Video: Natzilla vs. Sandcastles

Last weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Rooks visited and gave us a great reason to go to the beach and build sandcastles (like "Monkey George," as Natalie says). Here's a video showing that the only reason Natalie ventured off the blanket was to destroy Mommy's nearly finished sandcastle (note the mommy-daughter moment at around 00:37):




We had a wonderful time at the beach with Grandma and Grandpa, and I have lots of other great photos I'll upload soon...

Who does Natalie look like?

I saw this on my sister's blog and couldn't resist. The results surprised me a bit (granted I accidentally cut off a little of Bret's chin, but I didn't feel like redoing the photo and re-uploading everything):

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Fun in the kitchen

Grandma Julie and Grandpa George visited over Valentine's Day weekend, which meant lots of love and lots of fun. Grandma had the idea of making frosted sugar cookies, which was a perfect project for an overcast, chilly day.

I let Natalie help with every part of the process (well, every part that she was awake for), from making the dough (she got her own flour, water, and sugar to cook with), to frosting the cookies (she took her nap while Grandma rolled and cut the dough).

Needless to say, the results were yummy...

FAWMily time

For the fourth February, Bret and Ryan are rekindling their creative collaboration, Halfpenny Orchestra, and participating in FAWM (February Album Writing Month, fawm.org).

Natalie and I, along with Hattie and Sarah (Ryan's family) are very proud of the daddies, and we all are supporting their efforts as much as possible.

So far this February, in their pursuit of 14 songs in 28 days, Halfpenny Orchestra (pronounced "Hay-penny") has written and recorded three songs. You can hear them here.

Three cheers for the daddies!!!

Endless adventures

I don't doubt that Hattie and Natalie will soon actually read to each other...