Sunday, November 22, 2009

Deer, pinochle...oops!

The big girls are gone huntin' this morning with daddy. I don't understand what's so exciting about waking up before 5 am, but that's just me. This is Madison's second endeavor, and Breanne's first trip. Yesterday, Derrick went with a friend "real" hunting (as in hiking around, not driving like he will be with the girls) and Madison said, "Why would he walk? We're gonna drive." So off they went this morning (then I went back to bed). Breanne's last thought was, "Umm, do we have the donuts along?" Should be an adventure and hopefully they get something.
Last night, Derrick and I played in a Pinochle tournament. First tournament ever for me and probably my second time playing this year for that matter. (The first time was night before last as we "brushed up on our skills" with some friends.) We didn't win...Montana rules!
Aliya is getting more stable on her feet every day. She definitely has older sisters. She's really tough and maybe even mean since she knows how to hold her own. Here's a series of pictures of her walking across the living room....oops!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

One small step for girl...one big step in education

It's official. Aliya is walking. She's now choosing to walk (rather than crawl) across the room. She walks across the basement to play with the toy kitchen, she plays with her "di-das" (I'm thinking it's code for sisters.) Yesterday, I handed her a banana and she said, "tan-tu" (thank you.) All this at once.
Madison just read through an entire book with me. She's sounding out even more successfully now and is very expressive, using inflections for the question marks and exclamation marks.

Breanne is growing...or maybe she's just "hungry" because she see the HUGE bowl of Halloween candy in the living room.

It's snowing in Billings. Praying the moisture escapes Minnesota!

Monday, November 2, 2009