Summer Madness

Here is a mish-mash of what we've been doing the past few weeks. In early June, I went to Beaumont for Nephew Bodie's first birthday!!! The cake was fantastic - went with his "Big Kahuna" theme.
Here are Nana and James asleep on the flight down. They dozed off during "Cars," which I'd never seen - and which turned out to be a really great movie (wish I could have heard it over the snore symphony).
It was also Molly's birthday and BOY can she throw a party!
Ah the delights of cleaning up after the previous evening's festivities

Isn't Bodie the cutest don't you just want to squeeze his cheeks???

Here is James summoning the Power of Greyskull.

And here he is hiding in the pillows kinda like ET did with the stuffed animals...

Oooookay - back to the Starr household. Unfortunately, Iris developed a raging cold and 104 degree temp while I was in TX. When she started feeling better, however, she also started immediately walking! So now we've got two on the move!

Her hands are always in this position when walking. Perhaps she's attemting to do the Charleston?

We learned at our visit to Children's Mercy that texting always makes Iris feel better.

And here's our sweet pea Nora. Quite the intellectual - always with her head in a book.
The old family pic in the mirror trick!

I like to call this one "when animals attack."

This past weekend, the gals and I headed to Topeka while Daddy went to the lake with the boys!

We're nutty. Wanna know how nutty? Iris lost her shoe. That's how nutty.

Alright! That's all from the Starr camp. More to come soon! Have a great Fourth! Happy Birthday, America!!!

Iris Is Back

After a very rough weekend last week I'd like to report that Nora and Iris are both feeling better. Nora had a bit of a teething problem and Iris had a bit more of a virus problem. She is doing much better now and finally back to her happy self.

Back to the Drawing Board

Okay, so you guys know I used to do art stuff and I pretty much haven't for about 10 years. I wanted to do some paintings for Iris and Nora's rooms. Here's the first attempt. It looks like I planned, but now Mark and I think the letters don't "pop" enough. Suggestions are welcome.
I'm going to start working on Iris' paintings in a few weeks. They will feature flowers that start with the same letter as her name instead of animals.

The Ladies Dine in Hats

Don't these dainty ladies look thrilled? It's 6:30am. I tried on their hats this morning as we dined at breakfast. You'll want to notice the exquisite chin straps. I sewed those on myself last night. This weekend was filled with outdoor fun, but we learned Nora and Iris aren't too keen on hats, so we'll have to nudge them into it a bit - hence the chin straps. Cheerio!