So somehow even with all my good intentions I just don't make it on to blogger very often to post. I am recommitting myself to do better :) Here is what we have been up to around here... April Fools day was a little lazy since my husband is still on crutches and not able to do much. So I grilled out and the girls got to pick any utensil they wanted to eat with. Reagan chose the ice cream scoop.
Kennedy chose the salad tongs. She even got pretty good at it by the end of the meal :)
The dress-up bin I made for the girls. Now they don't have to pull out every single dress trying to find the one they want to wear.
Pretending they are on crutches like daddy. Despite the look on her face, they really thought this was fun and came up with it on their own.
Late night craft group :) We somehow never manage to finish our craft in a 'reasonable' amount of time. So this project (maybe 30-40 minutes) took us about 5 hours. Yep, we are that good!
The girls dress themselves these days. Normally Reagan begs and pleads and coerces Kennedy into wearing a dress. Kennedy's compromise is normally wearing leggings under it, whether they match or not... But Kennedy says, "I wear dresses because Reagan wants me to. But I like sweatpants best!" A girl after my own heart!
Aside from the fact that it looks like I have never brushed their hair (and I probably didn't, but we'll blame it on the running laps) I love this picture. These are their happy smiles, not their 'cheese' smiles.
The beginning of spring/easter crafts. Little chicks hatching. Since then we have painted lots of pictures, made kites and ducks and made collages.
Doesn't she just look too big? I can't believe she will be 3 in a few weeks! I want her to stop growing up :(
Ah, yes. My nemesis. Rick's knee. This is a picture of it 3 days after surgery. Which was a month ago. He started to put full weight on it for the first time yesterday. Poor man has severe nerve damage in his foot and leg and has a blood clot... Can't wait for him to be all better!
The girls have been super good since Rick had surgery. They did really well with my make shift activities that I came up with when I had to take care of daddy. Luckily they have the best imaginations ever! Seriously. Some days they are so far into their imaginary worlds that I have no idea what they are talking about. Some of their favorite things to pretend include fishing, dinosaurs, and fairies. In this picture they are fishing in the break water or something.
Rick the day after surgery. Reagan and Kennedy found his old stuffed animal from when he was a kid and kept tucking him in with 'Kevin the Koala.'
Reagan gave her first talk in primary and I was soooooo impressed. Not only did she make sure she was making eye contact, but had great inflections in her voice and even ad-libbed. She is a natural born public speaker, and I don't know where that came from!
St. Patrick's day. Yep, they dressed themselves again. :) They even find hair ties and tell me how they want their hair!
Playgroup feast for St. Patty's day.
My closet re-do. I am a little embarrassed at how horrible the before is. The layout was so bad that you could barely even step into the closet. That's my excuse.
So I built some shelving and replaced the rods so we could fit our clothes on one side so we could actually step into the closet. That was a run-on. Oops.
Back in february, my sister and I took my dad to an MSU women's bball game. It has become tradition and is quite fun. We remininsce about our high school days and critique the coaches and players.
Playing at the park in the snow. We were sick of winter and decided we would enjoy the park even with the mounds of snow!
They loved it. We had the park to ourselves. I know, shocker. Who plays at the park with tons of snow??
Being weirdos.
Another late night craft session. We get a little giddy after 10.
Sheesh, these pictures are old. We hosted a murder mystery dinner. And it rocked. Just sayin'.
Helps that we had a bunch of crazies participating with us :)
And the silverlicious party at Borders. The girls LOVED it. Yep. If you have girls and they haven't read the pinkalicious books, do it. My girls think they are wonderful.
My next goal will be to post about our trip to Mackinaw City in the next week. We will see... Now that we spend our time outside, I may just see you again in May :) So if I forget, Rick turns 30 tomorrow! Happy over the hill to my wonderful Hubby!
Kennedy chose the salad tongs. She even got pretty good at it by the end of the meal :) 
The dress-up bin I made for the girls. Now they don't have to pull out every single dress trying to find the one they want to wear. 
Pretending they are on crutches like daddy. Despite the look on her face, they really thought this was fun and came up with it on their own. 
