Computer Time

Audi got this V-tech laptop from Christmas from her Grandma and Grandpa and she LOVES it. The buttons all play music, which she dances to, and she thinks she is soo cool when she moves the mouse and the computer talks to her!

(Yes, she is that adorable in person too!)

Another Day in the Life

If you have been following the comments section of my previous posts, you have probably noticed that someone (who shall remain anonymous) would really like a new post. Things have been a bit crazy around here lately, so I had no new pictures (or really any fun stories) to share. So, in order to honor my reader's wishes, here is a post about nothing (with some really cute pictures of my girls), just for you "Anonymous!"

"Good Morning, Mommy!" (She was so excited to wear this outift she had herself dressed before I even knew she was awake.)

Morning hair - AHHHH!

Morning chores

Boo!

Beemer playing Polly Pockets while Audi and I get dressed.

Audi stollin' along while I comb Beemer's hair

Dressed, hair combed, ready for the day!

Watching Beemer

Nap time - so sweet and peaceful!

After Audi's morning nap. She loves it when Beemer gets in her bed with her!

Hmm. . . red?

Or pink?

I just can't decide!

Lunch time (Can you guess what the girls ate?)

Hide and Seek (Beemer is hiding from her under the bed.)

Please don't mind the lack of sheets - it was also laundry day!

Reading time (during Audi's nap)

So sad and so spoiled.

No, she doesn't usually get to eat on the couch. Just a special treat for one day. The expression was her idea, so is the one in the next picture.

Dinner time

Yes, she can fit half of a chicken finger in her mouth.

PJs on

Rocking and Singing (My favorite time of day)

Good night.






Sleep tight.

Clarification

When (knowing what I have or have not read) some of your comments didn't make sense to me, I reread my post. When I originally published, I listed Beemer's books in light pink and I believe that is what created the confusion. I think the post is clearer now.

And to respond to your comments:
I have read (and loved) the entire Chronicles Series. Beemer is anxious to start the next one in the series.

I still occasionally think of Mr. James postulating in his "thinking" position =).

I am not sure why some series count as one book, but I agree they shouldn't, and I also think there should be points given for those books that just can't be finished - without great will power and lots of time! (I have a few on my started-but-not-completed-list also.) And don't worry, there was no escaping Grapes of Wrath =).

What have you been reading?

So, a friend sent me an email with this list and I thought it looked interesting. Supposedly, the BBC believes that most people have only read six books on this list (unverified, of course). My personal count is 37 (those in white and green), and quite a few more are on my to-read list. Beemer's count will be at three next week (those in green). How many have you read?

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling

5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

6. The Bible

7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell

9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott

12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

14. Complete Works of Shakespeare

15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk

18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

19. The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

20. Middlemarch - George Eliot

21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell

22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens

24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis

34. Emma - Jane Austen

35. Persuasion - Jane Austen

36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis

37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres

39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne

41. Animal Farm - George Orwell

42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy

48. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

50. Atonement - Ian McEwan

51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

52. Dune - Frank Herbert

53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth

56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt

64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac

67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy

68. Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding

69. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

72. Dracula - Bram Stoker

73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson

75. Ulysses - James Joyce

76. The Inferno - Dante

77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

78. Germinal - Emile Zola

79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray

80. Possession - AS Byatt

81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker

84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

87. Charlotte’s Web - EB White

88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom

89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton

91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

94. Watership Down - Richard Adams

95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute

97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

A (Mini) Golfer is Born

Our weather is fantastic right now! Yesterday, the temperature was over 80, and today was in the mid to low 70s! According to the weatherman, this bliss won’t last and the temp will be back in the 40s by next week, so we are enjoying it while it lasts. Last night Ahenobarbus and I had a fabulous date night trying out a miniature golf course we hadn’t been to before. It was a lot of fun! So, when today was good weather, we decided it was the perfect day to take the girls back. Beemer had never been before and had a fabulous time. She even followed the rules – most of the time. Audi enjoyed watching from the stroller and cheering her sister on.

Ahenobarbus teaching Beemer how to stand and hold the club. This excellent form lasted for exactly two minutes.

Beemer's preferred form - hey, it worked for her.

Our happy golfer!