Lots and lots has been going on since Easter. Day by day it feels like nothing is new, and I don’t have much to say, but since it had been a while I do. First off, is Emily. She is not walking yet, but she is VERRY VERRY close! Em is so different in so many ways from Kaitlyn. It has been fun watching her learn to walk. She went about it pretty much backwards from all the other babies I’ve seen. Most babies learn how to pull up on couches or whatever first, Em did do that. But usually the next step is to walk along things, then start to let go a little- move from one support to another, start taking steps and then way last they learn how to stand up from the middle of the room. Well, not my Emmy. It doesn’t matter haw everyone else does things, she does it her own way and in her own time. There was no pushing her on this. She learned by pulling up first, but then she went to learning how to stand in the middle of the room! She is crazy, I love it. She learned how to stand and had INCREDIBLE balance (for a baby) before she would walk along things. She could stand for at least a few weeks before she decided to start taking steps. It is so funny to watch her. She stands up so perfectly and is very graceful, then she’ll stand there for a few seconds before she gets the courage to move one of her tree trunk legs. The other funny thing about Em is she does not like to practice when ANYONE is watching. Not even mom can watch. She would only walk if she thought no one was looking. The way Ryan and I realized for the first time that she could take more than 1 or 2 steps was Ryan heard her little feet padding across the kitchen and caught her taking 5 or 6 steps! And anytime she relizes someone is watching she’ll stop, smile at you all shy like, and then sit down! No more walking someone is watching. It’s pretty funny.
A few weeks ago we (the girls and I) got to go to Texas! It was so wonderful to visit everyone. We got to go down because my little sister JULIA had just had her first baby, so we went to see him, Cooper, blessed. (More on that later)
We have some friends here in Lancaster, the Staders, who have family in Oklahoma. So I called Danni and told her we were going down to Texas and we decided to carpool. It was WONDERFUL to have a friend to drive down with. She has 3 children: Emily (6), Noah (4), and Lilly (2). Emily-big Emily just LOVES that baby Em and her have the same name. She just loves to help take care of her and play with her. It is so great. And Noah and Lilly like to play with Kaitlyn, so everyone is happy and it worked out great. So we had 2 moms and 5 kids! It was a little crazy, but Danni is a very organized mom and her kids helped out a lot with my kids. It was nice to spend the 13 hours of driving getting to know each other better. We left on a Thursday right after MOPS (mothers of preschoolers- a Christian mom group similar to Enrichment, that meets once a month) and drove down to Kansas City on Thursday, and then from Kansas City to Oklahoma on Friday. I got to meet her parents and let the girls run around while we waited for Ryan’s mom to come and pick us up from Danni’s moms’. My poor mother in law got stuck in HORRIBLE traffic JUST before she reached us and a 3 hour drive turned into a 4 hour drive. She brought Kaitlyn and Emily’s cousins Collin and Cameron with her. The girls were so excited to see Grandma and cousins. It was great. We went out to eat and then drove back to Texas. It was nice to spend some time with Mom D. When we got to my parents house it was like 11, so we spent 2 full days traveling. Consequently Saturday is a blur to me. I really have no recollection of what we did that day. Spent time with family and trying to get settled I’m sure. Sunday was the big day. We went to Julia’s branch (church) and got to watch Cody (Julia’s husband) bless baby Cooper. He did a great job, the spirit was very strong. I’m so proud of my sister and the little family she has. She is such a good mom and it was so fun to spend time with her. Kaitlyn and Emily were very clingy and whinny because of all the change, Emily getting 4 molars and having breathing problems, and because Daddy wasn’t able to come, so Kaitlyn ended up coming to Sunday School with Em and I. It was fun to watch my parents with the girls. The girls are so much bigger every time we get to go back to Texas. Mom and Dad especially were enjoying cuddling with Em and watching her stand. Kaitlyn was being really cute. We had her blocked in one row of chairs so she would be close and not disturb the other adults. Kaitlyn came up to my Dad and said “suse me” (excuse me) and passed him no problems and then did the same thing to my Mom. Before we realized what she was doing she was free. It was so cute we just let her play in the rows behind us. My parents were very impressed with her manners (so was I!) I try to teach her to be polite, but I’m sure if you’re a mom, you know that most of the time you feel like nothing is sinking in. Well I guess she has been