Black and White Wednsday: Future Astronomer?

This is my first time participating in Black and White Wednesday. I thought this would be a great entry. I love this picture...future astronomer??? Yes, it is a tripod but if just glance at the picture I think it kind of looks like a telescope... ;)

Easter Egg Hunting 2010

On Saturday I took Kylie and Lacey to a local church for their annual easter egg hunt. It's more of a pick up all the eggs you can from the grass as fast as you can than a 'hunt', the kids love it. We were suprised to see some kids we know, a from Kylie's girl scouts, and a boy from her Kindergarten class!

I can't believe I actually got a picture of them together, its tough these days because Lacey is go, go go!

Lacey was so excited she got this ONE egg, that is all she cared about. The rest she picked up was icing on the cake. She loved it, it was all I could do to hold her while the announcer told the kids the rules of the hunt. Of course she didn't care about the rules she just wanted the EGG!

Kylie was very intense about her hunting...

Kylie, now a seasoned Easter egg hunter has learned to be fast. She filled up her bag and then worked on filling up Lacey's too! She did a great job!

They tried teamwork...
however as you can see Lacey didn't really see the need to put them in a bag. She just picked and ran!

They had a great time, although I was cold I don't even think either one of them noticed the cold. It seems like they are oblivious to the temperature! I know Lacey will be ready for next year now that she knows what egg hunting is all about!

The Park

An evening at the park...

Kylie loves to play at the park, love the smile on her face...pure joy

Lacey loves to swing and Kylie likes to push her, it a great combination!

Shhhhh, daddy...she was trying to sneak up on either a bird or squirrel, I'm not sure which one because I wasn't there for this picture.

See how strong I am!

Lacey and another little girl visiting at the park...this little girl was our shadow the entire time we were there.
They had so much fun, this is what they looked like when we left the park! Happy kids, love 'em!

Playing Outside

Getting ready to go down the slide all by herself for the first time!

Wheeee!

That was great lets do it again!

Lacey's 15 Month Doctor vist

This morning was Lacey's 15 month doctor visit. Everything went great, she is meeting or exceeding all of her milestones! Lacey weighs 25 1/4 lbs (5o -75th percentile) and 31 1/4 inches tall (50th percentile). She is quite a little trooper, she received 3 shots and cried for less than a minute!

Her Doctor is very pleased with what she is doing and will she her again (unless she gets sick) at 18 months.

Spring has sprung!

I don't know what these flowers are called but they are always the first flowers of the season to bloom. Aren't they pretty?? I love this picture!

Tulips breaking ground...can't wait until they bloom! I have tons of tulips in our flower gardern that are so pretty when they bloom.

Lacey is 15 months!

Its hard to believe this little beauty is 15 months old already! She is a very busy and independant little girl. She goes from room to room, you don't usually have to wonder where she is...just look at the trial left behind and listen. You are sure to find her!

Her favorite words at the moment are: mama, mine, and no no no (while shaking her finger at you). She learned the no no no finger pointing from her daycare, I have to admit I thought it was cute the first time. Her favorite food right now is blueberries. Other foods she likes are strawberries, blackberries, grapes, apples, chicken, broccoli, green beans, peas, and carrots.

One of Lacey's favorite activities is to play in the bathtub with Kylie. Ususally every Sunday afternoon they take a bath and it is not uncommon for it to last at least an hour. The water is almost always cold when they decide its time to get out!

Lacey adores Kylie and the same can be said of Kylie towards Lacey. Their bond seems to grow everyday, it is beautiful. Not too long ago Greg and Kylie went to see Nana and Papa and every night they were gone Lacey spent the better part of the evening calling for Kylie and then again in the morning...so sweet.

Snow Play

Yesterday due to the snow storm that passed through our area all of us were home. I worked from home and Kylie and Lacey played.

I love this picture, even if my hair is a mess! :)

We had a great time out side. We played for quite a while. Lace was not a happy camper when we came in. I haven't seen her that mad in a very long time. big.huge.crocodile.tears.mad....

cutie pie

innocence.

I love the snow!!!!

Sliding down the slide is fun, but its even more when you can do it with your sister and land in the snow!

