It's time for the swings again - at least in between the rains that just don't seem to let up.
Looks like my girls are continuing to grow and April is time for my annual tradition of taking photos of the girls on their swings. And the only fun way to see new pictures of the girls on the swings is to take a look at the past years first.
Julianna Mabel: still my princess - she is by far my most talkative 4-year-old - she is always curious and always has questions - she can't wait to have her ears pierced, she wants to wear all my jewelry and asks me often when she'll be able to get married. She loves to be praised and enjoys being my helper and the 2nd mommy to the girls mostly by giving them instructions on what they should wear, what they should play and how they should eat. She's still the boss!
April 2007
April 2008
April 2009
April 2010
April 2011
Rachel Gabrielle: she's still the quietest of the three yet when I take her out alone she's very talkative and has lots to say. She constantly repeats my name in conversation "mom, can I have this? mom, can I do this? mom, did you see mom?" Really if you sat and listened to her you can't help but laugh at the sheer number of times she repeats my name. She's also very clingy and is VERY much a mommy's girl. None of the girls can sit next to me at dinner without clinging to me but Rachel is by far the worst. At least I always feel loved :)
April 2007
April 2008
April 2009
April 2010
April 2011
Alyssa Elaine: Alyssa is my character. On the one hand she's in her own world but on the other hand she is the most helpful - when I take her grocery shopping she loves to help get the groceries, she loves to help when there are babies around and if I ask her to do something I almost always hear, "Oh yes ma'am" and it's done. But she's also my fraidy-cat - she's afraid of the dark, she's afraid of scary points in movies (even ones she's seen and not always in the spots you'd think but I often find her watching TV from our dining room which is 2 rooms away from the family room but she can still see the TV - she's just getting further away from the action) and she woke up during nap yesterday to cry about pillows - she was afraid of them. She's just so silly.
April 2007
April 2008
April 2009
April 2010
April 2011
And what would spring be without Cherry Blossoms? This is another one of those things I wanted to do with the girls every year but in years past the rains come and we don't get pictures before our tree drops all it's beautiful flowers but this year I was able to snap some shots - check it out - I love these!
Julianna Mabel - she's a ham for the camera - just LOVES it - if you couldn't tell
April 2008
April 2011
Rachel Gabrielle - she's enduring the tree this year
April 2008
April 2011
Alyssa Elaine - she is SOOO tough to photograph - she just does NOT want to look at the camera so I'm always getting either a weird smile or a decent smile but not looking at the camera and while I do love photos where people aren't looking (see hers below) it would be nice if I could actually capture a decent photo of her looking at me and smiling!
April 2008
April 2011
Wow! That was a huge post but April is my favorite time of year for photos - despite all the rain I love the weather and the blooming flowers and taking pictures of the kids outside for the first time really in months.
See other Way Back When-esday posts at Twinfatuation and thanks for letting me take this trip down memory lane - I swear it feels like yesterday that I did this post for 2010 - how is it possible that another year has gone by already??
2 comments:
I love the way back photos compared to recent ones. They girls are looking so grown up (and beautiful) in these! Something about the Easter season brings out the photo bug in me too!
You have beautiful children! Stopping by from Cheryl's link up! I am the mother to 3 year old B/G twins! Hope you can visit us too!
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