Who Wiped You?!

Allison and Layla have so much fun when the play together. Last Friday, March 19th, Amy and I finished our bike ride/swim with the girls and she asked if Allison could stay and play. While playing in the back yard they had a picnic with their shades on in Layla's new play house. So cute!

Funny story happened when they went inside the real house to play. Allison had to go to the bathroom. Layla reminded her where the bathroom was as she walked her to it. A few minutes go by and the girls are quiet. Soon they both walk out of the bathroom and shouted, "We did it!" Layla's mom, Amy, wondering what that meant asked Allison if she needed any help wiping (she had to go more than just potty!) and her reply was, "No, Layla did it for me!" What?! Then Amy asked if they washed their hands. Quick as quick they both put their hand in the air with an energetic "YES! Wanna smell 'em?!" Yes, Allison took care of her potty business and Layla wiped her! Later I asked Allison why Layla wiped her and not Amy. She said, "Amy doesn't know how to wipe. Only Layla does."

Now fast forward to Friday, March 26th. Amy and I biked and swam at the gym again. We took the girls with us in the bike trailer. Allison stayed to play at Layla's afterward. Later that afternoon I came to pick up Allison. In the car I was asking Allison how the afternoon was. She said that she and Layla played babies and princesses (she was dressed in a purple princess dress with her tennis shoes on when I came to pick her up!) She also told me that after she went to the bathroom Amy wiped her this time. I said, "Why did Amy wipe you?" She replied, "Layla taught her how." Those crazy girls!

March 19, 2010

Here I Go...

Well...here I go! My first blog post. I've finally resigned myself to the fact that I don't have time to catch up on years of scrap booking right now. I am missing too many of the, "I've gotta write that down!" moments. The girls are growing so fast and I want to capture their memorable moments so they can be treasured forever.

I just counted nearly 100 CD's loaded with literally thousands of photos taken since January 2006! Wow! Maybe one day I will get to scrapbook those memories, but for now in 2010, let the blogging begin!

Crazy Sleepers!

When Jeff's at work the girls sleep with me in our bed. It didn't always used to be that way. I think it started when Jeff was gone for a week or so on a Strike Team. The girls asked if they could sleep in my bed and I said yes. Call me crazy, but I guess I just feel safer when they are with me when he's not home. They are usually pretty good and don't wiggle around too much. This night was a bit different though. When I went upstairs to go to bed they were all crazy in my bed! There wasn't any room for me! Eventually, I learned it was much easier for me to sleep at the foot of the bed and they sleep up at the top. I sleep better and they are happy too!

Cousin Fun!

We are lucky to live so near some of the girls' cousins. We see them every week and sometimes they come over to play. We took advantage of some nice weather and extra cookies from Darrian's birthday. The kids loved decorating their own cookie and playing on the play set in the back yard. Allison, Danielle and Darrian were all smiles eating their yummy sugar cookies.

It's train time down the slide...Danielle, Emma, Sydney, Camden, Allison, and Darrian sail down!

Leprechauns Visited!

Every year those rascally leprechauns find a way into our house! The girls wanted to see just how big they were by tracking their footprints. They left a piece of construction paper on the table with flour on it so they could see the footprints. Sure enough, those little critters were walking on our kitchen table. They didn't just go there though...they were spreading their mischief around the kitchen and living room, as you can see below!

Napkins on the KitchenAid mixer and they swapped out the oranges...
...and the bananas!

All the drawers, cabinets and even the dishwasher door were left open!

The photo album was swapped out from the coffee table and onto the couch where the pillow went. The photos on the table were all flipped over too.

Allison was as crazy as those silly leprechauns that day!
Her crazy tongue wouldn't stay in her mouth either!

We went over to Carl and Judy's on St. Patty's Day and we measured Allison against Danielle. For only being 6 weeks older than Smidgey, Allison was almost a head taller!

Love my silly girl!
Beautiful leprechaun smiles from Emma!

A Flamingo Habitat

While we were at the Truckee cabin, Emma started to work on her flamingo habitat project. It was a perfect place to work on the project because after playing in the snow she wanted to do something fun while warming up in the cabin.

She even made some "water" by melting sugar in water and adding food coloring.
The completed project was so cute! I loved her flamingos made from pipe cleaners, feathers and construction paper.
We even included pictures of her at the zoo visiting the real flamingos!
Her diorama was on display at school with the rest of her class. It looked fantastic!

A Trip to Memory Maker

We decided to rent a cabin for some fun in the snow. We'd rented from this family before, but they bought a new cabin in Truckee, so we wanted to try it. A big storm was coming in Friday night, so we left home at about 2:00 thinking we'd be there around 5:00. Needless to say, the storm came in early and we didn't arrive until almost 9:00! It was horrible! Traffic was stopped for hours and we were crawling up Highway 88. The worst part was that Allison had to go to the bathroom. I tried to get her to use the travel potty in the car while we were stopped on the road. She would have nothing to do with it though. I felt horrible for her. She finally got to a point when she couldn't hold it any longer and peed in her car seat. :( She was devastated. When we finally arrived in Truckee, it was still snowing. I pulled her out of her seat and tried to get her to go on her travel potty. She freaked out though and did NOT like the snow falling on her. My poor baby! We got back in the car and started to look for our cabin. The bad part was that it was so dark, and it was snowing so all the street signs were covered in snow! We couldn't read them to see where to turn. It was a very tense ride in the car until we finally arrived at the beautiful cabin!!!

After the crazy drive we were ready for bed so we could play in the snow the next day. We were getting ready for bed and I thought I heard running water somewhere. Jeff looked around in the dark and didn't see anything, but I thought I could hear something all night. The next morning Jeff looked around a bit more because there was more light and he found that the water heater had blown a part and the basement was flooded! We called the owners and they had a handy man come out and fix it because we had no hot water! This didn't seem to be a weekend that was going to turn out very well. Happy to say though, they had a great time! They LOVED the snow!

Allison and Emma were all bundled up and ready to go. They looked so cute as a little snow bunnies!
I even set the camera up on a rock to get a family photo too.


Emma loved when Jeff would throw her up in the air and land in a big bank of snow.
The snow was soooo deep! They would sink up to their bellies with some steps.




After quite a bit of drama to get to the house, we ended up having a great time!