A Day of No Pants

Nothing cuter than babes in underpants (or diapers).

A Fix

Aaaahhh...

Dan and Michael

I am not really sure what's happening here.

This Little Piggie is the Cutest

Meg's first pigtails. SO cute. Although they were a little lopsided and messy, since she didn't really like me pulling on her hair. Go figure.

A Few for the Books

Megan, the half-dressed handy-woman. She LOVES this tool belt...you can push a button and hear the Bob the Builder Theme Song, which she adores. I actually think she says "Bob", no kidding. Then Michael, practicing happy and sad faces. He is very into different emotions right now.

Okay...

I just thought everyone should know that Megan is the cutest little girl ever to land on Earth. She is just so naughty and hilarious. Whenever she gets mad you can just see her look around for things to fling across the room, for bowls of snack to dump, for hair to pull. She just gets livid and may nothing in her path survive the wrath.

And the poor poor girl has a rash that mommy can't seem to rid her of...so we sometimes allow her to run around with a naked bottom which she furiously scratches at the moment it reaches fresh air. It doesn't sound like it (I'm sure), but it is really cute. And a little sad. I swear we'll call the pediatrician in the morning.

Special Bears Cupcakes

So today, the boys (Dan and his dad) got to go to the Bears game (BIG WIN) and the girls (Barb and I) got to stay home with the kids. For the record, our seats were WAY better than the guys'. Anyway, we decided to make cupcakes (well, Michael and Grandma did), and frosted and ate them for a post-nap snack. Very exciting.

Dairy Queen!

Dan and Michael went out for ice cream...they returned with an ENORMOUS strawberry sundae for Michael and something for Dan and I to share. Only one unfortunate spill ensued, losing only a few bites of ice cream. Megan, who thus far has been anti-anything that cold, discovered that cookie dough blizzards are where it AT.

A Girl of Passion

Megan moves from obsession to obsession quickly. But man, when she's into it, she's INTO it. Here are a few pictures of Meg and her most recent psychosis: sitting at the color table for hours playing with markers and crayons. No, not coloring, PLAYING. She is actually over it already, but does still carry around the markers.

Megan The Kid

Megan has been seriously contemplating a life of cowboy-ing. She's got the hat thing...and now she's decided that the rocking horse has a pretty awesome vantage point. We've talked about it extensively...I don't think she's made the final decision, though. Please note the egg on her forehead. That is from head-butting her brother. So she's got the moxie.

Happy 2007!!!!

Hey, Michael...Make a Funny Face!

Ah, Christmas Morning

Mmm. Nothing like a Tootsie Pop at 8 am for a wild morning. Poor Megan was kind of shellshocked by the simple fact that she never got put in her highchair...and had to fend for herself at the community Cheerio bowl. Almost all Santa requests were honored (except for the N gauge train, the racetrack, the autorack car, and countless other items) and everyone was happy. Mostly. Except Michael, when he realized that he could not play with his new parking garage AND his new Bob playset simultaneously, since that left one open for Megan to mess with. She is so awful.

Megsies New Obsessions

Who can hold more dolls than Megan? No one! Who loves hats more than Megan? No one!

The Cox Family Christmas

A quick trip to Bettendorf yesterday...cookies and presents, cookies and presents. The kids loved it! So one Christmas under our belts...and Michael asking when Santa is coming every morning!

Oh, and here's a funny Michael quote from last week: "Huh. A pertz worked it's way into my underpants." His body awareness needs work.

Preschool Holidays

We went to Michael's preschool holiday party today. Lots of kids and lots of little brothers and sisters and lots of parents...many many people essentially overwhelming the room that is perfect for 20 or so children! The kids had fun and I heard "This is the best party ever!" more than once. To be fair to all other parties, it was 10:45 am and we were letting them eat cookies and fudge and chocolate covered pretzels.

Here is Michael with his two teachers: Fran, with who Michael is sort of intensely "sniffing" a puppy, and Jennifer. The little girl is Caitlin, who Michael claims is his girlfriend. They did hold hands at the Halloween party. Her mother and I have discussed it and we think that that's as far as it's gotten. Although Caitlin did invite us to McDonalds today.

Ahh, Sleepy Babies

Could there be anything better than tired babies relaxing (daddy being the lucky beneficiary today) or a sleepy boy just up from a long nap? The rosy cheeks and the mussed hair...yummy. Until he starts singing songs like (to the ABC tune), "Megdee Pegdee, I don't like you, H I J K L M N O P..."

Old Again: Wedding Pics

Some more beautiful faces to get you through your long and dull days.

Old, but Too Cute not to Post

These are from Gretchen and Jakes' wedding...

The Littlest Samauri

Megan loves to have things draped around her while she walks around...clothes from the laundry room, Michaels' baseball hat, underwear, etc. I have decided that we are in favor of decency (and afraid of people stopping by with Megan wearing undies on her head), so I have started letting her wear my scarves, in spite of being slightly worried about strangulation. This particular scarf is a little too long and we have to tie it back...very Tom Cruise.

Thanksgiving Day Bowling

A tradition in the Ploehn family. Michael had a great time...he bowled two full rounds...and was even keeping up with our scores for the first few frames! Megan did NOT like it. The ball hitting the pins made her jump and then scream. She was literally shaking for the first twenty minutes. Then she got over it.

Another First

Meg loves pens of any kind, so imagine her delight when I set her up with paper and some "pens" with no caps! She went hog wild for seven whole minutes!!!

A Bug...in a Rug

So Michael has this wierd eye squinting thing he does when we ask him to smile for the camera...so Dan helped him out a little. And below is his favorite thing to do...curl up under a blanket, a pillow, the warm laundry, the couch cushions...whatever. Here he is, all "cozy comfy."