Ice plant

A leftover image from the snow and ice.

Ali the designer

I bought Ali a fashion design book/thing for Christmas. I thought she'd like it. She loves it and that makes me happy.

Sunroom

It was fun to watch the layers of snow and ice accumulate outside the sunroom.

Snow

I just love a man with a big......shovel.

Arts & Crafts

Auggie & Duke

Bun-zilla takes over the dollhouse

Family

Dr. Zoe

Zoe plays doctor.

Zoe! Snow!

Megan's temple

This is Megan's Egyptian temple (the cat head is the Sphinx).

Legos!

Ali wanted to build a spaceship. Here is Dennis building the USS Litterbox.

My mom and Zoe

My mom hates to have her picture taken, so I had to be sneaky. But it was so cool to see her playing on the floor with Zoe.

More toys!

The girls playing with a cool toy called a Wedgit.

Dennis and Zoe

Megan building

I bought these really cool toys called Dado squares. Hours of fun. Seriously. Megan and I spent three hours building structures last night and then she pulled them out again today. All I can do with Legos is build a tower. :-)

Webkinz!

Megan and Ali take over the computers to play Webkinz!

Sugar Cookies

Megan and Zoe decorate sugar cookies. Who knew dyed sugar could be so much fun?

Zoe plays Nintendogs

My DS. My game. Zoe plays it. Sigh. :-) She's good too!

Zoe and the lighted Christmas tree

Zoe in the sunroom (snow room!?) checking out the lighted Christmas tree.

Blackout!

We lost power for a few hours last week. During the power outage, Megan kept saying how she "needed to play video games". What did she do when the power came back on? Pulled out a book!! Megan had the dog book and Ali has the cat book.

Cool stuff!

I was sorting through board games today when the girls decided to help. Megan is playing with a shape game in the background. Ali and Zoe are playing Scrabble.

Megan testing

Megan tests for her green belt. Ali is standing behind her.

Zoe sings!

She is singing "We are the Champions" and then "Jingle Bells"

Zoe and grapes

Zoe eats grapes with chopsticks.

Duke and Auggie take on Hot Wheels

The innocent people of Hot Wheels land could only watch in horror as bunny-zilla ate cars whole.

Zoe the builder

Zoe is playing with Wedgits. They are lots of fun and she is clearly building the world's next great structure.

Love! Love Sac!

Megan meets snow

Megan sits in the bay window and watches the snow fall. The Chirstmas tree is comically small. And fake. When we were kids it was a big deal to go to a U-cut lot and pick the tallest, fattest tree we could get away with. This tree is a sad replacement. But I'm sure it will look very perky when the presents are put underneath on Christmas Eve.

Zoe and lite brite

Zoe had fun putting the pegs in just the right spot.

Ice

Our road was icy all week. You can see that our drive way is clear, but the rest is a mess.

Snow!

Megan and Zoe help Dennis clear snow off the cars.

Zoe snacking

Those eyes get me every time.

Playing DS

Ali watches Megan play her Nintendo DS.

Zoe and tree

Zoe helps decorate the Christmas tree.

Megan and puppets

When Dennis and I first started dating (before we were dating even), he won me over with hand puppets. Megan continues the tradition.

Leftovers

This is from this summer. The girls had so much fun playing in the water!

Miss Z.

This is an older picture from this summer. I jus love this look. And the hat. I think she looks like a little flapper.

Megan going to Taekwondo

Zoe takes a break

Zoe helped me shop for presents this weekend.

megan and her duke

Me and my bunny

Dancing girls

Zoe's House

Zoe was much more interested in eating the decorations!

Gingerbread House

Zoe on guitar

Rock Band!

Zoe on drums

Slippers!

Check out the Hello Kitty slippers! Zoe loves them and wears them everywhere.

Megan and Zoe watching traffic on the skybridge at Pioneer Place.

Have you hugged a seal today?

Outside the Chinese Gardens.