Late night craft group :) We somehow never manage to finish our craft in a 'reasonable' amount of time. So this project (maybe 30-40 minutes) took us about 5 hours. Yep, we are that good! 
The girls dress themselves these days. Normally Reagan begs and pleads and coerces Kennedy into wearing a dress. Kennedy's compromise is normally wearing leggings under it, whether they match or not... But Kennedy says, "I wear dresses because Reagan wants me to. But I like sweatpants best!" A girl after my own heart! 
Aside from the fact that it looks like I have never brushed their hair (and I probably didn't, but we'll blame it on the running laps) I love this picture. These are their happy smiles, not their 'cheese' smiles. 
The beginning of spring/easter crafts. Little chicks hatching. Since then we have painted lots of pictures, made kites and ducks and made collages. 
Doesn't she just look too big? I can't believe she will be 3 in a few weeks! I want her to stop growing up :( 
Ah, yes. My nemesis. Rick's knee. This is a picture of it 3 days after surgery. Which was a month ago. He started to put full weight on it for the first time yesterday. Poor man has severe nerve damage in his foot and leg and has a blood clot... Can't wait for him to be all better! 
The girls have been super good since Rick had surgery. They did really well with my make shift activities that I came up with when I had to take care of daddy. Luckily they have the best imaginations ever! Seriously. Some days they are so far into their imaginary worlds that I have no idea what they are talking about. Some of their favorite things to pretend include fishing, dinosaurs, and fairies. In this picture they are fishing in the break water or something. 
Rick the day after surgery. Reagan and Kennedy found his old stuffed animal from when he was a kid and kept tucking him in with 'Kevin the Koala.' 
Reagan gave her first talk in primary and I was soooooo impressed. Not only did she make sure she was making eye contact, but had great inflections in her voice and even ad-libbed. She is a natural born public speaker, and I don't know where that came from! 
St. Patrick's day. Yep, they dressed themselves again. :) They even find hair ties and tell me how they want their hair! 
Playgroup feast for St. Patty's day. 
My closet re-do. I am a little embarrassed at how horrible the before is. The layout was so bad that you could barely even step into the closet. That's my excuse. 
So I built some shelving and replaced the rods so we could fit our clothes on one side so we could actually step into the closet. That was a run-on. Oops. 
Back in february, my sister and I took my dad to an MSU women's bball game. It has become tradition and is quite fun. We remininsce about our high school days and critique the coaches and players. 
Playing at the park in the snow. We were sick of winter and decided we would enjoy the park even with the mounds of snow! 
They loved it. We had the park to ourselves. I know, shocker. Who plays at the park with tons of snow?? 
Being weirdos. 
Another late night craft session. We get a little giddy after 10. 
Sheesh, these pictures are old. We hosted a murder mystery dinner. And it rocked. Just sayin'. 
Helps that we had a bunch of crazies participating with us :) 
And the silverlicious party at Borders. The girls LOVED it. Yep. If you have girls and they haven't read the pinkalicious books, do it. My girls think they are wonderful. 
My next goal will be to post about our trip to Mackinaw City in the next week. We will see... Now that we spend our time outside, I may just see you again in May :) So if I forget, Rick turns 30 tomorrow! Happy over the hill to my wonderful Hubby!
4 comments:
love the pictoral catch up. Thanks for posting all the pictures.
Is there anything you can't do? Seriously building shelves and stuff? Would love to see your kites and other crafts. Always looking for things to do with my girls. That was such a cute idea to let the kids pick their eating utensil on April Fool's.
I loved the idea of picking utensils for April Fool's Day too! And I LOVE that picture of the girls with their heads together, smiling. You are seriously awesome with all the building and crafting you do.
Murder Mystery dinners, parties, and crafting sessions...so much fun! I wish I was cool enough to be your friend! :)
LOVE the closet redo. It looks amazing! And the dress up holder is so cute as well. Did you have a pattern for that, or did you just come up with it? Our dress up situation could use some definite help!
Happy Birthday Rick!
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