Winter is coming

At 7:30 in the morning Natalie came into our room opened the blinds and wouldn't leave until Paul and I looked out the window and saw the snow. She was so excited to go play in the snow she could barely stand it. She also decided that she was going to clean off the truck but it kept snowing and after awhile she gave up. Next time we go to Portland I told her that we will pick up some snow boots and snow pants. She tried to make a snowman but I didn't have any gloves so I couldn't help her. It ended up just a mound of snow and a little while later I saw Buster peeing on it. Kate is not in the video because as stated in the earlier post it was to early and she didn't want to get dressed. It was raining by the afternoon and when Kate finally decided she wanted to go outside it was slushy and muddy so she didn't get to go out. Maybe this will motivate her to get moving in the morning.

Lazy days

Katelyn is not a morning person....she so takes after me. She will get up and come down stairs with her blanket and have to lay on the floor and watch cartoons for a couple of hours before she really starts moving. Some mornings she is up and playing with Natalie but when I say it is time to get dressed Kate will have none of it. Most days she doesn't get dressed till around 10 and I have decided to stop fighting the issue. I figure I will put off the fight until she has to go to school and be dressed by 8. Probably not the best plan and will more then likey come back and bit me...oh well.

Crafty

So I had to decided what I was going to do with the walls in the playroom. I had this this big idea of pictures all around the room of the girls growing up on a fabric board but this is what I ended up with. I would like to say that I thought this was a better idea but the truth is that I just got lazy. This took a little bit of work but not as much work as my other idea. I am on the fence with the turn out.

Halloween

The girls were Tinkerbell and Jasmin for Halloween. This was the first year they got to pick out their own costumes. That is why Natalie who is blond and pale got to be Jasmin who has long black hair and olive skin. I am hoping I can have more of a say next year but I think the years of my opinion mattering are fading fast. We went round to some of the family first who never get trick or treaters but always buy one bag of candy just in case.

We stayed in Parkdale to do the trick or treating which was really nice because it was cold and the girls didn't last very long. I took the time to curl the girls hair and and pin it to the top of their heads. Of course Paul's reaction was why do you need to do everything so over the top. What else am I going to do...and I know he loves the reactions from people when they say how cute his girls are. Paul also helped the girls go through their candy to make sure that everything was sealed properly and I think to check out which ones he wanted too.

Hanging with family

I got to spend almost a week at my aunts house while my cousins were in town. We had a lot of fun and my girls always love playing with their cousins. Emily and I took the girls to a movie (I forgot what it was called but it was the one with the food falling out of the sky) and this picture was taken before the movie started. We should have taken one after the movie to show what a total disaster the girls made but we were in such a hurry to get out of there just in case they made us clean it up that I didn't think about it.

Emily and I went out one morning to get breakfast and came back with donuts of course. Natalie had white lips from all the powered sugar. We are such good moms...nothing unhealthy for our kids!! lol

When it was time for us to leave I told Kate to give Sadie a kiss and as you can see I think they were a little shy about it at first but then they made it happen. I have learned that Kate loves it when Emily and Sadie come to town so Kate can try and use all the baby stuff that come too. I normally have to retrain Kate on a few things when we get home but the worst is she tries whining again. Kate would love to be a baby forever I think.

Party at Claim Jumper's

For Natalie's, Sadie's and Papa's birthday we all went out for dinner at Claim Jumper. We had a big booth which was good so the girls could open their presents and make a total mess. Mimi thinking ahead brought something for Kate too so she didn't feel left out. It was fun to go out with family and have a nice dinner.

They all got cupcakes with a candle to blow out which Natalie loved. I am glad we got to do something together for their birthdays.

David/Papa turned 50!!!

We very quickly threw together a party for my uncle David for his 50th birthday. My aunt got him out of the house so we could decorate the house and get things ready. I was in charge of blowing up the balloons and my girls were so helpful. They kept trying to blow up the balloons and when they couldn't do it I got the desgusting spit soaked balloons back to blow up. After the house was ready and we were waiting for David to come home the girls got bored and Emily thought it would be a good idea to give them confetti. My girls along with Sadie got that stuff all over the house.

The cake was really cute and in this photo you can see Katelyn's fingers. She kept trying to stick her fingers in the cake and Emily kept telling her no. Haha I know my daughter and knew that she was not about to listen to Aunt Emily. Finally Emily was over it and after about 10 times of telling Kate no she finally stopped. Welcome to my world and by the way Katelyn did in the end get one finger tip of icing before we brought the cake out. The girls loved seeing papa and we had a great night.

Playing in the park

We took a day and went to the park. The weather was great, Paul was home and I didn't want to be in the house.

We packed a picnic lunch and took off. We went down to the river and the water was freezing so we didn't even take off our shoes. We tried to teach Natalie how to swing by herself but she decided to sit there and pout instead. It was a great day and I love the parks around this area. They always have green grass and are so well taken care of.

Natalie's 5

Natalie turned 5 a little while ago and with all the changes and everything that has been going on with us we decided to do a very low key party. Just us!!! It was really nice and relaxing....no fuss. Natalie got to pick out her cake and of course she picked a princess cake.

Katelyn was sure to be right at Natalie's side as she opened her presents. She had to look over the goods and try and state her claim to some of the toys. I told Natalie that she didn't have to share any of the toys for one day but that if she did that would be nice. So in true sister form she did not what to share. That was a fun day trying to keep Kate occupied.