listening to me. It was so cute and she got such good feedback that she kept it up the whole trip. After church we went to Julia’s NEW house (yea Julz!). This was the first time I got to see it not in construction. It is beautiful, and I’m sure they will love it for a long time. Mom and I helped Julia get the dinner ready. It was so good. Julia did a great job getting every thing together, it was delicious. And I love, love, love her kitchen! Julz even had some sippy cups for my girls to borrow. Kaitlyn and Emily had been driving me CRAZY. I couldn’t have an inch of space and they wouldn’t let my parents and siblings help much. Then, Kaitlyn opened up her cup and spilt RED juice all over my sisters brand new WHITE carpet! I almost lost it. Luckily Julia and Cody were very cool about it. I think everyone was more worried about me than the carpet. I banished Kaitlyn outside and my brother Jace was kind enough to make sure she stayed out there by entertaining her, and Emily was taken from me (I don’t even remember who she went to) and I was sat down and given something relaxing to do. That made all the difference in the world. I’m so glad I have such great family to be able to give me some time away from my kids when I NEEDED it. Well Cody was able to clean up the mess. I’m not sure if it left a stain or not, I didn’t want to look. Cody was talking to me and making sure I knew it was ok. He said, oh don’t worry. I’m sure Julia will start spilling things on purpose soon, so I will put in the wood floors sooner. Sure enough a few minutes later Julia says, Hey Cody, looks like you’ll just have to put in the wood floors soon. It was really cute and made me laugh and feel better about things. Later that evening we played a new game Cody and Julia had. It was tons of fun. I was glad to be able to relax and enjoy and not worry about the girls. Julia’s mother in law was there and Julia later told me she felt so bad, she was like, wow, Christi can’t even go to the bathroom. They were that clingy the first couple of days. On to Monday. Monday we got to spend at the Daltons. MINDY came over with her two youngest and the girls had a great time playing with them. After a little while we got to go SHOPPING. Probably my favorite past time, especially if there’s money to spend. Grandma D got all her grandkids some really cute clothes. It was fun to shop with Mom and Mindy, and Kaitlyn LOVED to run around and pick out more things for Grandma to buy. She enjoys shopping WAY to much, I have no idea where she gets that. Lol. It was so great to shop, because the only place to shop near us is Wal-Mart and that gets old fast. Yay for cute new clothes for the girls! Kaitlyn and Em also liked playing outside in Grandpa’s sand box. Tuesday we stayed at Moms. Poor Tiara (my youngest sister, a kindergartner) got sick Sunday night, and ended up being sick ALL WEEK long. Poor girl. Mom and I were pretty tired so we just stayed at home and relaxed all day. Aria came by with Skylar and we got to let our girls play. When Jess and Kurtis (my brother and sister) got home from school, Kaitlyn had a blast running around outside with them. She got to play on the trampoline and in the playhouse. So much fun. Even though it was “cold” for Texas we had a blast and enjoyed the warm weather. Wednesday we got to go to my friend ARIA’s house. JENNY JULIA and I were there with our babies; Skylar, Sophia, Cooper, Kaitlyn, and Emily. It was so nice to see everyone and see all the cute babies. Sophia and Cooper were still new babies and Skylar is a few months older than Em. The girls had a great time playing and I enjoyed sitting and hanging out with some of my high school friends. When we got back Mindy came over with all 3 of her boys. My sisters and her 2 oldest boys are the same ages and they all went outside to run and play. I loved being able to let Kaitlyn just go outside and play. She had a blast! Later that night Mom and I got to go shopping and we met Julia while we were out. Yay shopping! The next day we left at 8 in the morning and started our 2 day trip back to Wisconsin. It was so much fun to go home and visit everyone, but it was over WAY to fast!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Valentines Day-Easter
Hey! I know it’s been a very long time since I last posted, so here’s for a long catch up post. The last time I actually posted was just before Valentines Day. Ryan’s parents came up for the weekend. It was so wonderful to have family in town. We were really disappointed that church got canceled (due to another huge snow, of coarse!) so Mom and Dad weren’t able to see everyone. Other than that we had a great weekend. One of the things we did was to go down to Dubuque Iowa and go to the river museum there. We had a great time and mom and I wished we could have stayed and gone shopping too. This is Em in front of one of the exhibits, and then us. Kaitlyn was afraid of this one because you can sit inside of it, so she wouldn’t even go near it. Silly girl.
