the big chair

These three are rarely sitting down when they are together... either it was a great movie or we finally tired them out! Notice Kyla is in a swimsuit, she and Jade change dress ups every 5 minutes until they find the right one for that day... apparently it was a swimsuit day.


Johnny has discovered the world of the Wii. He loves to play "ready go" with daddy. He has some rad moves on the snowboard, some even Beave doesn't know!

A nose between each pair of eyes, noses noses every size

We have had some excitement with noses the last two days. Yesterday Johnny drove his ride on car down the stairs. It was only the short stairs (5) but it still gave him a good bloody nose. Did I mention he was on the car as it went over the edge?! This is the damage the day after...


Kyla was getting herself some lotion today and had a lotion explosion! We were both glad it didn't end up in her eyes or mouth...

THE SECTIONAL

So this is our "new" couch... It started as a freebie couch from Katie and Randy when we first got married, I think they had gotten it as a freebie from someone else... Steve recovered it back then, we choose a creamy color... it was great until we had kids... Even cleaning left water marks I couldn't get out. Last year on "one of those days" the stained couch was the last straw and we got new couches. Steve couldn't let the sectional go so it moved to our basement. The few stains it got up stairs were soon taken over by the monster stains it got in the basement, it is kind of our anything goes room. I kept threatening to throw it out so Beave decided to recover it again... he really likes it. :) And here is the finished product. When Beave wants something done, he just does it, it doesn't matter if he has never done anything like it before or never been "taught" how, he just jumps in and learns as he goes. Thanks Steve for our NEW couch!

Ballerina

We have been reading Madeline books and watching Madeline movies at our house, Kyla loves the ones about ballet. Ok Johnny does too... They both sing "Ballet, Ballet" and do their ballet dance. I made Kyla this tutu on Saturday, she was so excited to be a "real prima ballerina." I think I should get this girl into dance... :)

Best Friends and other tid bits

Ky and John have decided that they are best friends. They play together like friends not just two kids in the same space. It is mostly Kyla who has changed... she will say things like "John do you want to come see my room?" A question she reserves for friends. If she thinks she hears him wake up from his nap she will go check on him, if he wasn't awake before she checks he is after, she is anxious to play with him. Johnny asks where Kyla is as much as he asks where daddy is now. It is a new found freedom for me. I don't have two kids following me around all the time. It means a few more messes, since I am not always in the same space, but it is great!

Kyla has discovered a new book, Fancy Nancy, if you have little girls who like to dress up, it is a great book. She wanted to wear all these hair clips at once so she could be fancy like Nancy.



We have 1:00 church now so Sunday mornings are pretty lazy around here. I was getting ready, Steve went to a meeting and these two best buddies found a cool spot to color. I think Beave took the this picture, by the time I found them they had moved on to coloring "other" books...



The other day Kyla said, "Lets do something fun today, lets make cupcakes." We did and here they are enjoying them. Johnny does a good job of devouring the whole cup cake, Ky just eats the frosting and "saves the rest for the morning."

TOO SWEET

2 Awesome Things

#1 Steve has been trying to convince me for years to get some new hiking shoes, I just wear my running shoes for everything. Well now my running shoes (note: they are no longer used for running, I walk my hilly neighborhood!) are a few years past their prime, and Beave talked me into some new shoes. I got them online and when they came they were a little small. I went to the local outdoorsy store, found the same shoe in a 1/2 size bigger and they swapped me straight across!! How great is that?!
#2 I haven't scrap booked a single picture in 2 years, something about a baby and now two busy toddlers. Anyway, I made a goal to get Johnny's book done at least up to where Ky's is, 18 months. I sat down yesterday, my only day at home this week, and cranked out 10 pages. Ky and Johnny played and entertained each other all day, the house looks like it was two kids and no mom all day but, I am that much closer to my goal!!
Some would say this is just normal everyday stuff but to me they are major accomplishments. Yeah for the little things!

Christmas