little of this, little of that...

there has been alot going on around here, between two little kiddos and business and work and general day to day life. for starters, sylvi is about to be a year old. how that is possible i am not sure, but it's true. in addition to all that a first birthday entails (trying to walk, trying to talk, trying to get into whatever trouble you can find) sylvi is also starting to enjoy playing with her sister alot too. and isa enjoys it as well, for the most part! these pictures were taken while isa was playing with a new toy on the bed (where sylvi couldn't get to it). she was nice enough to share her computer with little sister, which as you can see, made for one very happy little baby.

you may notice that there is something on the window, back behind the couch? well, that would be a piece of cardboard. it's covering a busted window pane. wanna guess what happened? i'll give you a hint-- it involves a three year doing something she was not supposed to be doing. like playing on the back of the couch. luckily for her, the curtains were closed, but she went head first into that window. yikes. she wasn't hurt at all but it could've been really ugly. need less to say, she isn't allowed to do anything other than sit on the couch now.

eskimo isa

isa and daddy spent the time here at home having lots of fun adventures. this included a bonfire with friends and a little backard camping! isa did really well sleeping in the cold tent and only woke up once during the night. in true isa form, she was completely unphased by the cold-- it was 19F when they woke up in the morning and according to daddy, she could not have cared less!

nanny equals cookies

seems like a visiting nanny and a kitchen full of cookies go together. atleast in this house!

regularly scheduled programming...

we're back from billings and trying to get back to the normal routine. it was a loooooong weekend and i more than happy that it's over. to sum it up... the show was awful. yes, awful. the economy didn't help but unfortunately i think the alot of the reason for such a dismal showing had more to do with bad management and poor decisions on the part of the organizers. no need to go into the details but suffice it to say that i am glad to be done with it and looking forward to regular holiday business and of course Art in the Afternoon locally! so cheers to that right? right!

p.s. stay tuned for more regularly scheduled kid cuteness soon!

Marketplace Magic!

71 minky scarves
80 chenille bibs
34 reversible dresses
32 tees and onesies
12 lounge sets
12 skirts
3 changing pads
2 chenille blankets

and that, my friends, is all the loot you will find this weekend at Marketplace Magic in Billings! we are headed out of town tomorrow morning and won't be back in blogland until mid-week or so. isa and daddy will be holding down the fort here and having lots of fun in the meantime. there is talk of a camping trip if the weather cooperates. see you next week!

too cool for school

look who just had their first school picture taken! it's hard to find a school picture that isn't atleast a little cheesy, but this one is pretty darn cute too!

Halloween 2009

halloween has been a BIG deal this year! part of that excitement was due to the surprise factor of isa's costume. in the weeks leading up to Halloween, she had a million ideas of what she wanted to be. figuring this might make it hard to actually pick one, i decided i'd make something that i knew she would love-- hence the butterfly! sylvi's costume was a little easier, since she couldn't exactly choose this year. we started the day at the children's museum Fall Carnival and ended it trick or treating with the masses on Main Street. all in all, a very fun (and busy) Halloween!