This is Grandma and Grandpa Dalton with the girls.
The Daltons were just loving how much snow we had, Dad couldn’t believe it, so they took some pictures outside. This is our front yard- it’s flat, that’s all snow.
By the way, it’s all melted now!!! Yea! Well, mostly there’s a small pile left from the biggest “snow hill” in our yard.
Kaitlyn and Grandma
And Kaitlyn trying on Grandmas’ boots (which she gave to me!)
The girls got lots of great stuff from their grandparents for Valentines Day. My mom was sad she couldn’t come up and see the girls too. This is Kaitlyn with some of her Valentine pack sent by Grami Wilson.
Em had just started pulling her self up and standing, so this is one of her first times. Yea Emmy.
One of my favorite times is at night just before the girls go to bed, Kaitlyn will actually cuddle. This is a rare occasion at our house, so I treasure it when she’ll just sit and let me hold her. This is one of those occasions, but she got to cuddle with daddy. They are so cute!
One of the lady’s in our branch moved out. We were sad to see her go, but happy she’ll be in Utah with her family. Well she wasn’t able to fit this in her moving truck, so we were lucky enough to get it! What a great blessing it has been. The girls LOVE playing in their new kitchen! Now I just need to get some food and dishes for them.
So everyone knows dad’s are way more fun to play with then mom. At least, that’s the way it is at our house. Here’s an example of why.
Ryan got some empty diaper boxes and some boas that the girls got for Valentines Day and dragged the girls around the house for a while. They loved it. He is always so creative in his play with the girls, I love it- and so do they!
This is Kaitlyn playing in the real kitchen (what happened to hers’, why would she play there if she could play in the real thing. Lol, oh well). I bet all our husbands would love it if they came home from work and we were cooking dinner like this!
Hum, I just noticed there are a lot of pictures were my girls aren’t dressed. Lol, I guess I should clothe them once in a while. Lol, oh well.
There were a couple of days were we thought spring was coming and we actually got to play outside. I was so excited about this! So I got everything set up while the girls napped, and when the got up I took them outside to play on our driveway (the yard was still COVERED in snow) Well they wanted nothing to do with that! I got out fun toys and everything. Silly girls, I think they forgot how to play outside! When I couldn’t convince them to play, we decided to go for a walk. They were all for that! So into the stroller we went. Lol, hopefully soon they’ll remember how to play outside!
-Oh, and that was only a few days break and then we went back to winter weather, darn!
Here’s another example of Ryan’s fun with the girls. It was nice outside and Ryan was wanting to snowboarding, but that was too expensive and too far away, so he improvised. There was a huge snow hill in our front yard so he got his board out and started playing with it and Kaitlyn. (Em’s still to little for this type of stuff).
After that they sat on his board and slid down a couple of times, it was cute and they had a great time.
So Easter is next. Our town has a Easter egg hunt that they do every year. They usually do it on the court house yard, but this year there was still snow on the ground so they did it in the high school gym. Before the hunt they had an Easter Bunny that you could take pictures with. Kaitlyn was TERIFIED of the bunny! Even later during the hunt she kept worrying about the bunny. Poor girl. Anyway here’s Ryan and the girls with the Easter Bunny since Kaitlyn wouldn’t go by herself.
And later with just Ryan. I dressed the girls matching and did their hair, but Kaitlyn didn’t want her picture taken so that was the best I got.
Kaitlyn just came up to me and said “I Tylenol, Kaitlyn sick” were do they get these things. Silly girl. Don’t worry she’s not sick, and I didn’t give her any. Crazy. I just love the things she comes up with lately. I can’t believe how big she’s getting!
