Grandma is Pretty Cool!

Larry had to work on Saturday so I took the girls to Grandma's house. The day was wonderful - it was close to 70 degrees!! The best part for Ashley though was Grandma taking her on the "bouncealine" (trampoline). She had so much fun!! Grandma was a trouper and bounced with Ashley for a good 2 hours! Of course Ashley was asleep before we even got out of the neighborhood when we left. And all I have heard since is "can we go see Grandma and get on the bouncealine?"
Unfortunately on Sunday we were under a Blizzard warning with no warm up in sight.....

Still playing with the camera

I have had my camera for at least 2 years now - so you would think I would have figured it all out by now. Nope!

Just the other night I figured out I can take black and white pictures without editing once I loaded it - how fun!

Bath Time

Hailey has started doing this funny thing - when she gets really excited she opens her mouth super wide. No sound - just wide open. In the bath she splashes and then has to stop because she gets a bunch of water in her mouth. It's great when I pick her up from daycare and she does it - makes me feel good that she is happy to see me. (yes my own selfish reasons!)

Getting back to the whole bath thing. Hailey is now able to sit in the bath with Ashley - they have such a good time together. It's great to see how they are really starting to bond with the little things they are able to do. Hailey really loves her big sister.

It has started.....

We put Ashley's toddler bed together right before Christmas and we have been very lucky with her not getting out of bed. When she is ready to get up she still calls for us.

Not this morning!!

At 4:15 I am just getting out of the shower, Larry is brushing his teeth....and the bathroom door flies open..."I got up all by myself!" Ashley shouts!!

Oh no!!

Smokey

This morning we backed out of the garage and it was super foggy.

Ashley says "It sure is smokey out here!"

Just a funny way to start our trip to daycare.

Growing girls

Sometimes I will notice something Ashley says or something Hailey does and I realize how much they are both growing. Hailey is sitting up all by herself now - she tumbles over here and there - like she did this morning but Ashley is there to push her up by her head. We had to have a talk that Hailey's head shouldn't be pushed up like that - but she is just trying to help.

I took a picture of Ashley the other night and realized this little girl is growing. She has such a great sense of humor and is still so kind. We went to the zoo this weekend and she cracked us up. We were looking at the reindeer and all of a sudden she says "don't kill them Daddy!" - WHAT?? The funniest part is Larry hasn't even been hunting and has never even talked about it? Of course that was the only time during the day she called him Daddy - she calls him Larry all the time. I told Larry in Target last night that I feel like I am on my second marraige and he is her step-dad! It's pretty funny!

Our Newest Addition

I know what you are thinking - you have read all of my posts and heard how busy I am all the time - so what in the world were we thinking - WE WEREN'T!!

We went to PetSmart to get cat food - yes the cat is still alive much to Larry's dismay - and obviuosly we had hit our heads on the way in and decided "we should get Ashley a fish". Of course Ashley had liked the fish in the tanks and 10 min. later had no interest and was looking at the flippy cat toys. Larry wanted to get a huge set up with a stand and put it at the top of the stairs. I was happy to talk him into a "starter" tank. We got a small 1 gallon tank with a Beta fish - Freddie (yes Freddie we named our fish after you). I am happy to report that I believe this is as far as our fish adventure will go. Larry quickly realized how it can add up with just a 1 gallon tank - so no fear of our house becoming Castle Rock Aquarium anytime soon.

I will admit that it is pretty and calming - and kind of nice to have a pet that doesn't shed, or bark, or need to be let out.

Ashley does like Freddie - just have to keep her from feeding him all the time!