Thank You, Grandma Helen!

Smoochy thinks he's a cat. I was mopping the kitchen floor and he got himself up on the cat ledge and fell asleep in the sunshine. He'll always be a puppy at heart.

Olivia and Ke Xin love tea parties. Olivia engineered this set-up with footstools, pillows, cushions, stuffed animals and anything else she could get her hands on.

Olivia has declared she wants to be "fancy" all the time. She wanted to dress-up for our trip to the local Mexican restuarant, so I figured, "why not?" We put this together without too much arguing (since she is prone to arguing over everything these days...). I made her wear a pair of shorts under the dress, which made her furious (because they were plain grey and NOT fancy), but kept her modest.

The girls love sleeping together. I was able to snap this without waking them up. Ke Xin almost always ends up in our bed, but usually not until close to morning. She'll come in, get straight into bed and go back to sleep immediately. You can't argue with that.

Grandma Helen sent Ke Xin her first Asian baby doll! Ke Xin took one look and fell in love. She tried to fight her way thru the box, but it was pretty child-proof.

These two pictures show her reaction after we finally got the doll out of the box. She was SO happy!! The baby doll immediately moved to the top of her "favorite toy" list.

Lots of kisses for the new baby!!

Then she stripped the baby doll. She did that with her other baby doll, too, and does not appreciate it when I re-dress it. She'll strip them all over again, so I know not to bother.

She was able to make the doll sit up on its own, then she copied it until it fell over.

More hugs and kisses...

This picture says it all. One happy little girl!!!!

Olivia's final "fancy" statement for the day.