Playtime

I know most of you were probably holding your breath waiting for me to post a picture of Ali's new doll house. Well you need not wait any longer. My sister and I were talking about some of the differences between our daughters, meaning Ali versus Madeline.One of the differences we discovered was in the way they play. Madeline enjoys things to be pretty orderly and even. She would never have, say, a Mr. Potato head in the dinning room. She most certainly would never let the "Loving Family" mother sleep in a shoe. If you click on the picture to enlarge there are a whole assortment of random toys thrown in with her Loving Family (which is the name of the doll brand that actually goes with the house). I guess in her mind, her Farmer Joe (of Little People) could do just fine feeding the elephant (baby toy) and kitty and it doesn't matter size or shape because everyone is welcome. Moral of the story, she just has a BIG imagination.

Temple trip

Ali and I are both feeling better today, so thanks to all those who wished us good health. Since we are feeling better I decided to share an extra post. Nick and I took the girls to the temple here in Boston with our friend Matt and his little boy Emmett. The kids had a lot of fun exploring the grounds, and we felt good introducing the girls to such a beautiful place. If you look closely you can see the new hat and gloves set we got for Ali. For some reason the gloves were made for a teenager and the hat was made for a two-year old.


Kat tried to smile for the picture, but the wind was blowing in her face. I have a feeling that her cheeks will be pink in most pictures for the next few months. She did enjoy watching the older kids running around.



Here are my two beautiful girls together. I had to bribe Ali to get her to sit next to Kat. Her love for her sister is slowly wearing out except when she want to maul her with the "binky," which she does with enthusiasm.

LOOK AT ME!!!!

Both Ali and I have been sick this last week, but our little one is making up for our lack of activity by learning how to do cool things like roll over. She did it for the first time today and the second time I caught it on camera. Enjoy

First Snow

The first snow fell here in Boston yesterday, but since I was sick we did not go outside to play in it. It was just as well because the snow did not stick on the ground. Alicia did, however, get her first playing in the snow experience this season. In Rochester it was neither too warm or too dry to snow, so we sent her out to play and we took pictures from the window.


I did venture out after about an hour when her hands were freezing and I told her to come inside. She did not want to go in, but when she felt how warm the house was, she changed her mind.


Kat stayed bundled up, and the only way you can tell we were outside is by the pink in her cheeks.

Thanksgiving Pulham style

This has taken awhile to post, but we have been out of town for the last week, so in reality we are almost on top of the game. On Thursday(Thanksgiving), Nick's parents came down from Philly. We had a wonderful time with them here. Really, I think Ali died and went to heaven. It started out with a chocolate turkey from Reading market (A family tradition that I hope will never die). Next came the yummy dinner.

I had never made turkey before, but Nick said it tasted good. Maybe he was just being nice, but I liked it.


I don't know if I have seen Ali that excited to see other people as she was when she picked up "Abuelito and Abuelita" from the airport. I understand the meaning of "jumping off the walls" now.


It ended with presents, as it should. Los Abuelitos got Ali this beautiful doll house which she LOVES! Maybe later I will post a picture of the actual house and not the box, but for now this is her opening it with Nick's help.


Just because, here is a picture of Kat. She is getting so strong, look at that head holding skill.