Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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!!!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

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.

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

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.

Monday, June 01, 2009

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!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

May Photos

As my sister would say, "long time, no blog." So sorry. We've been busy chasing down the bambinas. Nora is now walking up to ten steps at a time. Iris can hold on to the wall and try to keep up - but it won't be long for her!
We had such a great visit in Oklahoma over Mother's Day. Got to see Grandma Starr and Jessie and Nana the Great!
Oh, the girls also learned how to text that weekend. As you can see, they are very engrossed.
Nora couldn't get enough of Jessie.
Lou and Carol entertain Iris while Nora reads a story to Nana the Great!
Snuggling with Miss McGee before Kyle's Graduation party last weekend.
How cute is this picture???
This purple ball is the best $1.97 I've ever spent.
Yay! Getting the summer hats ready for the season!
Being goofy with my lovelies. I'll try to be more prompt in updating the "Daily" Starr in the future!
Miss everybody and see you real soon!

New Videos

Nora takes several steps and bites it in the end - but fear not! There were no injuries!


Iris yodeling to family in Oklahoma

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Just A Swingin'

This weekend saw the family unit driving through Fairway on our way to the Plaza for some site seeing. Well what do you think we saw? Swings! That's right. Iris and Nora had the time of their lives, and at one point I couldn't get Iris to stop laughing. It was amazing!

Iris

Nora

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Friday, April 03, 2009

Older Than A Year

Iris is ticklish.

Team Starr

Iris and Grandma

Present Demolishing

Baby Burrito

Those Eyes!

Iris in Tutu