Puddle jumping!

Here's a snippet of Mishka running around on the beach...and daddy chasing :)

Summertime roles!

Hey ya'll, sorry I've been away for a while, here's a few pics from the summer!

Here's me in my cool dress doing what I love to do most...eat ice cream!!!

And I love to do this too, play in the ocean, YEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

This would be a cool picture if I could see what was going on...

Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

;)

Close ups

We had some fun with the zoom lens and black and white features on the digital camera with all the kids...they all responded with their cutest (Sasha), meanest (Meechy), or most aloof (Mishka) poses they could muster ;)












Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Smile!

"Daddy, look at my ear!"

Ggggggggggggggggg!

(pacifier sucking sound insert here!)

Check out the dimples.

Pouty face anyone??

Yup, she's still not looking at the camera...

Backrubs, yeah!

Close up of Callie, but if you look closely, you can see Tasia with Nico in the background, sort of a cool shot!

Making coffee

So if you are able to hear Mishka's line to Sasha at the end of this video, apparently she's learned how to brew coffee...by next week I'm hoping she'll have learned how serve breakfast in bed ;)

Happy 4th of July

Hi! Just checking in briefly, check out my cool dress from the 4th! More pics to come soon!

Thunderstruck!!!

So this lil' video was taken a little while ago...I'd like to say daddy db was simply in a crazy type mood, but truly, this was baseline ;) Yet another snippet from the Tower household!

So much Mishka, so little time!

Yup, the effervescent 2 year old is a picture posing fiend, so many pics, so little time to post !

Here's Mishka with Nina, Bella and Gram...check out Mishka's colorful threads!

Tractor ride and the kiddo's are looking cool :)

I See You says the Oliver to the Marina around the little blue plane!!!!

Spring is here and has brought dandilions...yup, Mishka is a beautiful lil' gal! :)

Check out the wicked cool wet suit! daddy db hopes that Mishka (and Callie for that matter) continues to like to wear full wet suits rather than bikinis when she gets older, BUT me thinketh...

...it's probably not likely as Mishka's favorite thing to be is naked running around the house ;)

Bubbles!!!!

Young kids + tired dads + bubbles = FUN

A proper girl's attire always includes a hat and bag

"Hello darling! On my trip south I was introduced to the fashion of a southern belle, and since I am quite the belle I simply HAD to partake with my spring dress, my hat and my bag...!"

(editor's note: yes, Mishka's left eye is swollen and looks like poop in these pics...she got some sort of bug bite by her eye and it got swollen, she looked like Rocky, we even think she said "cut me Mickey" a few times while playing with the other kids...or she could have been saying 'scuse me...whatever, back to the pics)

"Ah, my new hat makes the outfit!"

"Let's see how daddy looks in my new hat..."

"Ah yes, GORGEOUS!"

(editor's note #2: for those of you wondering, the complete annihilation of daddy db's pride and ego is almost done...Mishka's saving the last bit for Callie)

;)

My active life!

"Hey, whatchu doin'? I've been very busy, wanna see????"

"I've been digging in the sand at the beach, daddy said if I keep digging I'll get all the way to China, which would be cool cause then we'd get some decent chinese food cause there's none around here!"

"I've also been playing soccer in the back yard. I'm pretty good, Callie told me so!"

"I've been playing with my buddies Drew and Bella too, they're cool cause they like to run and scream and be silly, just like me!!"

"And check out my new wheels, equipt with a horn to honk and everything! It was alot of fun until Mommy missed a corner and I hit the pavement (but I'm feeling much better now!)" ;)

"And of course, I love my sister too! Daddy told me I have to practice closed mouth kisses because I can't develop a reputation...I don't know what that means, but I sure do love being a big sister!"