Redemption

 

Monday was a total Mom fail. It was pajama day for Evy at school and even the bright yellow note that I hung on the front of the refrigerator door on Friday didn't do its job. Totally forgot. After school, in a disappointed voice Evy said, "Mom, you forgot that it was pajama day." Failure! I knew I could redeem myself on Wednesday with silly hat day. Evy reminded me it couldn't be just any hat. It had to be silly. So, I used the 3% of craftiness that runs through my veins and sewed Evy's toy lions on to this old hat of mine. She beamed as she entered the classroom and was still wearing it when I picked her up at 5:15. REDEMPTION!

Snow Day!

Public school snow days have no bearing on our work and daycare schedules so it has to snow on my regular day off for us to have a snow day. Today, we had our first snow day of the season! We played outside twice and made it around the block on our sleds. My back is killing me and I was sweating like crazy at the end of it, but that just goes with the territory.

 

 

Char had a hard time walking through the deep snow, but liked being outside.

 

Evy would have stayed outside all day. She kept eating the snow and I had to keep reminding her not to eat dirty snow. Luckily we have no pets to make the snow "dirty".

 

Snow ice cream. I used the cleanest snow I could find, but it's still kind of a gross concept.

This experiment really ended up making more of a mess than it was worth. Oh well, the girls thought it was fun and we can check it off the list for this year!

Maniac

 

I was attempting to make dinner. Evy was sitting at the table eating blueberries. I turn my back for five seconds and Charlie has climbed up on the table to swipe Evy's berries. This kid is making up for being a piece of cake infant.

Making it Work

Our house has been on the market for four weeks and we have had several showings. Of course the showings are never on days when I'm at work and the kids are at school. The showings only occur at times that we are forced out of the house. We've spent some extra time at Costco and we've eaten fast food a little more frequently than usual. On Friday, we had to be out of the house right after lunch and I didn't want to hassle with cleaning up a lunch mess on top of all the other cleaning I have to do to prep the house for a showing so we ate lunch at McDonalds. The girls like dipping their apples in ketchup which is totally disgusting, but they end up eating more apples than fries so I guess that's a win....

*This is Charlie's "cheese" face. She looks more like a pirate than a little girl who is saying "cheese".

Excellence

Scott and I just returned from a 10 year anniversary celebration trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It was muy bueno. We didn't leave the resort. We didn't do any excursions. We rested so much that my rear end got tired of sitting. That my folks, is a pretty good way to spend a vacation!

Dinner at the resort.

 Drinking a coco loco at the pool.



 Enjoying a day on the beach



Special door "banner" and flowers for our anniversary



Scott making friends with the birds---he'll talk to anyone!

Who knew Target had a Dominican outpost specializing in cigars??

Postcard perfect beach.



Waiting for the evening entertainment. I think it was disco theme this night!

Thanks to the grandparents for watching the girls so we could enjoy a great vacation!

Apple Juice?

 

Charlie: Apple Juice?

Emily: You've already had a cup of apple juice. Would you like water or milk?

Charlie: Apple Juice?

Emily: Milk or Water?

Charlie: Apple Juice?

Emily: Milk or Water?

Charlie: Apple Juice?

My First Baby

Sigh. Evy is getting big. Older. More mature. Whatever the word is, she is growing up. Last night at bedtime we sat in her rocking chair, instead of our usual spot on the bed, to read books. I told her we could cuddle and rock while we read. After we finished reading I turned off the lamp and tried to hold her while we rocked and sang like we always have. She couldn't find a comfortable spot. She's too big. This is the first time I've realized she's too big. Sigh. So instead of rocking and singing she sat on my lap and we talked. I asked her lots of questions. She talked. A lot. She told me that she really likes tuna fish sandwiches for lunch at school. She also likes the eggs they give her for a snack. The eggs are big and white but don't have the hard shell on them. She uses lots of hand gestures along with her story. She thinks the yellow part of the egg is the baby. The eggs also have juice. She's not sure what kind of juice. Maybe it isn't actually juice. Maybe it's just slobber she says. She likes music class. Miss Jodi drank a lot of coffee today. The boys at school are mean because they chase the girls. The teachers say, "Boys! Stop doing that!" Evan is the only nice boy. Pocahontas is still with us you know. She's not dead, she lives at Disney. Can we go to the place where Shamu lives? When Charlie is two we can go see the Princesses at Disney. Is that a long drive?

No more rocking with my big girl, but the stories are great!