Family Fun Day

Yesterday, after church and a short nap, we headed up to Liberty Mountain so the girls could do some snow tubing.  They loved the whole experience.  The actual hill that they let the little the 2-5 year olds tube on was pretty boring, but they loved everything about the day, so it didn't matter.  We had to take a shuttle to get the place for tubing and I think that was probably their favorite part of the day!

Happy birthday Dad

Report cards

This was the week of "report cards" for the girls. Wednesday night they got a report card from their swim instructor basically showing that they can move up to the next level. Then I had my first parent teacher conference on Thursday...totally different experience being on this side of it!! They got all positive comments (with a note that they sometimes need reminders to sit still during circle time...but that is not a surprise...they love to move!)...and most important to me she kept emphasizing how polite they are and how they always say please and thank you...phew....this is the number one thing I try to instill in them and it is good to know they do it when I am not around :)  So, since this is my electronic baby book, here are pics of the report cards...

She said that all the checks mean that the child is "age appropriate" and the check plus means they are a little beyond what would be expected of a kid their age.  

Snow (half) day

Last week was a VERY rough work week for me.  Monday and Tuesday were days off, Wednesday was the first day of the marking period (which means I just have to introduce my class to the kids), Thursday was a delayed opening, and Friday was an early release because of snow...whew...I could get used to that schedule :)  (and today...Monday...was also a delayed opening...too bad it is going to get warm for the rest of the week..I am spoiled).  Anyway, Friday we got out early because of the snow...so we took advantage and took the girls out to sled.  Isabella is ADDICTED...she wanted to go down the hill over and over and over...and cried when it was time to go in.  Sad...but cute!

And their sweet little red cheeks when we came in...

The only two pics I got at Demi's party before my camera died :(

Ipad

 

Here are some randoms from my Ipad...

Tuesday I had the day off...and it was FREEZING outside...and we had no car because it was in the shop, so
I let the girls watch a movie (Cars).  They LOVED it!!!

 

I can't belive they are big enough to watch movies...

 

 

 

Sock bun!  Love this :)

So, this is kinda hard to understand...and may not be entertaining to anyone else...but it made me laugh SO hard because the girls are so much like their daddy!  Cesar never knows the words to songs, so he just sings about whatever is relavent to him at the moment using the tune to a song he "knows."  The girls changed the words of twinkle twinkle little star to "doll house" becuase they were playing with it at that moment.



This was my arm as a reslut of getting blood taken...the doctor told me it was a "normal reaction."  Hmmm...

Cuddling up before bedtime

So excited about their very own computer that Grandpa and

Grandma Vikki gave them!!!



The only way I can get the girls to actally nap...

Swim "class" and a few others...

The girls are LOVING going to the pool.  They like swim class...we call it swim class because Bella wanted nothing to do with swim lessons...but she was OK with swim class...go figure.  Anyway, Isabella is totally fearless in the water...and she is getting pretty good at swimming...if she could just learn how to breathe on her own.  Leah loves to swim too...but she is a little cautious...which is a good thing sometimes.  

In the locker room before class...pure excitement

Waiting her turn for her swim coach

this is why Isabella isn't crazy about swim class...she would much rather be IN the water!

 Since the girls only nap sometimes...this is how they get their rest in.  On days when they choose not to nap, they always fall asleep the second we get in the car.  The other day we went to the mall and they were asleep before we even got out of the neighborhood.

 

Isabella at Barnes and Noble...their favorite place to go these days

Dinner time fun!!

They were playing a game where one had to "push the button" signaling the other to eat her food.

Big Girl Bed Update

So, things have gotten much better with the big girl beds.  We still have our normal sleep issues (Bella not wanting to go to sleep and crying at bedtime, Leah waking up because she lost her pacifier...YES...I KNOW...they SHOULD NOT have pacifiers anymore...that is the next thing we will tackle, and both girls wake up without any blankets almost every night and need help getting them back on) but overall they are doing well.  They don't get out of their cribs at night ever and they usually nap well.  I am actually OK when they don't nap becuase it means a much earlier and easier betime, but either way is fine with me.  I make the stay in their room for their normal nap period and the rule is that they have to stay in their beds during that time (not that it alwasy works out that way, but thats OK!).

Anyway, no pictures to accompany this post :(  This weekend is Demi's 2nd Bday, so hopefully I will have some then!