Salmela Girls

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sisters & Leaves

Sofia and I have had sooo much fun playing in the big leaf piles and helping Mama and Dada drag the big tarp of leaves over to the neighbors gardens.

I was so excited for this night! It felt like the day took forever and that the night would never come. Taavi stopped by during Sofia's nap. I kept saying "Isn't he sooo cute!" I chose to be a Vampire. I wanted to be something scary on Halloween because Halloween is scary! Sofia didn't quite get what halloween was so she just dressed up as a lion and willingly stayed home with Mama to hand out candy while I went with Dada and all the neighbors down our street. Unfortunately it was too dark to take pictures of the neighbors and this great adventure but I told Daddy on our way back home that "This was the best night of my life!"

Boo at the Zoo

Sofia and I got our first fill of candy at the zoo. It was my idea to both be lions even though my costume was a little small. We met Brinnon and Tae there but Mommy only took blurry pictures of our friends.

Lussi's first day of Kindergarten

As you can see in the picture, I am really nervous. On the first day we had to draw a picture of what we were worried about the most. I drew a picture of the bus! But after the first day, I realized it was fun to ride the bus and go to school too.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Farm Camp

Lussi had many chores at farm camp. Her favorites included counting the eggs and giving the weather report. She met a new friend, Lydia who will be in Kindergarten with her and hung out with her old pal Amelia. They looked for garden fairies, trolls under the bridge, read stories under the tree, held bunnies and chicks, tended to baby lambs and a fawn, and planted some seeds.

Our First Garden in Lakeside

Well we finally did it. Lussi was a big help and planted the potatoes all by herself. They even came up pretty straight. You can see she is proud of helping us. She named our garden gnome Charlie and so far he has done a great job keeping the animals away.

Sofia turns two!

Sofia's birthday fell on Grandma's marathon and she had a great day riding in the Chariot to see the finishers. Later we had a pizza party in her honor with a cake that looked like her favorite puppy, Phoebe.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Sister Play

Untitled from Kara Salmela on Vimeo.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Thanks Grandma!

Grandma Gladys made me this fancy outfit and I love it!

Fida smile(hard to catch)

I can't say "Fia" so I call myself Fida and I call Lussi Ti-ti.

Monday, May 11, 2009

My silly pose...

I am being really silly here and I keep doing this over and over again and laughing. Mommy called it the laughing downward dog.

Art for Momma

I painted the purple flower for my Momma for Mother's day and then when my Momma got sick I made her this get well card while she was sleeping on the couch.

Big (little) helper

I got to help Momma and Dada take down the wallpaper. I really like using the tools and sprayer.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Summer comes to Duluth

Mom is in a sweater... what's her problem it's 65 degrees out! My neighbor Heather told me people in Florida throw on their parkas when the weather drops to 65. Not here in Duluth. We break out the swimsuits and the sprinkler!

Untitled from Kara Salmela on Vimeo.

Sofia talk

Untitled from Kara Salmela on Vimeo.

I've been trying to get some of her sentences on video but everytime I turn on the camera she says "I see, I see!" and runs toward the camera to look at the screen. This was the only way I could get her to talk while the video was running.