River

Before I got home from work the other day, Cesar kidnapped the girls and took them to the river :)
He got some cute videos and pictures!!  They seemed to have a LOT of fun (even if mommy probably would have been a nervous wreck if I were there).

Today

Heidi just sent me these pictures while I am at school and I have to post them.  I mean...what else would I be doing while I have the same class of 6th graders  for TWO and A HALF hours this morning!!! 

Warm Weather

The weather the last few days has been awesome!  High 70's to 80's.  I guess if we aren't going to get a SINGLE snow day...this is a good way to make up for it!  The girls have been begging me to take them to the "other green playground" for days, so yesterday we took a walk to get there and took some pics along the way.  We have A LOT of playgrounds in our neighborhood and the girls have named them all.  It is kind of funny the names that they choose...sometimes it is hard for us to figure out since they don't always describe them as they are.  They do love their playgrounds though :)

Hitching a ride with Daddy

Bella's turn.  The ENTIRE time Leah was riding, Bella walked next to them saying "alright, Bella's turn" over rand over.   She probably said it 45 times in 3 minutes! 

Isabella's attempt at smiling for the camera

We stopped to play in this stuff and the girls had the best time!!  I couldn't get them to leave.

Practicing her karate moves

Leah was so happy to pull Isabella in the wagon.

These pictures are a bit deceiving...Leah was NOT happy when Isabella wanted to help pull.  She kept trying to pull Isabella's arm off of the handle.

Leah has a thing about sitting on benches.  She gets so excited when she sees a new one to sit on.

This is their new favorite way to swing "all by myself"

She thinks this is a camera and every time I break out my camera, she runs over and picks this up to "take pictures".

Such a teenager face.  "Mom...seriously...stop taking pictures."

Food & Bonding...

So, I took these pictures as an example of how my kids are such weird toddlers!  This is their ideal meal!  This was dinner one night this week and they devoured every bite.  The LOVE brown rice, they LOVE veggies, and they always get so excited when we are having fish (definitely got this from their Daddy!).  There are times when I feel really guilty when I give them a lollipop to pacify them at my soccer games or we take them out for ice cream for the second time in a week...but then they get so excited when I serve them green peas or salad (Isabella could seriously eat nothing but lettuce and be SO happy...she BEGS for "leaves" when we have it in the fridge!) or hummus and I realize that they are doing pretty well for 2 year olds!!  I am so grateful that they haven't become picky eaters yet...I am going to try to drag this out as long as I can :)

This picture just makes me smile because I LOVE family dinners!  Cesar has fixed his schedule so that we get to eat family dinners at least 4-5 times a week and the girls just absolutely LOVE it!  They talk non-stop, eat more, and just seem so at ease when we all sit down and eat together!  I  L-O-V-E it!!

Generally, I am making dinner during "TV time", but on nights when I have dinner in the crockpot, I sit down on the couch to read while they watch TV.  They have recently been coming up and curling up next to me as they watch and I read.  It is so cozy!  It makes me excited for the day when we let them watch an entire movie and we can all cuddle up on the couch, under a blanket with a bowl of popcorn to watch together!