Thursday, May 26, 2011

Rain or Shine?

It took a little while before I found this funny. I guess next time I won't just 'believe' her when she tells me that she got her shoes on. Though technically... she did get her shoes on. I have no idea where the mates of either of these pairs are either.

Crazy day around here. We had a bunch of errands to run and wow the girls were, shall we say a tad crazy? I wonder if Kiley and Kara are teething and that is part of the issue. I need to get a few other pictures up here. We have been busy visiting the zoo, playing in parks, going out for ice cream. A LOT of walks. (We can take up to 3 walks a day that are up to an hour long) The girls have taken to taking turns walking with me. It's cute but it wears me out a little faster because it is just hard to gain momentum when this sweet little thing reaches down to pick the rocks out of the asphalt every few feet.

I am thinking we will visit my brother and sister tomorrow since they are calling for rain once again! UGH! The girls just don't like being cooped up for long. And who can blame them? We let them free and then luck them up again.

Oh and Abby's EKG came back normal (as I figured it would) but had to satisfy the doctors. She was a trooper through it even if she cried during the whole thing on my lap. I love how much more connected we are these days. Two years ago she wouldn't have bothered even coming to me.

Winky the pony, evil baby (thank you Toy Story 3) Rainbow, Starburst, the Tooth Fairy... all a few of her most recent characters. Barbies are required to talk, ponies must have pretties in their hair and the larger light pink convertible is for grandmas (???) Things are much more interesting around here.

She likes to insert the word "imagination" into as many conversations as she can... showing off or learning the meaning? Sometimes I wonder. :o)


Kiley loves to inhale .... and Kara loves to exhale or 'poof' things. It makes dandilion puffs an interesting game. They are slowing down a little on the amount of sand that they eat. (seriously) So at least the diapers have gotten less grainy as of late. Kara loves to hold my hand and walk around with me now (love!) The other night she walked all the way from the school to our home (like ten blocks!) Poor little thing was panting by the time she got home but she wouldnt let me pick her up!

They are also obsessed... with their giant blankets.

The other day we visited my parent's place. I had to pack up the three kids, two blankets and one dog. (discovered I was a diaper short after we got there) So I'm unpacking the girls, trying to untangle the blankets, when the dog Smores (big dog) takes off with my purse! It was unbelievable!

Ok... enough for one night. :o) Sleep sleep sleep! (abby was up at 6:30am... i think she knows which mornings I can sleep in)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Birthday's and Things!

Yay for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse... ok at least it's not as obnoxious as some of the shows can be!

Kiley and Kara are babbling more and more now. Little personalities now and we are starting to see the terrible twos on the horizon (more temper tantrums) Dada, baba, Mama, Bumpa (grandpa), shoes, kitty... those are a few of the words off the top of my head that they can now chitter chatter with.

We just had a wild, crazy, fun, whirlwind, weekend. Tom's family came over to visit and I have come to one conclusion... we need a bigger house! Perhaps that will be in the future, I can't wait to start looking again though the thought scares me just a little. We celebrated Abby's third birthday and she is loving her birthday presents.

It was wonderful going to the Science Center and eating out at a pizza buffet. But mostly we just really enjoyed spending time with family.

What did she get? I'm glad you asked...

Barbie house, Barbie computer, Barbie furniture, Barbie Bike... Barbies... Princess towel, Princess Dresses, a baseball set, ponies, Barbie cars... and a tunnel (did I forget anything? I lose track!) Do you see a theme here?

So she did very well and is a very happy Barbie Princess... girl...

But what I think she enjoyed the most were the people that came to celebrate with her, and blowing out her three candles (the first attempt ended up with a nice layer of shiny spit) Her birthday cakes were strawberry (her favorite this year) and she had balloons too. It was a good time and now we have a whole year to look forward to the next bit.

We bought a zoo pass for families, I believe it will prove VERY useful this summer. We have already been there twice. It is just nice to run around and look at the animals when we aren't sure what to do with the day. We are hoping to go down to a bigger zoo this Summer but we'll see how it goes! We have a lot of plans to get in this summer.
Everyone is a genius. but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid...
Albert Einstein. (I love it)

Abby 3 1/2

Abby 3 1/2

Kiley 2y

Kiley 2y

Kara 2y

Kara 2y

Christopher 4m

Christopher 4m

Quotes

"My three little wild children were running around the house, I asked Abby why they all had their clothes off... she looked at me very seriously and said "We're scavengers!" Would love to know where she got that..." (February 2012)

Overheard Abby playing with her Barbies during bedtime: "Fairytopia is dead. Guys don't planick."... a little while later... "Ariel is dead! Planick?... Planick planick!!!!" (March 2012)

Abby was running around in church. I swiftly stopped her and very seriously said "We aren't supposed to run in Jesus's house." Very seriously she replied "Jesus lives in my heart mommy." Point Abby- (May 2012)


 

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