We did lots of fun little things through out the week to celebrate Easter. One night we stripped the girls down to their diapers and put them in the tub and let them go crazy dying easter eggs (got that idea last year from a parenting mag. I love doing it that way, way less worry about a mess!) Kaitlyn wasn’t sure until we put Em in, then she just tried to keep Em away because all she wanted to do was dump the dye. They were so cute and had a great time. Afterwards they were covered in dye, so BATH time! All we had to do was take off the diapers and rinse out the tub. The dye all came off and they had so much fun. Sorry no pictures, because we just video taped it.) Another thing we did was make and decorate cookies! The girls liked it, but they wouldn’t eat the cookies. Only icing for my girls! Lol. I guess it is the best part. Here’s Ryan and Kaitlyn just after we finished.
On Easter Sunday we went to church and had a nice time there and then came home. I tried out a new recipie and Ryan LOVED it! I made ribs. I’ve never cooked them before, and we don’t have a grill- which is the only way I knew of cooking them. So I looked up some recipes and tried one. I was so proud of myself. I don’t venture out and try new cooking things often. Even the girls liked it. We also sat down with the girls and talked a little about what Easter means. All in all it was a nice day. I was nervous because we didn’t have any plans and we couldn’t be with family. But we made it a nice our little family day.
And one more fun thing with Dad. The girls loved climbing into this box and playing inside it, then Ryan would tip it on its side and the girls would spill out. So cute.
And more to come later, I hope!
This is Grandma and Grandpa Dalton with the girls.
The Daltons were just loving how much snow we had, Dad couldn’t believe it, so they took some pictures outside. This is our front yard- it’s flat, that’s all snow.
By the way, it’s all melted now!!! Yea! Well, mostly there’s a small pile left from the biggest “snow hill” in our yard.
Kaitlyn and Grandma
And Kaitlyn trying on Grandmas’ boots (which she gave to me!)
The girls got lots of great stuff from their grandparents for Valentines Day. My mom was sad she couldn’t come up and see the girls too. This is Kaitlyn with some of her Valentine pack sent by Grami Wilson.
Em had just started pulling her self up and standing, so this is one of her first times. Yea Emmy.
One of my favorite times is at night just before the girls go to bed, Kaitlyn will actually cuddle. This is a rare occasion at our house, so I treasure it when she’ll just sit and let me hold her. This is one of those occasions, but she got to cuddle with daddy. They are so cute!
One of the lady’s in our branch moved out. We were sad to see her go, but happy she’ll be in Utah with her family. Well she wasn’t able to fit this in her moving truck, so we were lucky enough to get it! What a great blessing it has been. The girls LOVE playing in their new kitchen! Now I just need to get some food and dishes for them.
So everyone knows dad’s are way more fun to play with then mom. At least, that’s the way it is at our house. Here’s an example of why.
Ryan got some empty diaper boxes and some boas that the girls got for Valentines Day and dragged the girls around the house for a while. They loved it. He is always so creative in his play with the girls, I love it- and so do they!
This is Kaitlyn playing in the real kitchen (what happened to hers’, why would she play there if she could play in the real thing. Lol, oh well). I bet all our husbands would love it if they came home from work and we were cooking dinner like this!
Hum, I just noticed there are a lot of pictures were my girls aren’t dressed. Lol, I guess I should clothe them once in a while. Lol, oh well.
There were a couple of days were we thought spring was coming and we actually got to play outside. I was so excited about this! So I got everything set up while the girls napped, and when the got up I took them outside to play on our driveway (the yard was still COVERED in snow) Well they wanted nothing to do with that! I got out fun toys and everything. Silly girls, I think they forgot how to play outside! When I couldn’t convince them to play, we decided to go for a walk. They were all for that! So into the stroller we went. Lol, hopefully soon they’ll remember how to play outside!
-Oh, and that was only a few days break and then we went back to winter weather, darn!
Here’s another example of Ryan’s fun with the girls. It was nice outside and Ryan was wanting to snowboarding, but that was too expensive and too far away, so he improvised. There was a huge snow hill in our front yard so he got his board out and started playing with it and Kaitlyn. (Em’s still to little for this type of stuff).
