who gave you your hands??

Julianna has a hilarious "quote" at least once a day (sometimes once an hour). We just finished breakfast and I wiped off her hands. "Who gave you your hands?", I asked as I scrubbed her little fingers. "ummm, Krisanne and Paul", she answered. Her theology is a little off - Krisanne and Paul are a stellar aunt/uncle pair, but they aren't quite powerful enough to create hands. Now she's busy looking for the book Krisanne and Paul sent her for Christmas. I guess her hands reminded her of the other fun things her Aunt and Uncle have sent.

Another funny quote from breakfast. We had leftover pancakes warmed in the toaster. Julianna's favorite part of a pancake breakfast is, of course, the syrup. She's really getting into Winnie the Pooh these days and she called her syrup "the honey pot". It went a bit like this: "Ju-nanna want some mmmoooore honey pot". (accent on the "more")


This is a photo of Lydia from yesterday. Her afternoon nap was a bit of a flop, and she was really tired! She couldn't even sit up straight in the Bumbo chair. The big thing behind her that looks like a mattress is... a mattress. Long story, but we had to buy a new mattress Thursday, and it was delivered Friday afternoon. Can't tell you how convenient it is to go mattress shopping three days before departing for a three week international trip with two little girls whose COMBINED age is 30 months!