Hurricane Irene Weekend

This past weekend we were very lucky to not have been negatively affected by Hurricane Irene like so many other people on the East Coast were.  Somehow, we didn't even lose power, which we always do (and often for several days) in small storms.  We were prepared for the worst--with lots of bottled water, flashlights, snacks, and ice.   We spent the weekend playing together, baking cookies, reading books, playing computer games, and walking outside.  Here are a few pictures from our weekend:

 Ella mixing the sugar cookie batter with her Pinkalicious dress on

(I found this at a consignment sale for her for $3 and she loves it!)

 more mixing

 Ella and Rob doing their "work"

or "dueling laptops!"

 Who's in the box?

Molly enjoys playing with toys from her special bin.

 family game time---Sorry!

Notice Molly in the background

 I thought Molly might be crawling all over our game board, but, instead, she was content to crawl over to the door and watch the storm roll in.  She was fascinated by the blowing trees.

 Guess who won the game?

 crawling over to make some music on her new piano

 "I am sitting here reading the newspaper in my rocking chair, Mommy."

 cutouts of the sugar cookies

 some of the finished cookies

(they tasted good, but the icing turned out too thin this time)

look of approval from Ella