Sometimes I think I am absolutely crazy for having the girls only 20 months apart. But then I watch them interact and just LOVE on each other (even if it’s only a few minutes each day) and am so thankful that they are close in age. They had a good time together last week in
This girl keeps us on our toes with her 2-year-old mood swings. And she definitely lives out her middle child status. But then she smiles and giggles and melts your heart.
I’ve read LOTS of things that are against the use of water wings, swimmies, floaties, or whatever you want to call them. The biggest “against” being that they provide a false sense of security and some swear that the child will never learn to swim without them, etc. Both of my girls are in swim
Happy Father’s Day weekend! This year I must say, I put a really cute gift together for Andy from the kids. Yesterday’s blog post was about the gift from me…BEER. Well, thanks to both Pinterest and the June & Bear blog, I put together the gift from the kiddos...a framed photo and a book to
This little one had a rough day. From the very start. Lots of “NO!” and “MINE” and tears. She even put herself in time-alone a few times. All before noon. Then we had 2 birthday parties to attend. So she also had NO nap. She pulled through by staying busy outdoors. Playing hopscotch with “sissy”
On Friday Stella (right) started soccer with some kids in the neighborhood. Charlotte is not quite sure why she can’t play. Doesn’t understand not being old enough. She was sad at first but then loved cheering for her “sissy”. Here’s Charlotte’s proud moment afterwards… Getting her picture taken with the “soccer star”.
Charlotte is so much different than Stella… so very into her babies and tea parties. Every day is a tea party at our house… with tea, coffee, cake, etc. Here’s the typical set-up…in a circle on the floor: But today, there was a SCREAM. One of these guys joined the party: HE WAS HUGE!
As I mentioned in a previous post, “Baby Jesus” has moved into our house. He’s still present and is now accompanied by “Mary” as Stella has renamed herself. I’m still not used to “Baby Jesus” being fought over, strolled around, etc. and now to hear Stella correcting Charlotte, “My name is MARY” as she cradles
We had a wonderful weekend at home and it finally warmed up enough to go out and play in our fresh snow. Charlotte lasted 5 minutes, but Stella would have stayed out in it for days. Snow Angel: Yummy hot chocolate afterwards: All while my sweet boy took an afternoon nap: But finally woke
As Charlotte grew out of infancy and into toddlerhood, her facial expressions began to crack us up. Her personality definitely is one of a kind. The look below became quite common. She uses it whenever she is annoyed, taken-aback, seems put out, etc. Sadly, I think she overheard us talking about “the look” from time to
So last night I had to take the girls to swim lessons by myself. I felt great about it because Andy was going to the Xavier game. Then it changed to Andy had to work late and I was still taking the girls by myself. Feeling great about it switched to dreading it. Selfishly it