Saturday, February 27, 2010

Saturday Night Special

Here are some pics of the kids in the bath. As you can see, Lila is still doing her move: the ear pull, two-finger-in-mouth combo.



Today we went to Tim's work to see what he's been up to. 6 foot tall Snoopy figures! Too bad you can't see the photos because of confidentiality. The kids thought he was cool. Lila thought he was Barney the dinosaur.

Drawing with dry erase markers in the conference room. One minute later, Lila drew a big black stripe down Elsa's jacket.


Elsa's latest thing to say when she's happy with me is,"You are a kind and thoughtful Momma!" I think she got it from a book. Either way, a good thing to retain and use when describing me. A+. Elsa has an active imagination, and usually likes to play something dramatic, such as,"RUN from the thunder and lightning!" or "SAVE Hippo from the deep, dark waters below!" She also likes hide and seek and tag. She runs around the house a lot. While Olympic figure skating was on, she liked to skate around the house with paper on her feet. The teachers at school say she's doing great; she's quiet in the classroom, but really lets loose in the gym.


Lila grabs oranges off the counter, throws them to the ground and yells,"Bowling ball!" If it's time to head to another room, she'll start out running and yell,"Yee haw!" In the middle of the night, she woke me to get some water. I was whispering to her that this was the last time I'd fill her cup - no more water after this. She interrupted me by sticking her face 1/2 inch from mine and exclaimed,"Peek!" I don't know how many books she's shredded. Rips them apart, shoves the torn pages in my face and as I start scolding her, she dances and runs away with a huge grin. The other day I told her to "be careful of the puddle". The next second she was down on her stomach, moving her arms and saying,"I swimmin'!" She's something else.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day

Elsa made this at home last week. I love her name in the corner! This was one of the rare times it was ELSA and not ASLE.


Elsa decorating cookies.


More cookies. Mmmm!


Last weekend we had fun on the snowmobiles at Grandma and Grandpa's house. The kids took a ride on the sleigh through the woods and had a blast.






The girls love to play hide and seek. "Ready or not, here WE come!" They never grow tired of it. Here they are just after I found them hiding in the closet.


When they're not running around trying to "seek" me, they cuddle on the couch and watch DVDs.


Elsa took her pillow and my new leopard print Snuggie and made herself a bed on the chair. Ahh, winter.



Quiz time.

Which looks better? The dreary winter wasteland that is our front yard...


OR


Clearwater, Florida?


I'll be going there with 4 of my girlfriends in the beginning of March! CAN'T WAIT.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Sledding and stuff

A few days ago we headed to the Stacy Lions Park to go sledding. A decent sized hill with lots of room and a playground to boot.

The kids had fun on the playground equipment; they really miss going to the park everyday.


Lila June, arctic explorer.


Elsa wanted to go down the hill by herself. It's hard to tell how big the hill is from the photo, but it was pretty steep for a first solo mission.


We went on a Thursday morning so nobody else was there.


Tim thought it was a good idea to slide down this ice jump. I was all, "Tim! Be careful!" Well? Look how huge he is on that sled! I think he did a 360 or something. Boys.


Lila had fun too, but ended up getting a lot of snow in her face.


Today they had fun in the snow fort Tim made.



Lila's latest thing is to say "yeah", but she says it like "WAYah". She's also into asking "Why?" all the time. I wonder who she got that from? Here's a conversation I overheard yesterday between Elsa and Lila:

Lila (looking at Elsa's foot): Band-aid. Dora. Why?
Elsa: Cuz I got a owie.
Lila: Owie. Why?
Elsa: Cuz I fell down and got hurt.
Lila: Got hurt. Why?
Elsa. Cuz I just did, okay?!

I had to laugh. Now she knows how I feel!

Hiding under the covers. The kids looove it. "Hide me under the covers!" is all we hear. It's even more fun with the flashlights they got for Christmas.


Hiding in the closet is fun, too. This one of Lila is a little scary if you ask me.


Look at those dimps! I must kiss those cheeks a thousand times a day.


Elsa has recently started telling us we need a bigger house. I'm not sure where she got that from! I know she loves sharing a room with Lila because it sounds like a party in there every night after I tuck them in. I'll go in and find piles of books in Lila's crib, toys all over, etc. At first I was afraid of them sharing, but it's working out pretty well. Elsa still likes school, and we just signed her up for preschool for next year. Lila will be in a class next year, too. They're totally in school already! How did this happen so fast?