E's first real words

When we were on our trip to  TX...Dora was playing on the dvd player and you hear dora say "Verde" (green)..then a pause and dora says it again...and during the next pause you hear E say "Verde"...she said it not once but 3 times...oh my bilingual daughter....the other word that she said was when she was with her dad and K at the pizza place...Dave said to K, "say yes, sir daddy sir"...when K didn't say it...E chimed in with "yes sir..dada..sir"  with a big 'ole smile...how crazy is that.....she has said apple, sissy, but mama seems to elude her...with coaching she will say it but not with out...

Life seems hectic at times or do we make it hectic

I think that the term "stay at home" mom doesn't really mean stay at home.  It seems like I am on the run these days.  E is getting more and more expressive...it's crazy how much she loves to laugh at her sister.  K is loving preschool and only has about 4 1/2 weeks left!  Oh what a sad day that will be when she can't go to her school....I am still running and training for a big 5K race that I did last year.  I was training today and went for a run and thought I had measured my loop at 1.1 miles...well...when I ran it..my times was slow...and it felt like I was running my normal pace...I hope I am not getting slower in my "old age"...K likes to tell me how far I should run...usually the answer is 3 miles but recently she said..."7 miles mom....then you can be as fast as dad"...who knows what she meant by that...she loves to tell stories and then at the end..you have no idea what she was talking about....well enough of my rambling...I will add more pictures later.

Spring Break!!!!

We had a lot of fun with Dad being off from school because of spring break! We decided to drive south to Texas to visit a friend of mine as well as D's brother, sister in law and new nephew.....isn't he adorable! We had fun at the Texas relays where D got to see some fantastic runner's as well as elite runner's. I think K's favorite part about the track meet was the pole vaulter's..E seemed to think that it was great to watch the pole vaulter's as well. We had some great hanging out time with B, M and Little H...it was sad to leave them. We really weren't looking forward to the drive home but a few well placed stops helped out. We also had fun on the way to Texas seeing a friend of mine along with her family that had moved to TX this past August. It was really great to catch up with her. Here are some more pictures of our trip.






Go Longhorns!!!!!











Little H and K....isn't he just sooo cute!









D with his girls and his nephew....








I guess the trip wore them out.....they look so much alike here it is unreal....aren't they cute....I just love them when they sleep....so quiet.... :)

Sisters!

Most recent picture of my two favorite girls!

Crazy Wild hair

I don't know if you can see E's hair...she was crawling under the tent made of blankets and came out with her hair sticking up EVERYWHERE! It was quite funny...the more you laughed the more she would move back and forth and make it worse...how silly

Look at Me...I am Walking!!!!!

E has been walking for about a month now and she still walks sometimes with her hands up in the air....that's how we would walk with her when she was first learning....we would hold her hands and she would use us to support her....










...and she is off......

seeing butterflies with some friends

Some friends of ours took K and E to see some butterflies at a local Garden...they had sooo much fun...thank you to the B Family!




Miss P and K and E at FMG looking at the butterflies.....










Grandpa B and K being butterflies!!!!












How cute are we?!

In Memory of Little Grandpa

You will be truly missed...you lived a wonderful life...Your life is celebrated and remembered with all that you did...you accomplished many great things in 95 years! We love you and will miss you greatly.....

Little K-isms

We were in the van coming home and we were listening to our ipod, when the song the littlest bird by the Be Good Tanya's started to play...we heard from K...." My feet are so happy, they need to bounce..." Aunt M, you would be so proud....she also wants to play the violin, so you might get your band yet Aunt M.....

With so much snow that has been here with the cold...we were in the van and K said..." I am so cold my bones are shivering..."

Sparkly Princess Shoes

K has wanted a pair of sparkly princess shoes for the last year...every time we would go and buy shoes, she would run over to the sparkly shoes and say..."mom..these are the best shoes, I think that I need these ones"..so she finally has her sparkly princess shoes.  She wears them all around the house and has even taken them to school for show and tell.

Snow Fort in the front yard

We have had a ton of snow lately and our pile at the end of the driveway got to be really big. So D decided to make a snow fort for katy and this is what the first one looked like....












With a window to look at the mailman when he comes to give us mail.......









...then D got an idea in his head and redid the whole fort...so the door was smaller, there were stairs going up the outside to the top.....








....with a second floor!!!! K just loved her snow fort...needless to say the weather got warmer and it isn't safe to be in or climb on but she had fun while it lasted....Dad had several snow days and she had fun with him at home...

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY to K

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can't believe that she is 4 already....my how time flies. She is so much fun to be around...the stories that she tells...she definitely knows what she wants...she loves to play games and "be the boss" to her baby dolls. It is fun to hear here read a book to E....oh the joys of K....

Today has been such a special day for her....it started out with a play date with her friend B....then opening presents from Grandpa and Grandma, where she everytime she opened a present she exclaimed "oh...this is what I wanted, Grandpa and Grandma like me"...She also wanted to go out to dinner at her favorite restaurant....O'Charley's....why that is her favorite we aren't quite sure...D thinks it's because when they do daddy/daughter time out, that's where they go.....we had dinner with some family friends...."grandma B" and her daughters P and M....we missed having "grandpa B" there....Thanks to everyone who made this 4 year feel special and loved today...She had an absolute blast....

Daddy/Daughter time at Preschool

Last week K had Father appreciation night at preschool...She was so excited to go...D took her out to dinner first with just the two of them...then went to school where he received a tie that K made..then unknown to me until later, he took her out for ice cream after...she loved spending all that time with her dad by herself...I didn't realize how little time we have with just her alone...she proceed to ask me the next day..."is it mom and me time? Can we go out to eat and then have ice cream?" I don't think she quite understood that this was a one time special thing...oh well...at least she had fun!

K's strange afternoon sleeping habits

Okay..I had posted pictures of K's sleeping habits during her quiet time...well..I just checked on her right now and I went to open her door and I couldn't...Her head is right in front of the door.  I can barely open the door a half of an inch because she is laying right there.  I am wondering how I am going to wake her now because I  can't get the door open...not very safe...I keep talking to her about blocking her door but she doesn't get it or says..."but why mom"....it is now 4:25 pm and she just fell asleep...hopefully I she won't be too cranky when I try to get her up in a few minutes...Such a silly little girl

Going on a Bear hunt

K's newest thing to do is to act out the book...Going on a Bear Hunt...for Christmas she was given the book and it came with a CD of someone reading it....now we play it and K acts it out...even E gets in on the fun...Thanks Grandma..

what beautiful girls that I have

Here they are "helping" with the laundry..

K's "quiet time"

K doesn't want to take a nap but it looks like she still needs one every once in a while....here she fell asleep waiting for me to tell her that she can come out to play...













This one is my favorite with her sleeping on top of Babar....not even 2 minutes before she had asked if her quiet time was done...

E dancing to some music

E just loves to dance

K and Joey the Pleo

K got a new toy from Grandpa...she is having loads of fun with it.

K dancing with the stars

K likes to watch dancing with the stars and then dance with them.