
Our neighbor has taught us so many fun things you can do living here in HI. She convinced us to get a small pet cage thing and watch the life of a caterpillar. It is pretty cool, I must admit. Elli sure loves getting up every morning to see how much of the leaf is gone and how much bigger the caterpillar has grown. The release of the butterfly is the best part! Here is her checking them out one day. She named the first two Raja and Jasmine. The two we have now are Nana and Yona (the names of two of our Japanese exchange students). Elli cracks me up with her imagination on a daily basis.

Posing for a picture and looking all raggy. I sure love this girl. She melts my heart every day!

Brinlyn and Elli decided to use the watercolor paints and paint their bodies..."Shhhh, don't tell anyone", Brin says.

Here is our attitude girl. She makes some of the most expressive faces. I caught this one as she was waking up from a nap. We now only let her have her pacifier and blanket in her crib so sometimes she is a little grouchy coming out. :)