It's been a while!

Eleven months since my last post so I thought I'd share a few pics.  I took these on Daddy's birthday two weeks ago.  The girls are finishing up 2nd grade and very much looking forward to summer vacation.  I really enjoy them at this age.  Well, I've treasured all of their ages so far but I'm having an especially good time with age 7.  They're so sweet and affectionate and curious and talkative. 

Gwen is such a silly girl.  She has a wonderful sense of humor and a real talent for delivering one-liners.  Seriously, I don't know where she gets her material but it's hysterical!

Doesn't Maddy look like she's in college?  She's really graceful and loves art and dance.  She's also doing math far above her grade level and can read anything we hand her. 

One of Gwen's friends informed her that she wasn't Chinese so Gwen was convinced that she was Japanese.  It took much longer than expected to get her to believe that I know more about the subject than her 7 year old classmate.  Who knew peer pressure was so strong at such an early age!  No worries though since Gwen was equally happy to be Japanese or Chinese. 

Beautiful child!  Her hair is usually silky and amazing but it looks pretty dry and stiff in this photo.  Wish there was a way to photoshop-fix that...

I hope all my friends in Bloggerville have a wonderful summer!  I'll try to post a bit more often. :)