LOL!

Some days my kids just make me laugh so hard that my abs hurt. Today was one of those days and here a couple of videos that captured the moment. First, Brooke made a pirate hat at school and when asked what a pirate says this is how she responded!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9koxB8ugGE

Next, Heather has a time trying to sit on the big girl potty! She wants so bad to be a "big" girl and its hilarious!
What's even more funny is that before bath she did the same thing and actually peed in the potty for the first time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6WXbp6rYs

Enjoy! ~ I'm still laughing!

iPhone Pictures

What? Two posts in one week! I'm on the ball or maybe it's just that my husband has been having insane calls and I can do stuff like this after the girls go to bed.

Well here are several pictures of my life captured from my iphone....

Halloween! Ellis Pottery had their 1st annual pumpkin glow and we went along with Nonga, Stacy, Jason, and Big Mama. It was a really cute event. This was the best picture I got of the kids. Jason looks so cute in his monster costume!

The girls had a halloween party at their MDO. Brooke, of course, was Minnie Mouse and Heather was a little angel.

At school, they invite the parents to walk with their children during the Halloween parade and then celebrate by watching your child and their classmates eat cute cupcakes that I'm sure some creative artsy mother spent hours making. I better get to creating because I think I signed up for sweets for the Christmas party! Anyway, Brooke wanted to show me her favorite hat to wear at school. I thought this was a hilarious picture. I love to go her parties and get a glimpse of what she does all day.

Sweet sister hug!

One of our neighbors hosted a Halloween party and hayride for the kids. It was great and I hope they continue this every year. Here is a picture of our family on the hayride. Notice the minnie ears and Heather's bow are no longer in their hair. I try to put bows and barrettes in my girls hair, but they want nothing to do with them. I am still hoping this is just a phase and eventually they will like their hair done!


I heard through the grapevine that Pump it Up was closing. I decided to look at their website and they were in fact closing. And it just so happened the day I looked was also their last pop in playtime. So, I packed up the girls and we headed out. Heather learned to climb the ladder to the slide all by herself. The owner told me that they are relocating, but don't have a building yet. He said that Pump it up has changed their layout and is no longer using their current set up. I hope they find a place soon because it was a great place to take the girls when it was too cold or rainy outside.


Last weekend Uncle Nonga, Aunt Stacy, and Jason came over. Stacy practiced making her cake for Jason's birthday and then we all had dinner. After dinner Nonga had fun entertaining the girls.

Where's Nonga? Hiding away where nobody sees...

Then the girls wanted to try!

A few weeks ago, I set up our portable hammock on the back porch. One cooler day the girls discovered it and wanted to give it a try. Can you tell who was thrilled about it and which one did care so much for it?

One evening a couple of weeks ago, our Sunday school had a fall party. Here is a picture of Brooke and her friend Samantha eating dinner. It was a little chilly that night so we stayed mostly inside, but did venture out for the hay ride. Brooke is loving all of these hay rides.


Here is a sweet picture of Daddy reading to his girls before bedtime! I love it!

Notice Brooke's bed is converted to a toddler bed! I also have both girls finally sleeping in the same room at night. So far, they have been doing great. Tonight was by far the worst night Brooke had with getting out of bed. She was just too wound up and in the future I may just keep her up a little longer when she is acting that way. But at least it didn't bother Heather and she still went to sleep relatively peaceful.

This past weekend we went to Samantha's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's. This was the first time for me and the girls to go to a Chuck E Cheese. Brooke loved it and wanted to play everything even though she is still too small for most stuff. She loved the Barney ride, air hockey, and photo booths.

She is on the clock ride where the kids sit in this seat and it swings in a half circle slowly back and forth. I thought Brooke would have liked it more, but she wasn't too sure of it.


Here is the girls 30 seconds after getting in the car after the party! Chuck E Cheese wore them out!

And after nap time they were playing outside and Heather was having fun on the four wheeler when Brooke wanted to join the fun.



Whoa! Wild Hair!

Today Ryan was post call, but still worked from 7am until 9pm. So, in addition to going to church, I decided to get some projects done around the house. One being to change light bulbs that I have been meaning to change for months. Give Sam a bath and his flea and heartworm medicine. Clean a bunch of foam tiles that I used underneath the inflatable pool on the back porch. Assemble a storage box for the back porch. Do 4 loads of laundry. Finish Heather's 1 year picture frame. I was a busy lady today, but I feel like I accomplished something. And I still squeezed in a blog update while I was updating my phone to the new software.

Both girls wanted to help me assemble a utility storage box for our back porch.


I finally finished Heather's 1 year picture frame.

Heather 13 months

Sorry, it seems I've been checked out of blogging lately. I have several projects that I have been working on lately and Pinterest is addicting!

Heather is 13 months. Where does the time go? She is following Brooke all over the house and trying to mimic exactly what she does. She wants to be a "big" girl so bad. She loves to color, sort blocks, fill up containers and dump them out, put all the rings in the bath on her arms like bracelets, pick up balls bigger than her (basketball) and walk around even though she can't see where she is going, she loves to pull Sam's tail and make him spin around to see who is messing with him, the list goes on and on. That is all that comes to the top of my head for now. Heather is definitely my silly girl and loves to extract a laugh from you!

She is babbling all the time and sometimes she will repeat exactly what you said, but I know she doesn't understand the words and can't duplicate them. She knows the words mama (finally!), dada, dog, cat, bath, go. She can sign for all done, more (which also is the same as eat for her), and bath. She can moo like a cow when she sees a cow. We have been working on identifying eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. Most of the time she will point correctly to her ears.

Heather is eating well these days! I was just comparing the 1 year pics and the 13 month pics and I think her face is noticeably rounder. I think she was going through a growth spurt a few weeks ago and during the spell I couldn't feed her enough food! She has discovered CANDY and loves it! She knows that most of the time Brooke gets a piece of candy after going potty and Heather is also waiting for her treat after I give Brooke one. I can't help but give that sweet innocent face a treat! :) She also loves yogurt melts and baby cheetoes! She does well eating most fruits and some vegetables (corn, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes). She is fully weaned now and drinks whole milk all the time.

She sleeps continuously through the night. Bedtime around 7:30 and sleeps until 7am. Naps around 12 until 2. She is wearing 12 month clothes, size 4 shoe, and size 3 diaper. At her 1 year check up she weighed 18lbs and was 29 3/4" long.



Here is my helper playing peek-a-boo with Heather.

Of course, Brooke wanted her picture too! I think Brooke looks so much older in this picture and she is losing her baby features! She isn't my little baby anymore (sniff, sniff). I still love her dimples!