St. Patrick's Day and other stuff

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We did an art project and made these beaded necklaces. Elsa isn't into taking photos lately, but too bad, I still like this one!


Last Monday we went to babysit our niece Avery for a little bit in the afternoon. She's such a good baby!


I took some photos of Lila while she danced with her puppy.

Check out Elsa in the background...not having it! :)



Really, another photo?
I know I can get some better ones once I get her outside! We went for a nature walk through the woods this week and the kids loved it. Elsa is sooo excited for spring, and loves the warmer weather. All she talks about is Florida. That's my girl!


We've been having sleep issues with Lila that have only become worse. She stalls at bedtime, and on top it she wakes up sometimes 6 times a night. Realizing it couldn't get any worse, we decided to move her into a big girl bed. She's so proud. We're hoping that feeling like a big girl will make her act like a big girl. It actually seems to be working!


Lila's hair when she wakes up. :)

Fun weekend!

Last Friday I took the kids to a place in Ham Lake called Pump It Up. It's basically a giant warehouse/party room all filled with inflatables. It was a great time - the kids can't wait to go back.






Now that Tim is off his crutches, we finally went and had some family fun at the MOA on Sunday. We've hardly done anything since Christmas, so the kids were crazy excited. They loved the sea creatures at Underwater Adventures (now completely renovated and called Sea Life), and of course we couldn't get out of there without going on a few rides at Nick Universe.

They had a big dark room with lit-up Jellyfish and mirrors everywhere. It felt like you were in outer space with aliens all around!


Tim and Lila check out the local lake fish and turtles.


Elsa on the balloon ride.


Lila rides the carousel.


'Til next time!

March is here!

Yesterday we went to McDonald's Playland. On purpose. It's the first time we've ever been there, mainly because Lila is now the perfect age, but also, and most importantly, because I just don't care about germs anymore. The kids both had pneumonia last week and it was awful. In fact, the entire month of February was a complete wash. So, we hit the closest and cheapest entertainment we could find. They thought it was totally awesome.


After lunch we decided to hit the car wash. Lila screamed whenever the water came by her window.


Both kids love to help cook.


We got this toy at the thrift store and the kids have hours of fun with it.


In this house, everything that comes in the door gets set on the counter by the phone, directly above the pen drawer. Elsa is always grabbing pens out of the drawer and coloring on whatever scraps of paper, lists, mail, important papers, that are within reach. Last week, it was our movie from Blockbuster. lol!


If you couldn't tell from the above photos, Lila needed a haircut. We both want to grow it out, but that just won't be happening until it all comes in. So here she is with the new haircut.