Poor Alice

 Alice started out the week cute and happy.

 She was giving kisses out like nobody's business.

And I started giving her this cute rope hairstyle that seems to keep her bangs out of her face better. She held still for it, somehow thinking that she was getting a real rope at the end.

 Then the poor kid fell off a chair and busted her lip open. She bled a lot and cried a little.

 She had a fat lip for quite a while.

 Poor Alice!

 Cowgirl Grace after church on Sunday.

 On Monday, Alice was upstairs unsupervised for a little while.

 You'd think we would've learned our lesson, but she dumped out her entire dresser on Tuesday.

 Foam letters exercise mat.

 Some cute pics of Charlie.

 Or sometimes Charles.

 Or even Chuck.

 Big kid Grace.

 Alice holding a wet wipe on her lip after the unfortunate accident. She was so pitiful laying on the couch trying to tell me something. I kept telling her I couldn't understand her and she needed to take the wet wipe off her mouth. She finally took it off, and with tears in her eyes said: Can you hold me? I held her like a baby for a while, and put ice on her lip.

 She had trouble talking the rest of the day, trying to keep her lip away from her teeth.

 Pretty Grace.

 Sponge curlers are a miracle!

 Artsy shot of bumbo Charlie.

 Tummy time for two!

 Sweet siblings.

 Daddy built a fort for their play date with Catalina.

 Charlie watched from a safe distance. Too many girls = too may cooties.

 Catalina, Grace, and Coni loved playing dress up. Alice was a grouch and didn't want me taking pictures.

 Charlie holding Daddy's thumb.

 Pajama man.

 Foam tiles have so many uses!

 Tired guy.

 Dance party!

 Charlie and his buddy Jarvis at playgroup. (Charlie's on the right.)

 They were both 9.5 pounds at birth, but Jarvis is 2 months older. (Charlie's on the left.)

 My good-lookin' man.

 Full body shot!

 Alice loves dolls. She hoards them. She sleeps with Bobotch and Paris every night, and plays with baby Anorah (Aurora) everyday.

 What a hunk!

 So strong.

 Grace made a double bed for her and Alice.

 They replicated the set-up in our room, complete with Charlie's crib by our bed.

 Looking through his letter window.

 He's well on his way to reading!

 All dolled up for our pre-Valentine's Day date.

 Aren't I fancy?

 The girls LOVED seeing us get all ready for our date. Alice kept telling me I look beautiful, and she told Paul he looked cute.

 He DOES look cute!

 Outside the babysitters' house.

After a fancy dinner, we got donuts. It brought us back to reality before having to pick up our kids.

Charlie rolled over this week!

Grace and I learned a piano duet.

What is the plural of Bigfoot?

 I threw this chicken, frozen solid, into the crockpot on high in the morning. By midday, it was thaw enough to get the neck and junk out of it, and I seasoned it. An hour before dinner, I put it in the oven to crisp up the skin. It was awesome!

 Alice loves that Grace will read to her!

 Grace teaching Family Home Evening from the nursery manual. She really tries to cater her lessons to Alice, since Paul and I mostly cater ours to Grace.

 Grace is a good babysitter, and loves to read to Charlie.

 Whoa, toy overload!

 That kid is so cute!

 Paul went to the Bigfoot Museum a half hour away to start working on a profile article on the owner/operator.

 I love baby boys in polos!

 We're not sure why the bottom half of the mat is written backwards?

 Push-up competition.

 Remember how Alice could never put weight on her legs until she had therapy? No problems here!

 Whenever I need a diaper, I have to specify whether I need a "tiny" one or a "giant" one. Charlie's in size 2, Alice is in size 5, with no interest in potty training whatsoever.

 But as usual, we don't get mad at her because she's too cute.

 First time in jeans!

 Not sure why this is sideways, but we wanted a picture of the 3 of us in our black and blue outfits.

 How can you refuse any request when he begs like this?

 Paul got fed up with the girls pulling on his sweatshirt string, so he pulled it out and gave it to them. They use it as horse reigns.

First day in his 3-6 month church outfit. He's a handsome man!
P.S. The plural of Bigfoot is Bigfoots.