After that they sat on his board and slid down a couple of times, it was cute and they had a great time.
So Easter is next. Our town has a Easter egg hunt that they do every year. They usually do it on the court house yard, but this year there was still snow on the ground so they did it in the high school gym. Before the hunt they had an Easter Bunny that you could take pictures with. Kaitlyn was TERIFIED of the bunny! Even later during the hunt she kept worrying about the bunny. Poor girl. Anyway here’s Ryan and the girls with the Easter Bunny since Kaitlyn wouldn’t go by herself.
And later with just Ryan. I dressed the girls matching and did their hair, but Kaitlyn didn’t want her picture taken so that was the best I got.
Kaitlyn just came up to me and said “I Tylenol, Kaitlyn sick” were do they get these things. Silly girl. Don’t worry she’s not sick, and I didn’t give her any. Crazy. I just love the things she comes up with lately. I can’t believe how big she’s getting!
We did lots of fun little things through out the week to celebrate Easter. One night we stripped the girls down to their diapers and put them in the tub and let them go crazy dying easter eggs (got that idea last year from a parenting mag. I love doing it that way, way less worry about a mess!) Kaitlyn wasn’t sure until we put Em in, then she just tried to keep Em away because all she wanted to do was dump the dye. They were so cute and had a great time. Afterwards they were covered in dye, so BATH time! All we had to do was take off the diapers and rinse out the tub. The dye all came off and they had so much fun. Sorry no pictures, because we just video taped it.) Another thing we did was make and decorate cookies! The girls liked it, but they wouldn’t eat the cookies. Only icing for my girls! Lol. I guess it is the best part. Here’s Ryan and Kaitlyn just after we finished.
On Easter Sunday we went to church and had a nice time there and then came home. I tried out a new recipie and Ryan LOVED it! I made ribs. I’ve never cooked them before, and we don’t have a grill- which is the only way I knew of cooking them. So I looked up some recipes and tried one. I was so proud of myself. I don’t venture out and try new cooking things often. Even the girls liked it. We also sat down with the girls and talked a little about what Easter means. All in all it was a nice day. I was nervous because we didn’t have any plans and we couldn’t be with family. But we made it a nice our little family day.
And one more fun thing with Dad. The girls loved climbing into this box and playing inside it, then Ryan would tip it on its side and the girls would spill out. So cute.
And more to come later, I hope!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tortellini Soup
My mother in law asked for this recipie. I figured I'd share it with everyone. I got this out of the Parenting magazine a few years ago. Ryan really loves it, and it has spinach in it, so it makes me really happy that he likes it so much! I hope you all enjoy!
Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
½ large sweet red pepper, chopped
½ cup diced baby carrots (about 8)
4 cups chicken broth
¼ tsp. garlic powder
9 oz package cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen
3 cups baby spinach (about half a 5 oz bag), stems removed
1. In a large pot or Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, sauté chopped pepper and carrots over medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add broth and garlic powder; raise heat and boil about 5 minutes; add tortellini. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 7 minutes (9 or 10 if using frozen pasta), or until tender. Add spinach, stir until wilted, and serve.
Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
½ large sweet red pepper, chopped
½ cup diced baby carrots (about 8)
4 cups chicken broth
¼ tsp. garlic powder
9 oz package cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen
3 cups baby spinach (about half a 5 oz bag), stems removed
1. In a large pot or Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, sauté chopped pepper and carrots over medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add broth and garlic powder; raise heat and boil about 5 minutes; add tortellini. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 7 minutes (9 or 10 if using frozen pasta), or until tender. Add spinach, stir until wilted, and serve.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines Day!
So I finally decided to join in on one of the swaps my friends from Des Moines were doing. It was a Valentines swap, and I had a great time picking things out for Heather, the girl I got. So on Monday (you are so prompt!) I got my swap package from Anne Maire! I really enjoyed my package, thanks Anne Marie! Here’s a picture of what I got, except for the 2 hear shaped Reece’s, which I ate right away. Anne Marie, how’d you know I love them so much?
I’m excited to try some new recipes form the book she got me Thanks again! I loved it.
