The girls got to have their friend from church, Illiana, over to play while Mike and I played games with Dee and Becky… fun night!!!

I got her all cleaned up from the play doh explosion and then she came into the room wearing this!  I told her to get her fingers out of her mouth, and she gave me the face in picture 2, and then I said, “Really?” and so she laughed at herself in picture 3.  Anna Kate, you are such a trip, girlfriend! 

So I let the girls play with play doh last week and left them to it for a bit.  Came back in to find Noelle using the play doh tools and creating all sorts of cool art while Anna Kate had mixed her snack of applesauce in with her play doh to create neon green mittens. 

The Pond girls have a thing for music!!!

Rose loves to sing and dance to music!  I love hearing her little voice, and she’s always into her Daddy playing the guitar.

It’s one of her favorite things and helps take her mind off of the teething!  Poor baby… I miss my happy Rose, but she is so so so sweet even when she doesn’t feel well!

Noelle’s sweet friend Nyla had a gymnastics party this weekend.  All the kids had so much fun, and she even invited Anna Kate… so sweet!

Ryan is Noelle’s friend that’s a boy… haha!  I asked her why she likes Ryan so much, and she said, “Because he reads to me!”  Aww… and Landry and Noelle crack me up!  They always have fun playing around!

I got this picture of Noelle getting one of the big kids’ flags in capture the flag.  She’s not messing around!  Go girl!!!

Yuuki, Noelle’s Japanese pen pal, gave her a box full of Hello Kitty things several years ago.  We’ve kept it altogether, and every once in a while, she will ask to get it down, and she’ll play with it all day (I’ve learned it’s more special to designate play time with toys instead of having everything every where at once)!  The box has a dry erase board, a photo book, a blanket in the shape of Hello Kitty, a pillow, and a blanket that snaps that she can wear as a poncho.  Today she wore it as a super girl cape.  It’s perfect… a whole little set-up for Noelle’s favorite thing to do – draw and create!

It’s our anniversary!  We’ve been married 9 years and together 12… best years of my life!  Love you, Mike Pond!

Anna Kate loves to shove grapes in her cheeks, just like squirrels do with acorns.  She also likes to lick her peanut better and jelly off the bread and then eat the bread of her PB&J sandwiches, eat the bun first then the weenie/patty of hot dogs/hamburgers/corndogs, the cheese first then the bread of her pizza, and the icing first then the cupcake/cookie.  And we still love her.  A lot.