Day Forty Three and Counting...

Yay!  Friday!  And a long weekend to boot!  Hooray!
We had our Valentine's Day celebration a few days early, and Grace was thrilled!  She got to wear her new 'Valentine princess dress' from great grandma Fairbanks!  Livie has a matching one, but its still a little too big!  She will get to wear hers in the spring/summer.  (And you can bet that I will have photos of the two of them together!)

I think the girls were picking up on my happiness of it being the beginning of the weekend... and they were feeling a little silly, themselves!
Grace gave me a series of moods to take pictures of, after I started snapping shots of Livie 'being cute'.  She just had to get in on it, don't you know?!

 

Grace 'being cute'!

 Grace 'being angry'! (Very intimidating, no?)

 

Grace 'being sad'!  (Awww... check out that lower lip!)

Grace 'being silly'! (How this is any different from usual is beyond me!)

Grace's kissy face!

So, pretty much since Olivia was about six months old, she has played a silly little game where she cocks her head to the side, and grins.  We called it 'being cute', and to encourage her to do it we would say, "Aww, be cute, Livie!"  and she would do it over and over again.  And Grace picked up on it too.  She would (and does!) do it, and it was really the first 'game' that the girls played.  It disappeared for a while, and then they were suddenly at it again tonight, and it was just hilarious!  (As per the above shots of Grace!)

 

'Being cute' and singing "Ahhh!" at the same time!

She is giggling at me and Grace doing our 'be cute'!

 

(sigh.) What a beautiful smile!  Definitely cute!