Dresses

Many of you know the dress delimna that we go through with Nardos on a daily basis. What can I say, she is a girly girl. In an effort to keep clothing costs to a minimum, I scouted around and landed on a pattern/idea of attaching a skirt to a t-shirt. Here are our first creations. We hit Wal-mart & picked up four shirts, then headed to Joann's fabrics to find material for skirts. It was fun! Here are a few pictures of the dresses.

Finally! Nardos' hair is long enough for two pony tails

Ok - so we don't call them piggy tails because as they were learning English,  "piggy" tails weren't as desirable as "pony" tails.  Nardos' hair was rather short as you can see in this comparison.  Anyway, the other night as we were combing her hair after a shower, I noticed how long it was getting and made the comment that we MIGHT be able to get it into two pony tails.  Needless-to-say, the next morning I spent a chunk of time combing and combing again.  If you have ever rolled out bread dough - it's a little like that.  As soon as I combed it, it would crawl back to curly!  Anyway, enjoy the pictures of our little Minnie Mouse!

Confusion

As time rolls on, we have lost track of all of the "firsts" that the girls have had.  I have to admit I am patiently waiting for them to see their first snowfall.  In the meantime, I do my best to write down or somehow record through pictures the things they do and the things they say.  Beti is learning loads of things in 2nd grade and she is a great advocate for herself in that if she hears a new word, she is good about asking "what does that mean?"  Nardos on the other hand, is pretty oblivious to the finer points of English pronunciation.  She often misarticulates words - which typically results in rowdy laughter from the rest of the family.

Dad:  "Nardos, did you eat breakfast?"
Nardos:  "Yes, Daddy, I had nuffin." [nothing]
Dad:  "Nardos, you really need to eat breakfast.  We will be leaving soon for church."
Nardos:  "I did Daddy, I ate nuffin."
Dad:  "I don't understand, you ate nuffin for breakfast?"
Nardos:  "Yes and it was yummy."
Dad:  "Nuffin was yummy?"

>>>At this point, Nardos goes over to the counter and shows Daddy the "muffin" wrapper that she had emptied by eating the muffin not "nuffin".

In fact, just the other day, she had two nuffins for breakfast!

Half the time, "salt" comes out "sauce"; "darn it" comes out "donut".  My favorite is that she loves to do her "laundream".