Referberation

"Mommy I would feel guilty if I didn't wear my socks"

Guilty? Why would you feel guilty? You don't even know what guilty means.

"Yes I do"

What does it mean?

"Referberation"

Referberation, what does that means?

*sigh* "Mommy you know what it means and don't act like you don't

All righty then....

Two hours later, "Kylie you don't really know what referberation means do you?"

"Nope, I just made it up!"

Ahhh, that's our Kylie always keeping us on our toes. And we love her so much for it!

Back-Seat driver

By now everyone who knows me knows about the "Envoy Incident". The other day Kylie and I were on way home from girl scouts there was a Semi next to us making a left turn (we were going straight). Normally this would not have even mattered to either one of us but since the "Envoy Incident" Kylie is very aware of Semi's. So as we're sitting at the light waiting for it to turn green, I hear from the back seat: "Uh Mommy you need to look out your window" I look over and see the truck and acknowledge the truck. Kylie says "Mommy you need to be careful in case he needs to turn". I had to reassure her the truck would be turing the other way and we were in now harm.
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Seperate day, we were on our way to gymnastics and just after we crossed the tracks I hear from the back seat "Mommy I looked both ways to make sure there were no trains comming" I told her I looked before I crossed and she says "Well I didn't see you so I did it so we could be safe!"

Obviously Greg has trained her very well on being safe in the car so much so that she is making sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to. It's a good thing...I guess :)
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On our way home after going through the drive-thru...

I had to unbuckle my seat belt for some reason or another and forgot to buckle it before I left the parking lot. Half way home I realize it and buckle it. This is what I hear from the back seat"

"Mommy you know it's not safe to drive with out your seat belt"

Yes I know I just forgot, I put it on as soon I as remembered it.

"Well it's not safe to take your hands off the steering wheel when you are driving, you should have stopped in a parking lot and then put it on"

At that point I just agreed with her, she was right and I couldn't agrue with her. My dad said she won't even need to read the rules of the road when she gets ready to drive because it appears as though she already knows them! Good job daddy for doing such a good job teaching her!

Kids Museum

My friend Jenny and I took our kids to visit the Curious Kids Museum. Everything in the museum is hands on. The only rule they have is that you put back what ever you take out. Sounds easy enough, here we go!

Kylie inside the big bubble. This was actually a lot harder to get a picture of her in it than I thought it would be because I thought I would be able to pull the handle stand back and take a picture. Wrong! I had to do everything fast I thought I could do this slowly, didn't work. Finally after it popping about a gazillion times before I could get a picture a very nice gentleman came over to us and offered to pull the handle to make the bubble so I could get my picture of her. Geez who would have thought it would be so difficult!

Lacey riding the tractor. The museum had a great area that was designed just for toddlers. It obviously had a farm theme to it and a nice gate so there was so accidental escapes. Nice touch! Lacey discovered that she could walk up a slide after seeing her sister do it. I actually couldn't believe my eyes when she was doing it and I was so worried about her falling I didn't dare leave her to get a picture of it, so you will just have to take my word for it.

Lacey's driving the ambulace that has Kylie being doctored in the back by her friend Natalie...

See! All better :)

Mommy and Kylie on TV. They had a very cute broadcasting exhibit. Kylie was able to DJ on the radio and tell the news and weather on TV. They also had a directors booth for the 'broadcast' that was in session.

The day ended with Kylie holding a Ball Python. I couldn't believe she actually did it. She was very reluctant when we first got there. Her friend Natalie on the other hand was not scared at all. The first time Kylie attempted to hold the snake it started moving and it 'creeped her out' as she politely put it. Then after we were done looking and playing with all the exhibits she wanted to go back downstairs to see all the reptiles again, they had a baby alligator, lots of frogs, a could of turtles, a caymen, and of course this snake. When we got downstairs the second time she decided to try it again only this time the snake was all curled up and didn't move. Much better, matter of fact the snake actually fell asleep ih her arms. She was very proud of that fact! See the head looking right at you!?

All in all it was very nice day, the kids had lots of and I think us Mom's did too!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

Have a safe and blessed holiday.

Christmas Pictures 2009