weekly happenings

Here are a few pictures of the things that we have been up to the past week. Our neighbor had a broken rocking chair and didn't know how to fix it, so she asked if Geoff could fix it and then said that if he could we could just keep it. (I was soooo excited when she asked me because we have only 1 rocking chair and 2 little girls who ALWAYS want to sit in it....so this was GREAT!!) Anyways, it was a way easy fix and so now we have 2 rocking chairs and 2 happy little girls!! Thanks Marypat!!!

Here are the girls in the rocking chairs.

They look happy....no?

We have really been enjoying the spring weather and decided to take a walk today after church. Macie and Addie were so excited that they decided to take their baby strollers out with us.

So cute!

Addie is soooo in love with cheese. In particular, shredded cheese. Anytime she sees this in the fridge she starts yelling cheese and does not stop until you give her some. You can not leave it out on the table or anything, because she will want it and it results in the BIGGEST mess ever. So, today I had the cheese out for dinner and Addie saw it. Well, I was busy making dinner and I needed her to stay busy for a little bit, so...I just gave her the whole bag (there wasn't very much left). Here are the results:

Notice the mess all over the counter, clothes, and face

At least it is just cheese. I guess that it could be worse!

Macie is in a dance class and is constantly dancing and showing us her newest moves. Here she is posing with one of her favs.

Full

Macie:  "Mom, my stomach is all full, there is no more room."
Me: "Oh yeah? Well you had better finish your corn or you will not get a snack."
Macie: "ok, my stomach is not all full, there are still some seats left in the front."

Kids are the best. What will she say next!?

Sledding

We went sledding for the first time as a family the other day. It was sooooo fun. The girls loved it. Macie would go down and then run back up the hill and go again. She would never go by herself though. She was to scared. Addie went down a few times with Geoff and everytime she got to the bottom she would say "wo, wooo, wo" It was pretty stinkin' funny and cute. We couldn't tell if she liked it though.

Here is Macie pullng Addie. She was trying to send Addie down the hill all by herself.

Here is Trent, Cole, Geoff, and Macie all truckin' it up the hill

Addie and I getting ready to go down

Geoff and Addie going down

Snow Day

Last Friday Macie's school was cancelled due to snow. She was really upset because they were going to be having a party in class that day. So... I told her that we could have our own party at home. We made some cupcakes, blew up some balloons and called the neighbors. It was a fun party!!

Addie and Charlie decorating and eating their cupcakes.  (Would you ever guess that these 2 were born only 2 days apart)

Tony and Macie. These 2 think that they are soooo silly together!! It is so nice having such great neighbors with kids the same age as Macie and Addie. It has made living in Cleveland a blast!

Later that night, Macie decided that she wanted to be "Hannah Batana", so she dressed like this:

Notice the necklace around her arms. (Nice Geoff)

And Geoff, being the great dad that he is, looked up a Hannah Batana song and music video for Macie to watch. (Let's just say that it didn't last to long because it is just a little bit to much for us to handle.) She was still happy and just adores Hannah. (I should also say, that we have NO idea how she even knows about Hannah Montana. We don't have cable or anything that she would ever be able to see her on, so we have no idea where this infatuation came from, but it is kind of cute)

Toy room fun

The other day we were all in the toy room playing. Macie decided that she wanted to take a picture of me. I was rocking out to "Hanna Batana".

Macie was playing instruments and singing.

Addie was dancing.

and Geoff was playing Dr. (notice the stethescope around his neck)

Then we decided to play with the camera's self timer. We ended up getting this cute picture as a result.

Then Macie decided that she wanted to join

And then Addie decided that she wanted to join in the fun as well. She brought a toy with her, which is why the girls are not looking.

Then the girls started fighting over said toy and Geoff was like "are you kidding me??"

Then Geoff said some witty remark to me and I laughed and he still looked annoyed!

and that was our toy room experience!