So for Valentines Day, I decided to celebrate a little early. I wanted to surprise Ryan, so I got the girls dressed and to the grocery store before 8am. This is definitely a personal record; it may even be a national one, coarse there are those crazy morning people out there, so I don’t know for sure. Anyway we got stuff to make rice crispy treats with and headed home. I added red and pink sprinkles to the marshmallow/butter mixture and ended up with pinkish treats, then I drizzled chocolate on top. That was the treat for the office. Then I made some origami hearts and added a stem to make heart flowers. I really thought we had a vase in the house, but couldn’t find it so I used a root beer mug instead. I arranged my 3 heart flowers in there and then filled it up with candy (which of coarse was Ryan’s favorite part). Then we packed lunch and the valentines Kaitlyn made and headed off to work. It was so fun to spend lunch time with Daddy at his work. The girls in the office like to see our girls and everyone is so sweet to us. The rice crispy treats were a huge hit and Ryan loved his early Valentines surprise. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, so you’ll have to imagine it. It was a lot of fun. In fact this morning Kaitlyn got really excited and said “go Daddy work, ya, Daddy work!” It was really cute. I’m glad she enjoyed the trip too. So since I gave Ryan his present early, that night he gave me mine. I asked for a date night, so he bought a movie for me. It was Step Up and I really enjoyed my date night with Ryan after the girls went to bed last night. (We don’t know any teenagers that live closer than 45mins away, so we rarely get out) Now I think we’ll have to see Step Up 2, witch came out today. While I was making dinner last night I put Em in the high chair and gave her a hersey’s kiss and then got to work. I didn’t even think about it, until I heard her I want more grunt and turned around to see this:
It was so cute I gave her another one! By the time dad got home she was covered in chocolate and one happy baby.
So today for Valentines day we made another batch of Rice Crispy’s and finished a bunch of Valentines from the girls and headed to school to drop them off. I was talking to my mom while we were getting ready and she was just laughing. My goal was to be ready to go around 10am. We didn’t leave until 11:30. Lol, gotta love days like that. I had Valentines dresses I bought last year for the girls to wear this year, so I wanted them to wear them today. First Kaitlyn’s tights were too small, then Kaitlyn soaked her entire outfit, put that in the dryer and then a few mins later Emily soaked her dress, then the dryer goes off and Kaitlyn’s is dry but Emily’s isn’t, then Kaitlyn’s poopy. Finally I get both girls completely dressed, valentines finished, treat for the teachers packed and out the door. Good thing I was in a good mood and just laughed about it. I’m glad we didn’t HAVE to be anywhere today, we wouldn’t have made it. So here’s the girls in their Valentine Dresses, well sort of.
Kaitlyn refused to get her picture taken. Emily’s giving me a look like, come on mom I’m way to cool for this. And in the other one she’s looking a Kaitlyn like what’s your problem, just sit down. Gotta love those girls.
Ryan’s parents are coming to town tonight. I can’t wait to see them. So lots of fun stories to come about that! In the mean time here’s some happenings of late.
So Emily doesn’t nap at school, too much going on. This was dinner the other night after a day at school:
Kaitlyn decided to wear a hat to dinner the other night. She found it put it on and everything. I thought she looked pretty cute!
Here is the computer desk Ryan made. I think he did a great job!
Here’s me and my girls!
And last, if your looking for something for lunch tomorrow, here’s our favorite:
Ramen Noodles. I love to see Em suck them up! She makes a cute kissy face, I even love the noise. Kaitlyn loves to dangle the noodles above her head and slowly lower them to her mouth. Too much fun.
So I finally decided to join in on one of the swaps my friends from Des Moines were doing. It was a Valentines swap, and I had a great time picking things out for Heather, the girl I got. So on Monday (you are so prompt!) I got my swap package from Anne Maire! I really enjoyed my package, thanks Anne Marie! Here’s a picture of what I got, except for the 2 hear shaped Reece’s, which I ate right away. Anne Marie, how’d you know I love them so much?
I’m excited to try some new recipes form the book she got me Thanks again! I loved it.
