N-O-A-H

Noah and I have been working on writing his name. I picked up this art easel at Kid's Market and it turned out to be the perfect 'tool' for him. He LOVES writing on the dryerase board. I am so proud of him.



The one in the circle was the very 1st time he wrote it completely by himself. The one in rectangle was his second attempt.

Days Like Today....

Put a perpetual smile on my face.

Monday, Monday

I can already hear the collective groan I'm gonna get with this declaration, but,

I {BIG PUFFY HEART} MONDAYS.

How is that possible, you ask?

Because I get to have 'the girls' for the entire day.

Taylor and Bella

aka: Tator and Belly

This particular Monday the kiddos where having a hard time remembering that they are actually best buds.

So, out came some sugar cookies and icing.

Each hooligan got to choose their own icing color.

I already knew what color 3 out of 4 where gonna pick.

Belly likes to keep me guessing.

It was so amusing to see how they each reacted to the adventure.

Taylor was meticulous with her purple icing.

She didn't start eating until

EVERY LAST ONE

of her cookies where decorated to her satisfaction.

In fact, it got a little hairy at one point when she accidentally got icing on the BOTTOM of one of her beloved cookies.

NOT EXCEPTABLE!

Belly had no interest in her cookies but was infinitely fascinated with her yellow icing.

It took some convincing that the icing didn't belong in her hair.

Ultimately she decided that icing is for eating and finger painting, not wasting on cookies.

When I asked Noah to show me his cookie, this is what I got.

I'm sure showing me the cookie in his hand never crossed his mind.

This was the only picture I got of him because the next time I turned around all of his cookies and icing where G.O.N.E.

This kid doesn't waste time.

Eden really had me cracking up.

Her tongue was moving nonstop.

She would ice a cookie, lick all the icing off, ice it again, then eat the cookie.

Backwards much?

Yep, groan and moan.

Shake your fists at the heavens Scarlett O'Hara style.

Roll your eyes if you must.

But, I loves me some Mondays!

{Heart} Day

We had a RAD Valentine's Day.

We started out the day with opening a few little V-Day presents.

{Thank You Target dollar section!}

The truly horrendous couch the kiddos are sitting on was my present. Isn't Chris so sweet?! Ha. Never fear. This baby has great 'bones', perfect for slipcovering and it was only $40. Yep, give me an ugly couch and I'm yours!

For lunch we met up with some of our favorite people in the world, Mimi, Debbie, Taylor (TaterBug), and Bella (BellyBaby). We invaded the Taco Bell close to the hospital and, along with consuming shameful amounts of nachos, our little ones charmed all the seniors that frequent the place. Mimi had to get back to work but the rest of us still had something fun up our sleeves.

HEART ATTACK!!!

We covered our beloved Mimi's car in love. If you'll remember, it was an insanely windy day that day so getting the hearts to stay put took some serious effort.

The vandals.

(Notice Noah's shirt and Eden's outfit. Cute right?!)

In the end, because of the wind, we had Misty's office manager trick Misty into coming out to look at the car before all of our hard work blew away. Her manager told her that she thought Misty's car had just gotten hit. Mist may or may not have let a colorful word or two fly and she rushed out to see the damage. Ha! Gotcha ya! The kiddos loved yelling surprise and telling Mimi that they tricked her.

That night, after Daddy got home from work, we had a 'heart'y dinner.

Heart and other silly shaped pancakes, heart-shaped breakfast pockets, and pink milk.

What a fabulous day with all of my Valentines.

Go Ahead. Eat the Yellow Snow.

Since the weather man is telling us that we can expect a little more snow this week, I thought I'd share something fun in case anyone wanted to give it a try.

I armed both of the kiddos with spray bottles filled with water and food coloring and let them go to town 'painting' the snow.

It took E a bit to figure out which way to face the bottle before squirting.

Noah's 'canvas' of choice was our snow fort. He tried to rule the whole process and got quite cross with Eden for 'mixing up' the colors.

Then Noah decided that our snowman, Pah, (as in the sound you make when trying to teach a child what the letter P sounds like. Every time I ask Eden what she wants to name something this is what I get) needed a little color.

This activity was a ton of fun and we will definitely be doing it again. I like that it is something you can do no matter the amount of snow that falls. I will warn you though, IT IS MESSY!

The good news is, I washed the clothes right after we got changed and everything came out fine. As for the skin, believe it or not, toothpaste was the answer. Just a bit of scrubbing and it came right off. Of course, we were all obnoxiously minty fresh for a few hours.

Just Wanna Remember

Noah is constantly making me laugh these days. He's in the stage where he thinks he knows what certain words or phrases mean. So funny.

Today he was 'reading' to Eden. He began the story like any selfrespecting story should begin, "Unce upon de time". He told of a train named Thomas and his adventures in crashing into Percy. He got appropriately animated as he shared how Thomas could go "whelly, whelly, whelly"...(10 minutes later)..."whelly fast!" And to end the tale? "In the name of Jesus Twyst (Christ), Amen!"

Amen, indeed.

Snowmageddon

Yesterday we woke up to an INSANE amount of snow. Nine inches?!?!?! WHA?!

The kiddos where beside themselves. Noah kept telling me, "Wake you, Mommy!" (translation: Thank you, mommy). For the hugs and kisses that ensued, sure, I'll take credit.

After the TORTURE! of getting everyone dressed, we headed out. Noah didn't let the fact that the snow came up to his knees slow him down. He just barreled his way through. Eden had the same determination but, alas, with the snow reaching her lil bum, she was pretty much stuck.

We attempted a run with a power wheels but it was a no go. Chris got it to go a bit on the road but it was rough so he and Noah decided to have a snowball fight instead.

Eden and I spent most of our time on the road where some cars where nice enough to have left some tracks so she could actually walk around.

We spent some more time outside today. Noah was just as excited....

Eden?

Uuummm...not so much.

Despite the tears...and whining...and clinging...and whining, we managed to start a fort. Noah and I needed something to defend ourselves against Daddy and his 'monster snowballs'.

Is my husband the only one that sees nothing wrong with throwing a snow cluster at a 3 year old that is basically the same size as said 3 year old?

Looking forward to adding more onto our fort and doing some snow painting tomorrow. I'm wondering if Daddy is going to have another day off of work. Fingers crossed!