entertaining and interesting. We walked, read books, and played and played and played. Below you see Chloe behind the glider where some of the toys are stashed. She spent lots of time there sorting and playing with various toys. Claire and I had been reading books when this picture was taken.

Below, I am going to upload several short movies because I can't decide which to leave out. The sequence was that Chloe was asleep on a blanket in the living room and Claire and I went in to the kitchen. The kitchen floor had a new feel for crawling, and Claire, and eventually Chloe, had lots of fun. The first two movies are Claire just enjoying herself. Then, Chloe woke up and heard us having fun and ventured out. Then the two of them interacted for some time. All in all, I think we were on that floor nearly 45 minutes.

The Week Past.....

Last week gave several opportunities to spend time with the girls. Every day was fun watching them explore and seeing new developments. Here are the girls after playing with their toys for some time.

Friday, Papa and Grandma babysat and we had a busy few hours. Here is Papa and Claire having an important conversation about something.

The film clip below is Chloe enjoying the moment.

Sunday the girls were dedicated at church. This was a very, very special day for all of us. Paula's Mom, Kathy, and Marc came to Chico for the service. After church we all enjoyed brunch out. The girls were perfect angels both at church and at the restaurant.

Also Sunday was Mike's birthday. The family got together for tacos (the most popular choice for birthday dinners in this family) minus Jon and Eric. Jon was working and Eric was at the Detroit Lions/San Francisco football game. Here is a picture of Paula and Claire playing with some of Mike, Jon and Suzie's baby toys and books. That is what happens when you live in a huge old house with lots of closets. Things get saved that should have been tossed years ago. It was fun however to see some of the old type baby toys. We know that some of the toys were at least 39 years old!

Here is Mike's family, waiting for their first taste of ice cream birthday cake. And Claire with Mommy after her first little bite.

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Finally, at the end of the afternoon, Chloe played a mini-concert for us. She is certainly showing musical talent already.

Saturday, The Highlight of Our Week!!!

Saturday, Papa and Grandma got to spend time with the girls. I took several short videos, all of which I am hoping to include. The first one is Claire, making her way over to my purse and shoes that were on the floor. At first I didn't realize what she was after, but after I turned the camera off, she made her way there and I got to her just as she was about to pick up my flip-flop. Of course it would have headed right to her mouth, yikes!!! I love her "chattering" as she makes her way across the room.

The next short movie is Claire doing her tongue thing. She did this a lot yesterday, and the more you laugh of course the more it happens.

The last little video of Claire she is trying to get one of her favorite toys from the ottoman. She sure worked hard!

Chloe also enjoyed making movies. Here she is on Papa's lap. They had quite a good time playing.

Chloe shows off her standing ability!

And, last but not least, Chloe comes to Grandma (with an ulterior motive in mind).

Papa and His Favorite Girls

On Monday, Paula had an appointment, so Papa and Grandma got to stay with the girls for a little while. Here is Papa with his precious babies on his lap. He is never happier than when he gets to visit them.

While we were there, Chloe stood at the ottoman for several minutes trying to reach the interesting things on it. Claire did lots of scooting around as well as enjoying her toys.

Lastly, when Paula returned home, she showed us how the girls are learning to brush their teeth. Paula brushed hers, and the picture below is Claire "mimicking" her Mommy. It is blurry a bit because she was moving her hand and the toothbrush has a blinking light on it.
My next opportunity to babysit will be Saturday. I can assure you, it will be the highlight of my week.

Sitting Up

Both Claire and Chloe are sitting up amazingly well. Things happen and change so fast we can hardly keep up. Papa and Grandma had a fun few hours on Friday. Most all of the time was spent playing with toys and "scooting and crawling around".

Claire is doing more crawling now and there will be no stopping these babies soon.

The Best Laid Plans.....

We had planned that this would be a long weekend with a family get together and lots of pictures of Claire and Chloe with relatives. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

Here are a couple of recent pictures, however. Claire was entertained by the contents of my purse for quite a while one day. I know, it is a bad habit to get in to, but it will only happen this one time. :)


Chloe is still "up on all fours" working on her crawling technique.