Where have I been?

I am not sure. Between Cerys starting school, my sister coming to stay, and still not having a computer, I have not posted in two months. Ridiculous. Here are a few photos and a slightly exaggerated but very entertaining little excerpt from Katy's most recent letter home.

The nieces are even more adorable, precocious and energetic than I remembered, and I am grateful to them for keeping me smiling, frantic and fit!

Cerys has started school, and rides her bike there each day...I don't think you can know what 'precious' is until you've witnessed a 4 year old situated about 3 inches from the ground on her pink, streamer-adorned bicycle, shouting "Look at how fast I'm going!!!!!!!" and pedaling like the dickens to keep up with mommy, who's struggling to maintain a 2 MPH speed on her own adult bicycle as she tries to avoid leaving her daughter in the dust. Cerys has developed quite a sense of humor in her young age as well, and it's not rare for Greta to have to turn around in the car and inform her that it's time to stop talking about 'bottoms and smelly face sausage roll heads.'

We celebrated Addien's 3rd birthday a few Saturdays ago (and again the following Sunday...and I think she brought treats in to preschool to celebrate her birthday that Monday as well) with a strawberry cake and pink balloons and a pink tea set and a pink dress and a pink necklace, bracelet and ring set...um, Auntie Anna anyone? Addien loooooooves being a girlie-girl, and changes into a new pretty dress approximately every 2.8 minutes. She's also quite accomplished at coloring, bouncing on the trampoline and watching Enchanted.

Macy the Mischievous is loads of fun, toddling all over the house and carrying on a methodical routine of removing all of the tupperware, piece by piece, from her favorite cupboard after breakfast, lunch and dinner. She's quite an accomplished singer at 18 months as well; her rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (complete with accompanying actions) will change your life. I think my favorite Macyism, though, is her pouty face, which she has transformed into an art...There's the "I stuck!" pout, the "If Addien or Cerys tries to pick me up one more time...!" pout, the "How dare you have a snack without offering me half" pout, and my personal favorite, the "I know I'm not supposed to be doing this, but you just try and stop me" half grin/half pout pout.