If you're wondering what the terrible two's look like...

Last week, I spent a couple of days at my mom's (hopefully) helping my sister with her new baby. While I was there, I shot these pics of her 2 year old, Taela right after she had chomped her older brother's arm and (of course) gotten in trouble for it.

This is how it went-
Taela: Boo hoo hoo
Me: starting to laugh and grabbing my camera

Taela: Boo hoo
Me: Taela-look at Aunt Shauna!

Me: Laughing harder now-Come on Taela! Look at Auntie Shauna!

Taela: NO!

Oh, it's so hard giving up being the baby. I'm sure I was even more fun than this when I was two years old and Taela's Mom knocked me off of my throne.

Proud

We are very proud of little missy here. She managed to get herself into an accelerated learning class last year and this year. Now we just got news that she has tested into the same accelerated classes next year at the Jr. High. They have to compete with all of the other accelerated students in other schools that feed into the same Jr. High so there is a decent amount of competition. She (this pic is from the first day of school) is proof that hard work really does pay off. She has worked REALLY hard and we are proud of her!

Friendly

Created under pressure from the powers that be (and Dick Cheney)- here is a more family/normal person friendly blog to keep you kind of updated on what goes on around these here parts. Check out this picture of the kiddies dressed in their Chinatown finery from Aunt Leah. The reason they all look so happy is that this was taken before we had the last round of the gomboo blow through. Hope your New Year is starting off with a little less need for Tylenol than ours!