Pretty in purple

Purple is a popular color with Camille these days, and Lily wants to be like Camille.

Goofy girls

Camille loves to listen to books on tape from the library. She's now able to use them nearly independently.
The other day I dressed the girls in matching shirts with a frog prince who says "pucker up." When I tried to take their picture together, it proved more difficult than you would think. In these out-takes you can see that they're both very silly and constantly moving!

Mexican hats

Sharing

Camille has been so sweet recently, sharing snacks with Lily. In the back seat of the car Camille passes grapes to Lily, who hollers for "ma ma," which means "more." In this first picture you can see they both thought it would be fun for Lily to eat right out of Camille's hand.

New Member of the Family

Don't get too excited, our new family member has fins and gills. Camille named "her" Percy (though the pink Betta fish is actually a male). Percy is adjusting well to adoption as a Smith and has really perked up since Grandpa gave some live plants to accessorize his tank.

Here's Camille playing dress-up.

Lily made this pilot hat at school. At first she didn't want to put it on, and later she didn't want to take it off.

Camille with her cousins Katelynn and Joey during a sleepover.

Lily loves to carry around this big metal bowl that she and Camille got as a set of real cooking stuff for Christmas. Lily thinks the bowls and wisk make wonderful instruments.

As you can probably tell, Lily loves to eat.

In this last picture you can see Lily's genuine happy expression when Daddy walked in the door. She was reading a book with her baby doll.

Random pics

This is Lily's favorite past time--"let's see what I can find in Mommy's purse"
Camille "babysitting"

Camille loved to push Lily in the swing outside in Carthage a couple of weeks ago. Lily has also discovered the fun of getting in and out of chairs. Nana and Papa bring these folding chairs for the girls when we visit out of town.