domestic bliss

No one would ever accuse me of cleaning my house too well. Unfortunately, my girls have followed in the footsteps of my lighthearted approach to housecleaning. UNTIL NOW. I’m tired of cleaning up after everybody and I’m tired of hearing “But MOOOOOM, I can’t clean that up — it’s too messy!!” So we’ve begun cleaning lessons (a good exercise for me as well), and we’re starting with vacuuming (which is the funnest chore there is, according to the girls, and hey, why not start with something they like?) The house has never been so dust-free.

 

Mikaela is 6!!

…and has been for about three months now, but since I took such a long break from blogging and am just now getting back into it, I have to go back into the photo archives and update you all.  Her choice for party theme?  Strawberry Shortcake, of course!  It was a very strawberry day!

 

little monkeys

 

Aren’t they the cutest pair of monkeys you’ve ever seen? Auntie Alia home-made festive fleece ponchos for the girls – they LOVE them. As if that wasn’t enough, when Mark came to Poland he brought along a little monkey and polar bear with matching ponchos Alia had made. Thanks, Auntie Alia!

to explain the bare legs, the girls were getting ready to streak from the hotel room to the pool

good thing they had nice warm fleece ponchos to keep them warm!