Crossley twins (and Kate!)

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

January - March 2009

Well, we had our fourth birthday in March. We visited Tucson for New Years and celebrated Christmas there, too. Not much else exciting happened... Oh, yeah, our baby sister, Kate, was born on January 25th. Maybe that's a big deal; Mom and Dad sure seem to think so.

Is this one for me?

Turtle riding seems less dangerous than bull riding, so Dad said "Okay"

No visit to Tucson is complete without sitting on the peacock at Reid Park Zoo

Jack feeds the giraffe at the Zoo

Anna's turn to feed the giraffe

Here she comes

watercolor painting

At a special dance class in Tucson

Twins under the F-107 at Pima Air Museum

Sure, I can fly a DC-8. Can't everyone?

Entomologist at work (butterflies don't bite, do they?)

Practicing Zen

Here's baby Kate, almost seven weeks early, but doing just fine, thank you very much.

S T R E T C H

Kate looking up

Ready to go home after a few days at the hospital

Kate at home with Jack and Anna

This is my big brother

Kate contentment

Big yawn (is there a family resemblance to anyone?)

Grandma came all the way from Tucson just to build a snowman with us!
(maybe she wanted to see Kate, we're not really sure...)

ready to travel

a nice close-up of Anna

Kate discovers the mirror with some help from Daddy

Anna with her strawberry end of the birthday cake

Jack with his blueberry end of the birthday cake

artist at work

Kate watching the action

These may be the best s'mores ever!
(thanks Anna, Sarah, Kathleen and Kurt!)

Really, these are the best s'mores ever!

Friday, January 16, 2009

October - December 2008

October included a trip to visit our friends in Vermont. We got our first real snow at the end of November, so we bothered Dad so much that he went up in the attic to get our sleds out. When December rolled around, we visited Granny and Grandpa in Cincinnati for Christmas.

Lost in the corn maze

Anna is out standing in her field

Mommy with Anna and Jack at the Zoo Boo.
We'll have outgrown these costumes by next year.

Has this girl had too much Halloween candy?

Once our snowman fell over, he made a great snow horse!

Jack ready for snow!

First sledding of the season. Dad! I didn't go far enough!
Push me harder next time!

The Princess Bride dress-up set was a popular gift with Princess Anna

Engineer Jack keeping the train running on time

Uncovering dinosaur bones
(This was pretty cool. Our friends sent us little hammers, child size goggles, and cups filled with plaster of paris. After some banging with the hammer, we found little dinosaur toys inside the plaster. Then, Mom and Dad had to get out the vacuum cleaner...)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

July - September 2008

Well, as we get older, Mommy and Daddy don't seem to take as many pictures. No worries, though; the photos for July through September include some good ones.

meeting Frankie, the Frankfort High School mascot, before Daddy runs in the "Bun Run"

Jack thinking hard (note the tongue, we think that's an inherited trait)

If I were 15, I'd be saying "No duh, Daddy..."

Jack sitting on the deck

Anna sitting outside, too

gathering the early fall raspberries, which is best done when wearing a dress like a princess would wear

croquet - the sport of gentlemen
(you get to whack stuff with a really big hammer)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

April - June 2008

Well, not only is Dad late at updating our blog, it also turns out that he didn't take that many pictures for our 2nd quarter 2008 update. Maybe we were just having too much fun. We started swimming lessons this year. We also got to see Anna and Sarah on a fun camping trip to Pokagon State Park. In June we visited Cincinnati, and Grandpa Be-bap came to visit us at the end of June.

at swim class

worn out

camping with Sarah and Anna

the action man in action

lakeside

racer Anna

with Granny and Grandpa

hi there

goofin' off

Grandpa calling Grandma to tell her how cute we are

Saturday, April 5, 2008

January - March 2008

We got to take another trip to Tucson in January; it's great that Grandma and Grandpa live somewhere warm for winter time. We got back home and finally had snow. This year we started a gymnastics class, so we're hopping and rolling all over the place. Then, on March 19th, we had our birthday. Now, we are three years old!