Crocodile Bread and Orange Candle Cake

One of Julia's hobbies these days: helping me make bread.

This time she decided to make 'crocodile' bread. Here she is putting in the cinnamon and cranberries.

She ate a few cranberries as she worked...

Here is her creation (and mine) this morning.

Something else she likes to do: 'orange candle cake', for Roxi. It started on Roxi's birthday, and now every once in a while, she starts whispering that we should make a surprise orange candle cake. We made one yesterday, and she sang happy birthday...

Stellasita

Spring is Here

(finally)

All sorts of little buds:

And we're up - or are we?

Julia woke up at 6:55 this morning, which is earlier than usual. We heard her open the door to her room, but then we didn't hear anything else, and she didn't come to our room. When we went to check up on her a little while later, we found her asleep in the living room:

sisters

Julia and Stella this morning:

Stella - 2 months old

I could not pick my favorite from these next 3 pictures, so I posted them all:

A Few

Trees at dawn.

Stella. (winking?)

Roxi & Stella.

More... (she has a strong neck)

Julia helping to clean up the living room window.

("Look! I'm a cat curled up into a ball.")