This is what happens when Mollie colors on her hand with a green marker and then rubs her face.
Ben was a sweet brother and tried to clean her face. Even after I scrubbed on it, she still has green tint since Santa accidentally brought markers that aren't washable.
Ben has been wanting to find a way for Cat to ride his bike with him. He saw the bike baskets at Wal-Mart but all the small ones were for girls. Then he had the idea to attach to his bike the red plastic basket that came with the pretend food. We used a bungee cord. Cat took his first bike ride this morning. Cat said he liked riding a bike.
Tonight we had our first tea party with Mollie's new dishes that she got for Christmas. I intentially bought dishes that weren't pink, were safe to use, and could be washed in the dishwasher.
Yes, the big brownie is mine.
It's amazing how delicious apple juice is when poured from a tea kettle into a tiny cup.
Mollie's first pigtails. Ben hates change and begged me to make Mollie's hair normal again. He got over it eventually.
Ben wanted me to take a picture of him and his friend Snake Owen Elder. (Snake Owen Elder is rubber and is ALWAYS referred to by his full name.)
While I was doing laundry this morning, I noticed it was strangely quiet. I went in search of Ben and Mollie and found them peacefully co-existing. They were sitting on Ben's block table back to back each playing their own game. Mollie is saying "cheese" for the camera and Ben is being aggravating.
Look at my new toy. John calls it a dork bike with its white wall tires and fenders, but I LOVE it. I've been looking at these cruisers at Wal-Mart for months. I ordered this one from Wal-Mart.com because it was slightly smaller than the ones they have in the stores (24" compared to 26"). 
I also ordered a seat for Mollie. We went on a family bike ride down our street this evening. Mollie had a great time riding with me. She would turn around and look at me and laugh. She tried to push my hand off the handlebars so that she could steer.
This picture is blurry, but you can see Mollie's "Wee Ride" from the side. It attaches by a bar connected below the handle bars and the seat. 
This is a silly picture of Ben from after our bike ride. His hair was sticking straight up after pulling off his stocking cap.
Ben drew this house tonight. He also wrote and illustrated his first book. It was three pages glued together. According to Ben the first page said, "Once upon a time there was a road." Page two, "It got crosser and crosser." Page three, "They all lived happily ever after."
Ben is constantly busy. He is either working on an art project or building. I can't keep everything he colors, glues, tapes, or cuts, but I can scan in some of his drawings to keep in my blog book. Here are two pictures he's drawn for me recently. This is a rainbow. "ILY" is how he writes "I love you."
This is a picture of me and Ben.
