Even with "the teeth" she is still cute!

We got a backsplash installed in the kitchen to finish off the space.  Trying to get all these indoor projects completed before summer. 

Baby Awards -

Best Sleeper: Luke (the only award that really matters for new parents!)

Worst Sleeper “Award”: Ali

Most Laidback Personality: Paige (Ali is a close second…sorry Luke)

Earliest Walker: Paige

First Teeth: Paige (although late by normal baby standards at 8 months!)

Best Baby Feature:

                Luke – Hair

                Paige – Dimples

                Ali – Crinkle in nose when smiles & chipmunk cheeks

Silliest Baby: Luke

Earliest Talker: Paige

Loudest (breather, eater, drinker) Baby: Ali

Which sibling do I look like?

People love to weigh in on which sibling I most resemble.  I have no comment as I wasn't around when these two bozos were little but hoping this post will help...

 

Me (Ali) 15 months -

Luke 15 months -

Paige 15 months -

 

Clear as mud, right?  Let's just say that I look like myself and am pretty darn cute if I may say so.

 

 

Nothing better on a snowy winter day than a warm fire and a new toy.....

Today, Paige poured herself a HUGE bowl of cereal.  I tried to tell her that there was no way she was ever going to finish it.  A while later, I found it in the fridge.  She said she was going to finish it later.  Sorry Paige, cereal doesn't quite work that way!

Cabin Fever!!

Lots and Lots of snow = cabin fever.  What have we been up to this winter???

Lots of snacks -

 

Impromptu naps -

 

Lots of snuggle time -

 

Indoor gymnastic sessions -

 

Photo bombs -

 

Lots of hot soup -

lots of cooking -

 

 and jammin' on the IPOD -

Lots and lots of drawing-

 

Eating our yummy cooking -

 

Dreaming of warmer climates -

 

 

 

 

 

Happy V Day!!!

Loved getting our treats from Grandma and Grandpa!!

 

Blizzards 2015 -

Yes, there is an S on blizzard.  Old man winter is having a little fun with us this year.  Just when we dig out from a storm, we get whacked again.  Kids had a great time going out after the first big storm but once the snow got too high, no one wants to go outside.  The snow banks are just too high and it has been so cold and windy.

Storm #1

 

 

 

 

 

Storm #2

 

Storm # we've lost count -

 

 

This is what things look like inside on a blizzard day -

 

Far from being able to open the back door -

 And now the ice sickles are out of control -

 

BLAHHH -

 

Once the dust (snow) settled and turned to ice, the kids could walk on the lawn with 8 feet of snow and not sink in!

Manners - Listening - Healthy Mode - Style Girl

I have, admittedly, initiated a number of “programs” at home throughout the years for the kids that have flopped; notably the multiple chore sticker charts (don’t thrive when your kids aren’t driven by money!).  But I think I have a winner this time!  Sick of poor manners at the dinner table and even sicker of repeating the same orders time and again, I created the list of dinner rules to follow.  If even one is broken during dinnertime, NO DESSERT.  This is like a dagger to the heart for Luke.  He cherishes his desserts more than anything and seeing that it is immediate (dessert is directly after dinner) helps as well.  When I told the kids what we were doing and read the rules for the first time, I got halfway through reading rule #2 before Luke let out a loud. “AAAHHHHHHHH, THESE RULES ARE IMPOSSIBLE. I’M NEVER GOING TO HAVE DESSERT AGAIN!!!”  Week one and no child has broken a rule yet.

 

Luke was talking about school one day and said, “We have this one girl in class.  She is SO SMART.  She listens to the teacher the WHOLE TIME!”  I really couldn’t stop laughing at this one.  He was dead serious with this comment and was completely astonished that someone would actually listen to what the teacher was saying without interruption.  He did go on to say that what he does is listens then talks to his friends about bigfoot or something then listens some more and looks around the classroom…..

 

Paige has funny little sayings.  When someone is eating something healthy (fruit, veggies) she says, “oh, are you in healthy mode?” or if she chooses something healthy over junk food, she says, “I’m in healthy mode right now.”

I was brushing Paige’s hair this morning after her shower.  After I got the knots out and it was pretty much brushed she said, “I need to have the brush now so I can complete my style”