Why???

Are all kids like this? Or is it just mine? They were playing just fine (for a few minutes anyway) so I decided to try to check my email. Before I knew what she was doing, Lyla jumps up there, crosses her legs like a proper lady should and asks, "Whachya doin' mommy"? She acts like it's as normal as can be to be completely naked anywhere or at anytime! I just don't get it. A few weeks ago I heard the front door open so I immediately dart to the door. I find Lyla completely naked walking in circles around our tree in the front yard. Did I mention it was 32 degrees outside? For those of you that have not been to our new house, it is in a very large subdivision where we are really close to our neighbors and to the road! It's not just Lyla though. Grace is just as bad. We finally had to institute a naked rule in our house...you have to at least wear your panties! I sure hope they grow out of this stage by the time they're teenagers!!!

Mud! Mud! Mud!

As prissy as Grace is, she is equally as ready to get down and dirty! If we would have had more time in the backyard they would have been down to their panties rolling in the mud!

We may have a ballplayer!

Today the weather was nice so Eric had the girls in the backyard. Of course, one of Eric's favorite things to do with the girls is play games. They actually like it too! They are both pretty good at hitting a ball with a bat, at least that is what we think. Now, we've never had them on any sort of softball/t-ball team, so, we don't really know what the competition is like at this age. But, just the fact that they can swing the bat somewhat correctly and actually hit it several times impresses us! Grace almost hit the ball over our fence today. I tried to capture a hit with the camera but I just couldn't do it. Now, Lyla can hit the ball too, but today she just wanted to swing.

The kids have a nicer table than we do!

This is the girls' new table in their playroom! I have been wanting to get one of these for a very long time. Grace loves to write, draw and create and she needs a place to do this. We have had a very small, very royal blue, kid folding table and a very large, very plastic, kid desk too. Neither were very nice to look at and did not work very well when more than one kid wanted to be there at the same time. So, thanks to two very generous gift cards I was given at Christmas time, I was able to purchase this great table from Pottery Barn Kids. It is GREAT! They love it and sit at it to draw, color, write, and even play with their little toys. I couldn't afford the chairs, so I took the folding chairs from the royal blue folding table and spray painted them brown and covered the seat and back with fabric. They turned out very cute. I'm going to put pictures of those, along with pictures of the whole playroom, when I finish the curtains and it's all done. I hope to get that done this week.

Slumber Party!

On Friday Grace and Lyla wanted to see Reesi, of course. This is the norm now. They expect to see each other every day! So, Joni met me at a little park in our subdivision but it had gotten too cold to stay for long, so we ended up back at Joni's house. Joni and Reesi were supposed to go to a basketball game with Larry that night. Grace was convinced we were going to go too. At the last minute, Larry informed Joni that a friend from White House was going to the game with him so she didn't have to, and, oh, by the way, he'll be at the house in 5 minutes to see the new house and meet Larry. Meanwhile, the girls had been having a picnic in the family room floor with teddy grahms and they were EVERYWHERE! So Joni and I did a very fast clean up of the family room before the friend arrived. Anyway, because they weren't going to the game, the girls wanted to do something together. Eric, bless his heart, agreed to host a slumber party at our house while Joni and I ate dinner in peace at her house and even watched a movie!!!! He was ok with that because he was leaving on Sunday for 6 days on a business trip and wanted to see the girls a lot this weekend. So, Eric got the sleeping bags, popcorn and ice cream out for their party. They watched movies until about 10pm! Joni ended up taking Reesi home to sleep though. We were all hoping they would sleep late on Saturday morning due to the late night festivities, but, as all parents know, that doesn't necessarily happen that way. I think Reesi was up at 7am and my girls were up by 8am. Joni and I decided it is very nice living so close that we can "take advantage" of each other!!!

A Romantic Valentine's Day at ChuckECheese

I guess this is where you end up on Valentine's night when you have small children and no budget for babysitting....Chuck E Cheese, or as Lyla says "Chuck E Cheeses". We had been telling the girls all week that we were going to go bowling. They were so excited to go bowling. When we got there it was packed with league bowlers though. They were mad until we said the magic word "Chuck E Cheese". It was very crowded at Chuck E Cheese too but we were still able to play. They had a great time!

Lyla's Vday Party

This is Lyla's Vday party. At this age they basically get a special snack and a treat bag to take home.