Tea for Twelve

I helped Libby celebrate her 5th birthday with a fancy tea party at the Enchanted Village! It was soooo much fun to dress up, make cookies, and be princesses for the day.

Room Redo

Before:

After:

Not Quite Cocoa Krispies

Reid had his first taste of rice cereal! He seemed to like it, but it's probably because he doesn't know that "chocolate farms" (Lucky Charms) and "loop loops" (Fruit Loops) exist.

Tickle Bug

Girls Night IN!

While daddy headed to the lake for a "guys" night, I had my posse over. Our evening included thai food, talking, temper tantrums, and trying on shoes.

Oh, and a super fun sock puppet show! :)

The Cutest

A conversation between mommy and Sydney just before bedtime...

Sydney: Mommy, I wanna wear my nightlight.
Mommy: Your what?!
Sydney: My nightlight.
Mommy: You want me to turn on your nightlight?
Sydney: No, I wanna wear my nightlight.

After several minutes of confusion and concentration, mommy realizes that Sydney wants to wear this...

her nightgown NIGHTLIGHT!

Captain Smiles

Reid thinks that there's a lot to smile about when you are 5 1/2 months old!

House Party

The best way to spend a cold winter day? With good friends!
(Laura- I am so sorry it's blurry!)

The pumpkin seat brigade...

Shanna was such a good snuggler that Reid fell asleep sitting up...

*Not pictured, but still loved: Michelle T, Mackenzie, Lauren, and Sadie's play mate, Wrigley!

Sydney Lou Retton

Donkey kicks, pencil rolls, somersaults, and bear crawls are just a few of the moves that I have learned at tumblebees. My most favorite part of the class is the trampoline that leads into a GIANT foam pit!

Reid works on his tumblebees right here at home in the exersaucer!

Three Peas in a Pod

Some of my favorite things to do with my cousins Natalie and Libby are...

watching movies in bed,

taking paddleboat rides,

lounging around,

eating icecream,

having tea parties,

taking boat rides,

decorating pumpkins,

playing dress up,

and going to fall festivals!

Snow, Snow, Snow!

Mommy had another snow day today after eight inches of snow fell yesterday! These are the best kind of snow days... the snow falls at just the right time the day/night before for school to be cancelled, but the roads are clear enough in the morning to get out on the town. One more paid vacation snow day left until we make it up at the end of the year... our family loves February! :)

Pink Marshmallow

I dressed in my warmest snow gear to play outside in the snow with Cory and daddy today. We built a snow fort, shoveled the driveway (twice), and made snow angels. A few snowballs might have been tossed around too!

We came inside to warm up and eat Dewey's pizza, then we went right back out so that I could push my baby around in a "snow mobile". :)