Car Track

The other day we went upstairs and I promptly cleaned the floor and vacuumed. I decided that since the kids were already asking me what we could do that was fun (and it was only 8 am) that I would get out the masking tape and make a car track for them to play on. They liked it and we left it on the floor for three days. I think I originally saw this idea on Pinterest.

Our friends Jake and Andrew came over to play too. They had a lot of fun with this!

The whole thing....the part that went onto the couch was the airport and the buildings (squares) were the library, the post office and houses.

Maybe next week we will make a different car track! It was a lot of fun. And even better, the kids loved helping me clean up the tape and peel it off the floor. Nice.

My little snow bunnies

I love watching these two play in the snow. And they love the snow. I hope we get more of it this year so they can go sledding. I think Zac will love that!

Beauty pageants here we come!

So I have recently watched a few episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras (thank you netflix). That show is just ridiculous if you ask me...I can't believe that 7 month old girls compete in beauty pageants. Anyway, I love Wednesdays because Sadie has dance class. I love taking her to dance class, but I also love it when her friend's mom takes her because she usually invites Sadie over to play after class. And Sadie LOVES it.

So today was one of those days. At around 4:15, I saw that Sadie was walking up to the door and went out to greet her. My friend said "You're never going to let her come over again!" ha ha. This is what I saw:

Let's get a closer look shall we??


Nice huh? My friend has 4 daughters and they also had a few friends over so the older girls put makeup and nail polish on Sadie. Sadie loved every minute of it. She didn't even want to take a bath tonight because she didn't want her makeup to come off. ha ha.

Thanks LeeAnn for letting Sadie come over and play. She loves it!

Anyway, I love Sadie. Here is a video for you all to enjoy. (I love how she keeps her lips very still while she talks so she doesn't mess up her lipstick. So funny!)

Smiles

Emery has started smiling more and more. She is so adorable, but even more adorable when she smiles. I didn't get a great picture, but here are a few half smiles. Enjoy!

Check out her right dimple! So cute!

New Jammies

I think kids always look really cute in their jammies. We got new ones the other day at Old Navy, so i just had to take a picture.



By the way, Rob wants to start a clothing store called New Army...get it? Old Navy, New Army. What do you guys think?

Projects

For a while after I had Emery, I didn't want to do projects with the kids mostly because I didn't want to have to clean up the mess. But we have started making things and doing crafts again and it is a lot of fun. As long as I am not focusing on the mess that is being made! :)

We made these crowns the other day. Sadie loves to do projects...and Zac loves to do everything she does, so it works out. I just have to tell myself to not worry about the mess. Ha ha. Anyway, here is how they turned out.

First they decorated them with markers, then we added glue and glitter. I looked away for two seconds and when I looked back at Zac, I realized he had been dipping his fingers in the wet glue and glitter and eating it! Ew! I'm sure I will be seeing some sparkly diapers soon!

Finished! Zac's crown lasted about 10 minutes before he ripped it in half. Sadie's is still going strong after two days! Nice.

Then today while we were walking upstairs (we have to go outside to get upstairs) Sadie was looking really sad. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she was just really sad because the weatherman said it was going to snow and it is still not snowing. Ha ha. It was cute. So we decided to make our own snowflakes to hang up in our house since there isn't any snow outside. We made them out os popsicle sticks. I got the idea from my sister in law's preschool blog. Check it out...it is awesome.

I think this one is my favorite. Sadie made it.

All of the snowflakes ready to be hung. And let me just say that there is glitter everywhere in my house now! Especially in the kitchen.


I glued them all to a piece of ribbon and hung them on our wall. I love how they turned out. And it was really fun.

Reading

I love that my kids love to read these days. A lot of times when we are downstairs (where we keep most of the books) and I am feeding Emery or busy with something else, I will find the kids in their room reading. It is adorable. I love it. And I love how Sadie is such a good big sister and sends Zac to get more books and reads them to him. I will never get tired of finding my kids like this:

Reading books in the shower.

Reading on Sadie's bed.

This is how we find them a lot when we are having video calls with the grandparents. So if we are talking to you, and the kids aren't there...this is probably what they are doing.

I think it is adorable.

And usually I don't even mind the mess!

Like this one...

And this one. Notice how the bookshelf is half empty. Yeah..the books are scattered all over the house!