So for Valentines Day, I decided to celebrate a little early. I wanted to surprise Ryan, so I got the girls dressed and to the grocery store before 8am. This is definitely a personal record; it may even be a national one, coarse there are those crazy morning people out there, so I don’t know for sure. Anyway we got stuff to make rice crispy treats with and headed home. I added red and pink sprinkles to the marshmallow/butter mixture and ended up with pinkish treats, then I drizzled chocolate on top. That was the treat for the office. Then I made some origami hearts and added a stem to make heart flowers. I really thought we had a vase in the house, but couldn’t find it so I used a root beer mug instead. I arranged my 3 heart flowers in there and then filled it up with candy (which of coarse was Ryan’s favorite part). Then we packed lunch and the valentines Kaitlyn made and headed off to work. It was so fun to spend lunch time with Daddy at his work. The girls in the office like to see our girls and everyone is so sweet to us. The rice crispy treats were a huge hit and Ryan loved his early Valentines surprise. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, so you’ll have to imagine it. It was a lot of fun. In fact this morning Kaitlyn got really excited and said “go Daddy work, ya, Daddy work!” It was really cute. I’m glad she enjoyed the trip too. So since I gave Ryan his present early, that night he gave me mine. I asked for a date night, so he bought a movie for me. It was Step Up and I really enjoyed my date night with Ryan after the girls went to bed last night. (We don’t know any teenagers that live closer than 45mins away, so we rarely get out) Now I think we’ll have to see Step Up 2, witch came out today. While I was making dinner last night I put Em in the high chair and gave her a hersey’s kiss and then got to work. I didn’t even think about it, until I heard her I want more grunt and turned around to see this:
It was so cute I gave her another one! By the time dad got home she was covered in chocolate and one happy baby.
So today for Valentines day we made another batch of Rice Crispy’s and finished a bunch of Valentines from the girls and headed to school to drop them off. I was talking to my mom while we were getting ready and she was just laughing. My goal was to be ready to go around 10am. We didn’t leave until 11:30. Lol, gotta love days like that. I had Valentines dresses I bought last year for the girls to wear this year, so I wanted them to wear them today. First Kaitlyn’s tights were too small, then Kaitlyn soaked her entire outfit, put that in the dryer and then a few mins later Emily soaked her dress, then the dryer goes off and Kaitlyn’s is dry but Emily’s isn’t, then Kaitlyn’s poopy. Finally I get both girls completely dressed, valentines finished, treat for the teachers packed and out the door. Good thing I was in a good mood and just laughed about it. I’m glad we didn’t HAVE to be anywhere today, we wouldn’t have made it. So here’s the girls in their Valentine Dresses, well sort of.
Kaitlyn refused to get her picture taken. Emily’s giving me a look like, come on mom I’m way to cool for this. And in the other one she’s looking a Kaitlyn like what’s your problem, just sit down. Gotta love those girls.
Ryan’s parents are coming to town tonight. I can’t wait to see them. So lots of fun stories to come about that! In the mean time here’s some happenings of late.
So Emily doesn’t nap at school, too much going on. This was dinner the other night after a day at school:
Kaitlyn decided to wear a hat to dinner the other night. She found it put it on and everything. I thought she looked pretty cute!
Here is the computer desk Ryan made. I think he did a great job!
Here’s me and my girls!
And last, if your looking for something for lunch tomorrow, here’s our favorite:
Ramen Noodles. I love to see Em suck them up! She makes a cute kissy face, I even love the noise. Kaitlyn loves to dangle the noodles above her head and slowly lower them to her mouth. Too much fun.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
What a wonderful idea!
I can not think of a better way to pay tribute to our prophet Gordon B. Hinckley, than this:
http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/
Pres. Hinckley was 97 when he died, this is a chalenge to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. You can track yourself online. There are already over 20,000 people signed up. So wonderful. I hope you check it out and do it with your family too.
Pres. Hinckley would have loved this. I know we're just a little late starting, but I'm still going to do it.
http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/
Pres. Hinckley was 97 when he died, this is a chalenge to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. You can track yourself online. There are already over 20,000 people signed up. So wonderful. I hope you check it out and do it with your family too.
Pres. Hinckley would have loved this. I know we're just a little late starting, but I'm still going to do it.
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