Bubbles!

Brooke loves bubbles.  She is learning how to blow and it is so cute to see her try and blow the bubbles.

More of That Growing Up Stuff

Kayla lost her first tooth on Saturday.  It has been loose for quite a while and she could not stop wiggling it.  It became quite a habit.  On one hand I'm glad it's gone.  I have never been a fan of loose, dangling teeth.  Ask any 4th grader I ever taught. It's a little different when it is your own child, but not much. But on the other hand, losing a tooth means she is growing up.  I have tried to convince her not to have a birthday this year and to just stay 5 forever.  She didn't go for that idea.  I guess I will just have to accept that my little girl is growing up. Now we wait for loose tooth #2 to fall out.  Fortunately for me it is barely loose so I won't have to look at it dangling there for a little while longer.

Macy had a special prayer the night after the tooth fell out.

"Dear Jesus, thank you that my teeth have lots of glue on them so that they don't fall out like Kayla's." 

Gotta love 3-year-olds!

Just a Couple of Silly Girls

Randomness

Macy asked for pig-tails the other day.  I haven't put her hair up like this in a LONG time, but it sure made her sassy all morning long.  Sassy in a cute way, of course. :)

Yesterday I was so worn out.  With trying to keep the house in order since it is on the market I guess I just hit a wall.  I didn't want to do anything but curl up under my blanket. My back and head were hurting and I was tired.  Thankfully I had my PT appointment that evening. I came home feeling so much better, and then I saw that Marc and the girls had cleaned up downstairs and Kayla had even helped vacuum.  She was so proud of herself. I will definitely have to keep that one in mind...

This morning was cold and rainy.  The girls stayed in their pajamas all day, and in fact I just put them in bed wearing the same pajamas.  They had a bath last night and didn't really do anything all day, so I decided to be lazy.  Don't judge. :) 

They curled up together and Macy watched Kayla play a computer game.

And for some strange reason I thought that if I put Brooke on the chair too that she would cuddle up with them. Nah, she just crawled all over them.

And now I will take a moment to brag on my hubby.  For the last 5 years he has been working on his PhD.  We didn't realize that it had been that long until he looked it up the other night.  Well 5 years of hard work is coming to an end.  He has submitted his dissertation to his reading committee and is planning on his defense the first part of March.  See that thing? That would be 217 pages of a whole bunch of stuff I have no clue about.  He has worked so hard and his advisor has been really impressed with how much work he has done and how well he has done it.  Throughout the process he has published several papers (one of which won a Best Paper award at a conference) and received a couple of patents (or have them pending). As nice as it is for me to see a light at the end of the tunnel, I can only imagine how he feels.

Brooke's 1 Year Pictures

We had Brooke's 1 year pictures taken yesterday. I have done a little editing to the files they gave us, but of course they give you tiny files, so some of the pictures might look a little blurry. It took a little while for her to warm up to the photographer, but we were able to get some great pictures. It is so hard to believe that my baby is now a year old! The only thing I have left to hold onto as my "baby" is that she still isn't walking and we haven't taken away the bottles yet.  The bottles will be gone soon, and I know that walking is right around the corner.  I'm not sure I am ready for her to grow up!

She is getting really good at showing everyone what the bottom of her tongue looks like.  She started this a few days ago and we had the hardest time getting her to put it down for the pictures.

I can't get the last two pictures to separate, but the last one is my absolute favorite.

Cowgirl Kayla!

Last week was cowboy/girl week at school.  They learned lots of fun things about the Wild West, dressed up for school, ate a cowboy lunch, and even took a pony ride! Kayla was beyond thrilled about everything going on that week, especially the pony ride.  There was a chance they wouldn't be able to ride due to rain, but it all ended up working out.  God knew there would be 18 little boys and girls that would be highly disappointed if they couldn't ride a pony. :)

Mrs. Hollenbeck took pictures of the kids enjoying the ride. 

So Sweet

We went in to give them a good-night kiss and found Kayla curled up in Macy's bed. 

And then the next morning Kayla told us that she tried to wake Macy up.  She even tried to pry her eyes open.  I guess Macy was TIRED.  Kayla finally gave up and went to sleep with her sister.

Macy Macy Macy...

Macy was working on a "project" for her daddy.  This usually means she wants a piece of construction paper to cut and then glue the little pieces back onto the larger piece of the paper.  She will usually draw a little picture.  We were headed out for dinner tonight so I went upstairs to get her ready.  Her project turned into quite a mess. 

See those little containers.  They were completely full before she got her hands on them.  Full of glitter.

On her desk was a pile of paper.  Under the paper I found this mess. 

She pulled out every single little container I had and dumped them completely out.  On top of the glitter she added buttons, googly eyes, safety pins, brads, rubber bands, and popsicle sticks.

Oh how I love my Macy.  

New Games

Our house went on the market yesterday.  Perfect timing for Brooke's new games of opening cabinets and dumping the contents.  As if I didn't already have enough to do...

I heard her whimpering and turned around to find her stuck in the drawer.  Yes, I ran and grabbed the camera before rescuing her.  When I told Marc about it he "got onto me" about leaving her there while I got the camera.  

The next morning he did the exact. same. thing. when he found her whimpering in the dishwasher.  

I promise we keep a close watch on our baby, but goodness she's fast!

A Couple of Random Pictures

Oh the squealing that went on with these 4 girls in this inflatable. It was loud. It was high-pitched. And it was fun!

She may hate ice-cream, but she loves her some cookies!