The Perrins

Family Mass

The girls were part of the family mass honouring Mother Mary at daycare last weekend. There was a procession that they carried flowers in and then the mass. Many attempts were made to get a great picture of them all dressed up - this is the best I could do.

If only every moment were like this...

First Bicycles

Mother's Day

The girls really surprised me this year with Mother's Day. The chose my breakfast - Banana bread, Babybel cheese, chocolate lady fingers and coffee. They gave me flowers and they made me slippers. And then they ate my breakfast!

Ukranian Easter

Exploring the easter basket with Baba.

New Play House

Back to the Zoo

We spent most of last summer at the zoo so we were very happy to get back there again now that the weather is nice. It's a whole new experience because the girls are a year older and so much more interactive. Hannah took the picture of the giraffe.

Cute Moments - Hannah

Whenever Gracie calls: "Hannah!"

Hannah says, "Yes, my Gracie Pie".

My Little Landon

It's been awhile since I posted about my favourite little guy. He's getting so big.

Another Vegas Adventure

Well...it was "another" trip to Vegas for me anyway. Adam goes so often that if I didn't know better I'd think he had another family there. I realized when I attempted to write this post that I took the worst pictures on vacation. All I have to show for my trip is the pictures above of us in a stretch Hummer and a photo from the Hoover Dam. Our co-travellers are sending us some pictures so perhaps they'll be an improvement. But we were there and it was 30 degrees and we stayed at the Bellagio - fantastic!!

Adam's Latest Toy

Being a woman, I don't understand the need for the largest BBQ that they sell at the store, but some of you reading this might.

Dressing up some more

More dressing up. Don't ask me what they're supposed to be in these pictures!

Dressing Up

One of Hannah and Grace's favourite things to do is dress up. In these shots they were being Princesses.

We're so far behind

Sorry for the huge delay. Here's our first snow man. Hannah named him "Frosty". Lots of fun for everyone until the snow melted and I had to explain where Frosty went...

Here's a few pictures that Deb sent me

He's such a good Daddy!

This is the girls new favourite pasttime - pile stuff on people. Adam is always such a good sport.

If they're not piling stuff, they're piling themselves.

I just like this one...

Happy New Year (a little belated)

Here's a few more of our Christmas pictures!

Christmas 2007

It was a wonderful third christmas with the girls! This year was especially enjoyable for Adam and I because the girls understood about Santa coming to bring presents and they liked tearing the paper off. It's funny how different they are...
Hannah opened each gift and wanted to either play with or try on whatever was given. She changed outfits 3 times that morning!
Grace tore the paper off and moved onto the next one.
My big focus this year was getting them to say "Thank you" to everyone who gave them something. They did very well! But let me add this additional "Thank you" to everyone who thought of us during this holiday season. We really enjoyed your company and all the food!

The Christmas Tree

Due to the massive snow storm last Sunday, we did not go as a family to get our Christmas tree this year. Adam braved the elements to bring us back a beautiful tree which we then decorated. The girls really got into the spirit this year! Grace lasted about 2 minutes before she got interested in other things, but Hannah handed me every ornament until we were done. I'll have to take a picture to show you the finished product.

More Landon

We babysat for Landon a few weekends ago for a few hours while my sister and Jer went to his work Christmas Party. It was scary how easy it was to take care of a 3 week old when you are well rested and have had twins.
Adam - "Don't even think about it, Tara".

What the girls are up to

This is just a quick post to mention what the girls are doing right now. They are both talking up a storm, however, they have not yet learned that you are supposed to listen to the other person and then respond so they talk at exactly the same time. I spend a lot of my time saying, "I'm sorry Sweetie, Mommy didn't hear you. Can you say it again?"

Hannah is clearly emerging as the "spokesperson" for the two of them. If you ask Grace a question, 9 times out of 10 Hannah answers for her, and then if you wait about 10 seconds Grace will answer for herself. The answers often do not match.

Hannah also always volunteers other people to do things. For example:

Me: "Who is going to clean up all these blocks on the floor?"
Hannah: "Mommy's turn."

Me: "Your bath is over, who is coming out?"
Hannah: "Gracie first."

They are both starting to grasp so many concepts. I find more and more that I am explaining things to them. Half of it they probably do not understand, but I do it anyway. On our way to Daycare each morning we see cows. If the cows aren't there, I tell the girls that they are still sleeping. The other morning it was dark out and Hannah asked me, "Sun still sleeping, Mommy?" I said "yes" because I didn't think we were ready for the earth's rotation discussion, but we'll get to it.