Present and a peek into the future?

This evening while I was preparing dinner, the girls were in their bathroom playing peacefully. I peeked my head into the room to see what they were doing. My heart melted because this is what I saw...

Big Sister fixing Little Sister's hair. 

They both stood on their step stools so they could watch themselves in the mirror. I was taken back by how mature they appeared. A lump formed in my throat. After taking in the moment, I quickly grabbed my camera.

 I love these little girls so much. I am truly blessed to be their mommy. I thank God for entrusting me with their lives. 

As I went back into the kitchen to finish preparing dinner, I couldn't help but think to the future... One day, when they are older, they will be helping each other in the morning get ready for school. Perhaps a dozen or more years from now, high heels while replace the step stools and they will be doing this before Homecoming and Prom. And then my thoughts traveled even further into the future and I thought of their wedding days. Will they be sure their sister has everything, from hair to veil, in the just the right place? Then the lump grew a bit bigger and I thought I might cry.

Next year Gabriella will attend all-day Kindergarten and Adriana will begin her first year in part-time pre-school. I knew it was inevitable that this day would come, but I struggle to believe it's only 7 months from now. Geez.

But, until then, I will continue to enjoy having them both with me daily. It's truly a blessing.

Let's Go Fly A Kite...

And send it soaring! 

We did that yesterday at a local park. It was a perfect windy day. It felt like early spring rather than mid-winter. We've had these kites for about 8 months so the girls were very eager to fly them.

Oh what fun!

Gabriella is in the pink shirt and Adriana is wearing pink and purple stripes. What a great afternoon for kite flying!

Adriana thought it was so cool. Daddy helped her handle her kite.

Gabriella handled her kite really well. She loved it of course.

What fun and cute little girls!

Another Christmas celebration and a visit to the zoo

Last weekend we celebrated Christmas with Aunt Megan, Aunt Bridget, Nana and Grandpa at our house. We exchanged Christmas gifts Saturday morning and then went on our first visit to the Tulsa Zoo on what was a warm January afternoon. We enjoyed the unseasonably warm day. 

Near the zoo's entrance is a large pink penguin honoring of Breast Cancer Awareness. We stopped to take some photos. 

We had a nice close view of the pretty zebras.  

Gabby was so excited to see a buffalo (in the back corner). As she learned in school, buffaloes are not found in the United States  - only bison. But, this was an "imported" African Buffalo and she was so excited: "There's a buffalo in the United States," she yelled with excitement when she saw it!

Adriana swinging with her aunts.

Beautiful pink flamingoes! 

We had an enjoyable weekend with family. We hope had fun visiting us as well!