Sunday, July 24, 2011

shackin' up

we made a 'deal' with Zoe that she could get her big girl bed & move to the 'big kids room' once she was potty trained. Unfortunately, she has not mastered the poo just yet, but she's willing & able to practice so... I'll say it... I caved & let her sleep in there. Look at that face, you'd cave too. It helped that she brought me her diaper and asked me to go to bed (as opposed to our usual screaming when I leave the room with her in her crib). We spent most of the day rearranging the room. Joshua moved all the furniture for me. Not really, but I promise I was careful.
the only flaw in my rearrangement plan, getting the drawers on Joshua's bed open. My solution is to move the stuff we rarely use to those drawers. Leapsters. In bed. Don't judge.

Now to pare down the toy collection & get to repainting & rearranging the (formerly Zoe's room, dare I say it) nursery...

hodge podge

Audrey 29 weeks
she's ready for her close-uphad I known that this digital scale was so exciting, I would have brought it out a looooong time ago. He weighed everything he could find.
Spider Girl
that's right, she accessorizedmade herself a little bed on my floor. Note the picture of daddy next to her

plugged in already.

Birthday Girl


Our little Birthday Princess wanted to go to chuck e cheese for her birthday party this year, so Ma & I took her & Joshua for a fun morning. We were checking out at the prize counter and the lady next to us wasn't using all her kids' tickets, so she gave them to us. About 2000 of them!! Needless to say, Joshua & Zoe got to pick an extra toy. Also needless to say, neither of them has played with their toy since that day.




Birthday cards from her cousinsthe huge crowd at out party :)
princess magnets & stickers
they were on a very bouncy ride
lest you think Joshua had no fun at all...



Sunday, July 17, 2011

4th of July pics



Zoe in her cutie 4th of July dress
Joshua making funny faces while waiting for the fireworks to start

get back in your box!

got some moving boxes from the new neighbors. of course the kids wanted to sleep in them. of course, they kept coming out after bedtime and I kept having to tell them "get back in your box!"... which just sounds too funny!

Zoe was pretty serious about her dessert at cheesecake factory
Ma cheered her on...and she didn't want to let any go to waste!
Joshua did pretty well with his too... he just wanted to whipped cream off our reeses cheesecake.

Zoe wrote her name all by herself... but did not want her picture taken!!

little shirt I made for a friend's daughter's birthday, and matching headband
and for our neighbor's son's 1st bday

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Happy 4th of July!


I made Zoe a 4th of July shirt... which she refused to wear, then refused to have her picture taken in.
I finally bribed her with treats, and this was the best picture she was willing to give me. She wore a cute dress to church, white with blue and red stars, but had an accident on the way there, so we changed her into this shirt with red & white striped shorts. She threw up on it and we had to leave. Good thing I made it a 3T, hopefully it will still fit her next year!
This is what happens when I let Joshua play with my iPhone camera

Then I got to play with it
Zoe helping me fold laundry. She folded that whole perfect little stack of towels all by herself!

Cheap / easy entertainment. They LOVE to paint the driveway & fence with water. Got the idea from my childhood BFF's mom who is an elementary educator. She says it's great for motor skills. I say it's great for keeping kids occupied!
Zoe multitasking with her popsicle & 'paint'
Zoe holding the plastic fetus at our last OB appintment. I was very impressed with how carefully she held the baby. Right after she dropped it on its head.
She held the baby for a long time and finally said 'Daddy, I'm done holding the baby' so he could come and take it from her

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

woah baby!

Here's our baby girl at 26 weeks!
Zoe got to sleep with me because she went poo on the potty. In the morning, she came out to the living room and found Craig. When I got up, this is what I found. Awwww...the boys hijacked my iphone
Just hanging out trying to get Zoe to go poo on the potty again. Any suggestions are welcome. She had #1 down for months now, but asks for a diaper whenever it's #2 time :(

yet another ploy to keep her on the potty as long as possible. Yesterday was makeup, today was mani/pedi
Ready for their first swimming lesson! They are doing great so far. Thanks Ma & Pa!

"am I so fabulous mommy?" is what she said. That's my princess!