Happy Birthday, Sarah Marie

Today little Sarah Marie turned Two Years Old. What a joy she is to our family!



Blowing out her candles...


Opening one of her gifts.


Charlotte enjoyed watching Sarah open the presents. A lot! Every time she started opening a new gift Charlotte would start chanting, "Open open open open!"

Sarah was meticulous about opening her gifts. She'd barely look at something until every last scrap of paper was off of it.


She got this baby doll set with stroller, swing, bassinet, etc. Quite the big hit, methinks.


With two of her gifts - the baby and her vacuum.


Of course, Charlotte wanted the baby too and tried to sneak off with her.

Thanksgiving 2008

We enjoyed Thanksgiving day at my mother's house (Grandma Bridget). She cooked, as usual, an outstanding meal!


Here's Michael and his two little ladies.


Does this one look like a big girl or what? That's my mother-in-law, Grandma Linda, in the background.


Me and my big girl. Yes, I love this picture. Yes, I think I'm going to print and frame it.


The two Grandmas.

Grandpa Tom


Little Sarah Marie (who will be 2 years old in TWO days!!)


The next 4 shots were taken by Charlotte.

Love the angle here...


Hey what's that giant arm doing behind me?!!

Her extreme close up of Grandma Linda.


This is me telling her it's time to give me back my camera.


Our attempt at a family picture. Sarah is uncooperative and Charlotte is doing that lovely thing she does with all of her headbands.


Sarah LOVES to be jiggled by Grandpa Tom.

A very nice picture of Linda. And if you know her, you know what a miracle it is that her eyes are OPEN in this picture!


Comfy clothes on at the end of the night, and just a napkin to amuse her.

Cutest. Kids. Ever.

MY scarf

Charlotte likes to wear my scarf. I may have to talk to Aunt Kathy about making her her very own. (hint hint)

Some things don't change

November 2008


December 2007

Some of her faces

Helping helping helping

Charlotte has taken an interest in vacuuming lately.

I'm not discouraging her.

Sarah the Penguin

Sweet dreamies

A visit to Highfield Discovery Garden

Michael and I took the girls to a cute little park that has lots of very fun things for two little girls to do.

Sarah was very excited to go!


When we arrived, there was a special 'class' on Fossils. They got to examine fossils through a magnifying glass.


One of the highlights of this place is the Giant Treehouse.

There's also this cute little house for having tea parties with friends.


Of course, the bench swing was a favorite.



As were these giant mushrooms with big ladybugs crawling up them.

There's also a little train depot, complete with train whistles the kids can control.

I'm not sure what this giant purple thing is, but it sure made for fun climbing

And these frogs made for good ... something.

Sarah enjoyed petting the prehistoric lizard (gecko?).

All in all, a delightful way to spend a cool November Saturday afternoon!

For grins, here's a picture from just about exactly 3 years ago ... the first time Charlotte and I visited the Highfield Discovery Garden. It's been a favorite place ever since.