Okay, so life is good.

bebe started a preschool class for 10 weeks that's taught by the kids at high school in a child development class.  she absolutely loves it!  it's monday, wednesday, and fridays from 9-11:15

mimi is doing great in kindergarten.  she is learning to read and write.  the other day she sounded out the names of everyone in our family and wrote them all down for us (even our new foster son's name).  she wan't 100% on the spelling but she put in some good effort.  it's the first time she's tried to write something without it being a homework assignment.

ice is the newest member of our family and we are so happy to have him for as long as he's here.  he entered our home through foster care and we are very impressed with him.  it took the girls a couple days to warm up to the new boy in the home, but they are super excited about him now.

beard is happy to have another man in the house to hang with (ice is 16).

have a loverly night!  (our camera seems to be broken, so here's a family pic for you to view from last november)

Our Girls!

We love these kids!!!

these pictures were taken at the grandparents over christmas break.  the girls are in some dresses from grandma.

Tonight Mimi made an obstacle course...

- Count blocks- do math by taking or adding away and saying what the math problem is.

- knock over a box of toys with a broom

- pick up the toys and put them back in the box

- spin the top

- say your middle name to get past the "gate"

- run to the table

That girl has always been so creative!  I love it!

And this morning, Bebe was playing the part of Mimi's mom, a dog, and Mimi was her little puppy.  She helped her learn how to walk and helped her get into her dog high chair, etc. 

I love when these girls play together.  it's so fun to listen and observe the converstations.  There's a lot of magic that happens when they are left their imaginations for a while.