Concert - Part I

Concert - Part II

As the concert continues, Miranda discovers disco. Eat your heart out John Travolta!


Catie begins to boogie, but only if she can hold Mommy's hand. Catie takes her dancing very seriously.


And Erika still thinks the musicians are too loud. Unfortunately, I left her headphones at home. Poor kid. Yet, she liked the music enough to ask me to buy a CD. We listened to the band on the way home, and she made Jason copy it to the computer as soon as we got home.




And just to show everyone, Erika was smiling at the beginning of the concert. (or is this the end when she heard we were finally going home)

Just Hanging Out at Home

So many pictures, so little time to post.


Catie and Erika goof around.


Miranda enjoys the cardboard house she helped decorate.

Chocolate Ice Cream Cones

While I was working in the kitchen, Erika found where I hid the ice cream cones. As there is nothing better than ice cream during January, we celebrated with a weekday party.


Catie and Miranda show off their cone skills.

Miranda's goatee.


Catie could get used to this.


Erika shows her budding comedic skills.

January fun

We are still having rainy weather here in Seattle, and that means a lot of indoor play time. Besides dancing, the girls are doing a whole host of creative activities.

Miranda can now ride the rocking horse.


Erika insists on sharing in the fun.



Catie's closeup


Somehow, the ring on Jason's head is an important part of the game.

Dinner time

Catie shows her Hughes reading genes as she peruses a book after dinner.



Miranda shows us how a fork and spoon can be used as an impromptu drum set.



Caties smiles indulgently at her twin's antics.

Painting faces

Erika has caught the artistic bug and decided to use facepaint to paint hersef and her sisters. Here Erika is the Sanrio character ChocoCat while Catie is a purple-faced tiger.


Miranda participated in the fun too. Erika decided that Miranda looks best in warm colors. I good choice, I think.



It's hard to get pictures of all three girls together as one or another always seem to be moving. This is one that is the most clear.



Catie continplates the mysteries of being 19 months while Erika and Miranda are blurs behind her.

Miranda and the sink (2min video)

This is Miranda's favorite activity. If we didn't close the bathroom door, I think she would do this all day.

Note, this video is not particularly interesting, but it's representative. I would like to catch Catie doing stuff, but her pleasures are more subtle.

CoCo Kitty Rebecca

Erika's latest name for herself is "CoCo Kitty Rebecca"

As you may remember, when she was 4, she spent most of her time named "Jungle", or "Ichigo" or "Vanilla Rainbow Sparkle", but those days are gone.

As for the twins, I (daddy) have learned something: There are times when its obvious a dirty diaper is afoot. But which one of them is culprit? All I have to do is announce, "Who needs a diaper change!?" and make the sign-language sign for change and whomever runs the fastest is the stinky one.