Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day we headed to the park and met up with a bunch of other mommies and their little rascals and had a picnic and exchanged valentine cards and candies.  It was a little cold and a lot windy, but overall it was fun.  Summer did not really enjoy herself, I guess she wanted to open her bag of goodies instead of playing and I told her she had to wait until we got home so she wanted to go home :o)  Pepper had fun I think, she likes being outside and able to run around.

On Monday earlier this week Sara came over with Anastyn and we used her props to take a few cute photos of the girls.  It was fun and I think we got some good pictures.

Now to get ready for St. Patrick's Day!

Colorful Necklaces

Over the years we have collected a bunch of necklaces.  Parties, dress up, and who knows where else they call came from but we have a lot.  I decided to take Pepper outside, put a really BIG bow in her hair and take a bunch of pictures of her.  She actually smiled in some too - I had her shake shake shake the necklaces and that made her happy!

And for fun I decided to make one of the photos old looking - I think it came out great.  If only her outfit didn't look so not old :o)

15 Months

Pepper turned 15 months yesterday and today she had her 15 month appointment.  They made sure she is gaining weight, growing, and doing everything a 15 month old should.  Today she was 26 pounds and 8 ounces (92%), was 32.68 inches tall (99%) and her head was 47 centimeters (79%).  She got 2 shots, her chicken pox and a DTaP.  She cried but it really wasn't all that bad.  She had little tears but quit crying rather fast.  Overall she is healthy and doing great.  Here are a few pictures of her from two days ago enjoying a lollipop.

Love Month

February, when I think of you I think of hearts and red and love.  I also think of cold weather and icky days spent inside waiting for spring, but besides that ... the girls and I enjoyed some warmer weather outside taking photos with hearts and flowers and cute outfits.  We do what we can until spring.

Ducks and Birds

Yesterday we took the girls to the park.  They swung, slid, and chased birds!  Pepper LOVES ducks and geese and pigeons, she kept running after them screaming.  She easily would have followed them into the water if we were not there to stop her.  I am so glad the weather is warming up!

Girls and Recap

We have been enjoying nicer weather, not the best, but nice enough to go outside and take a few pictures, ride bikes, jump on the trampoline, hang out.   The girls and I are getting so bored staying inside all the time, we are all ready for Spring.  I know, we still have a long way to go :o(

Recap ---

Pepper is now jumping (both feet off the floor) and skipping across the house, that is if she isn't running.  She can repeat any word and I thought she was going to one nap a day but today we are back to an early morning nap so we will see.  She has been generally happy and easy going, loves going down slides by herself and is using the fork so much better.  I keep debating potty training but I really want to wait until it is warmer and around 18 months.

Summer has been so whiney lately, no clue why, so I am trying to spend more time with her.  It could be the weather and the fact that we are cooped up all day, who knows.  She is doing so well with school, reading and starting addition.  She loves to draw and color but still doesn't color in the lines, instead prefers to use several colors on an object.  She is doing great in her piano and ballet class and choir starts up again in February.

Kris & I have been super stressed.  We decided to sell our house and buy a new one, sold our house, found a new house, then our house fell through so we can't buy the new house.  I am not sure what we are going to do now but we need to relax because our stress is probably affecting our girls.  

Lollipops

This is what we do on cold boring afternoons ...