Trout like the fish, Wine like the drink

Thursday, February 6, 2014

snow days

Snow. It's so pretty but I'm so over it. Bring on spring. The girls and I were home for much of the last two days. Adam got to escape to work for a while.

waiting for her snacks. we did a lot of snacking. boredom eating?

taken a few hours before we went to the pediatrician's office. diagnosis: double ear infection.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

baby art

The girls do all kinds of fun activities in school. Art and music are two favorites. Nora's teachers posted some pictures of an art activity today and Nora's styrofoam "art" cracked me up.

BEFORE:

DESTRUCTION:

AFTER:

WHAT EVERY OTHER KIDS LOOKED LIKE:

Maybe she mistook the styrafoam for cheese? She has been really into cheese lately...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Nora: 8 months

Nora is almost crawling (probably need to start thinking about baby proofing stuff but I'm in denial)
She is such a happy 8 month old
Sleeping from 6:30pm-5am (waking up to eat and then goes back to sleep for ~ another two hours)
Nora has 3 teeth

We love this little 8 month old SO much!

Monday, January 6, 2014

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
Recent cute pictures and Claire quotes:

Claire insisted they wear tutus to school on Friday. Normal. She is trying not to smile here.

Twins.

Claire talks non-stop. Does not shut up. This morning: "Dad, your forehead looks really dry. You can borrow some of my lotion called Bye bye Dry".

Also, if she is doing something she is not supposed to be doing she is always "pretending" to do that thing. For example:
me: Claire please do not color on the table
Claire: I was just pretending to color on the table.

Our new mailbox is her height so her routine when we get home is to check the mail
"We didn't get any Christmas cards today, just bills".

Monday, December 30, 2013

Christmas, Baptism, Birthday

We like to combine a lot of big events in one short time span. First up: Christmas. We visited Rudy, the holiday train at Union Station. This was a big hit. Then we kept our annual tradition by going to Columbia to see Ella, Marlee and Gene at Shakespeare's. That was great as always but too short. Christmas was a LOT of fun (unfortunately I forgot to take many pictures) and then it was back to work/school on Thursday. Adam picked the girls up a little bit early though and they had some fun playing at the house. Doesn't Nora look like she is having the time of her life playing in their new striped teepee? On Sunday we celebrated Claire's 3rd birthday and Nora was baptized at church. Whew! 2013 has been a great but busy year. We are looking forward to 2014 and all that the new year has in store for us.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Nora: 7 months

Such a happy little 7 month old! Nora is sleeping much better these days. She puts everything in her mouth. She loves sweet potato, banana and puffs. She is practicing waving her hands. And she has the sweetest little smile.