Trying to keep busy...

Winter is a hard time. We love the cold and the snow, but get a little stir crazy. To keep me busy, I've been working on a rag quilt and making felt food (thanks to the inspiration of my sister-in-law; I'll post pictures when I'm finished with everything I want to make). To keep Emily and Nathalie busy we've been dancing, dressing up, going swimming on Saturdays, taking walks even when it's cold and jumping on the bed. Nathalie is 9 months and weighed 22 lbs at her appointment. She's such a happy little girl. She and Emily haven't quite been getting along lately.........but I'm hoping it will pass. Matt's busy in school, like usual and keeps himself busy with building things (like shelves in the garage, a new tool table and another bookcase for me). Only a few more months until spring!

Today I'm Grateful For...

1. A visiting teacher who listens to the Spirit and has love to give
2. The sealing power of temples
3. Friendships that last
4. My family
5. The faith of my friends so that I can see their strength and strive to be better
6. My phone, so that I can tell people I love them even though they're far away
7. My warm house, because it is COLD here!

Emily--3, Mommy--0

Matt and I decided to take the plunge. Today was Emily's first day with panties. As you can see by the title, it wasn't a success. By the time we went to Mutual (when she wore a diaper) she was asking to wear a diaper.

Should I continue? She's very smart, verbal, understands everything I ask her to do. She'll be dry for 2 hours. But I'm hesitant to continue if she's going to ask me to put her back in diapers. Love those cheekers.

Beautiful?

Them, not me. Duh.

Nathalie's face when my mother-in-law was trying to get her smile.

Who Doesn't Love to Dance?

The girls and I have been having lots of fun lately. We try to think of fun things to do in the winter, and one of those is loud music. Actually the reason we were listening to loud music a few nights ago was to get back at our downstairs neighbors who had turned on their loud music, which is rap. So we turned on a little country, Michael Buble, and of course...Winnie the Pooh. I'm pretty sure I heard a loud groan from downstairs when they heard the Winnie the Pooh theme song. But hey, if I have to listen to somebody's music at a loud volume, it might as well be mine.

Pimp My Ride

We're lucky to have a nifty jogging stroller and bike trailer combo. Nathalie didn't like it when I first started putting her in it at 4 months, but now that she's figured out she can stand up in it (when I don't buckle them), she loves it. Here's the proof.

Fun is in the eye of the beholder?

Today I was folding laundry in the living room and I hadn't seen Nathalie in a while. She is my go-go-go baby and often just crawls around the house after people. All of a sudden I heard her giggling, shrieking with delight, laughing and making happy noises from the direction of Emily's room. Thinking, "She's happy and probably in Emily's room playing with something", I left her alone until I finished folding the laundry. Then I checked on her.

She was playing in the toilet, splashing and having a grand old time! She definitely was mad at me when I removed her and washed her hands! Thank goodness it was clean....