Melania Maycie & Mishayla Marian

12/5/10

Sylvester - The hypoallergenic cat!

Mishayla - 3rd Birthday continued...

Dora the Explorer Hamster pet
Spencer and June
Entertainment by Spencer
More presents
Some help from Great Gma

Happy Birthday, Mishayla!

Snow.... Some people just like it more than others!

Backpack girls (or, Monkey see, Monkey do...)

Mishayla

Happy Birthday, Karen!

Melania reading a book... Berenstein Bears anyone? Great Gma and Gma cut the pizza for Karen's party.
Is Mishayla up to something? Papa seems oblivious...
The Birthday Girl. My younger sister keeps trying to get as old as me.
The kids help her celebrate!

11/21/10

November Preview...

Melania is not overly impressed that Mishayla has chosen to get her "Leapster observation hours" in by watching her play. Mishayla will have her very own Leapster later this month, and I'm sure the girls will miss this close bonding time. Betty D. reading to the girls on a recent visit.

Trick or Treat - A Tender Heart Bear and A Cinderella/Princess Bride

Oh Deer...
All dressed up for pre-school. Lovin' the purple crocks...
Sisters...
Tender Heart Bear
I wish I had captured the size of the bag. Melania was a very optimistic trick or treater!
Mishayla
The 2nd or 3rd annual party at Philip and Alisha's.

October 2010

Taylor Rae dancing at Fall Fest The kids on the bus go...
I was leaving the house after lunch to return to work when I encountered this black bear about 30 feet away... I did a double take, and went for my camera. Then, I decided rather than take pictures, I really should rescue the neighbor's dog. It was young black bear. I never heard if he was captured and relocated or not. No more bear sightings in my front yard!
Picking apples at Gpa and Gma's house.
Melania paying with her kitties. They are her "babies."
Melania had a playdate with Greta. Poor Mishayla was the 3rd wheel.
"Best" Friends!
Mishayla chose this dress, made by a friend of ours from WA to wear one day!
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Melania at the Piano - 11 months

Melania at the Piano - 11 months
"Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn't grow under my heart, but in it." - Unknown

The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life
"I didn't give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you The gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you."
-Unknown