Kalihari Resort

So this week is Geoff's spring break. We didn't have any plans, but the our Friends (the Welch's) found a great deal at a water park resort called Kalihari and we were off. We had a blast!!! There was plenty to do for both kids and adults! So, we all got a turn in and went on some of the best waterslides ever!!

Here are a few pics of our adventure.

Geoff and Macie in the wave pool

Macie going down the slide

Macie and her friend Cole at the top of the slides

Macie after going down the slide

Here is Geoff going down the toilet bowl slide.

Addie being pouty

Addie and I swimming.

Macie insisted that I take her picture inside this Giraffe. She thought that it was sooo cool.

                                    

Here are the kids watching a movie after dinner.

All in all we had a great time!! The kids were great, the adults had fun and we probably would have stayed another day if we could!! It was money well spent!!!

Bath time and a funny

Ok, so I decided that we don't take enough pics of all of us....so, hopefully we will have more pics of everyone from now on.!! Here are a few pictures of the girls in the tub the other night. Geoff did a crazy hairdo on Addie and she thought that it was pretty funny. Macie on the other hand, was super awnry and didn't want to take a bath.

                                               Cute little Addie

                                          Macie being awnry

Geoff bathing the girls....and looking good, I might add!!

Me...being dorky!

Yea for more pictures!!!

On another note...Here is the quote of the day, provided by Macie:

(She was in her room, it was 9:15 PM and she should have been asleep)

Macie:  mom and dad?

mom: what?

Macie: I think it's getting late. You must come up to bed now and take a shower and get nakie (naked) and go to bed 

Geoff and I are downstairs at this point laughing hysterically.

Geoff's response:  Oh Yeah!! ........

Happenings

Here are a few different things that we have been up to.

Addie after her first ever brownie spatula!! I think that she liked it. After every lick she would say" mmmm"

Macie LOVES to play in her room. She always hides under her bed as a joke. This time Addie joined her. Here are a series of pictures showing how she liked it. 

Here she is happy to finally be under the bed with sissy.

Here she is starting to get a little bit nervous.

Here she is saying please save me!!! I can't move under here!! 

This was actually great to do, becuase she always wants to go under the bed with Macie and now that desire is completely cured!!!

This is something that I have always hoped would happen. I think that it is the cutest when kids fall asleep together. This was just a couple of nights ago and my goodness!!! It was soooo cute!!!!  I love my girls!!

Poopy

Ok, So this morning the girls are playing in their room and I am telling Macie that it is time to get dressed, but she tells me to get Addie dressed first. So, I go to unzip her pj's and this is what I find!! 

I don't know if you can tell, but there is NO diaper on her.

Here is a picture of her left leg. Do you see the diaper down there??

It was at this point that I was saying to myself, please just let it not be poopy. So, I pulled it out and took her jammies off and yea! there was no poop, just her wet diaper.  (or so I thought!!)

And then I heard this from Macie: "eww!! She's poopy!! Mom, look at those poopies!!"

Sorry for the graphic picture, but Macie was right, look at those poopies!!!

Ahhh, the joy of being a mother!!! 

By the way, Addie thought that this was hilarious and would not stop laughing and running around naked. Crazy kids!

18 months

Addie is 18 months. WOW!! She is still so tiny that I forget that she is this big. Here are a few things that Addie does at 18 months.

(So I can remember!)

She weighs: 19 lbs.  and

is 30 inches tall.  (5%)

Some words that she can say:

Mama

Dada

sis

snack

dance

up

baby

hello

bye

high five

oh yeah!

uh-oh

Some things that she does on a consistant basis:

-Whenever she takes a drink, she has to say "ahh"

When she is done saying "ahh", she looks at me and says "mama, ahh!"

I then have to respond by saying "ahh" and then she is satified and can move on with life. It is pretty funny and cute.

-When she is playing, she pretends to go bye bye and everytime she does this, she will wave to you and blow you a kiss. I then have to do the same thing in return, or she will not leave me alone and will sit there and just say "mama,mama, mama" until I do.

-Whenever she falls down she says "woe".... and then gives a big smile.

These are just a few of the things that Addie does and says. We love her oh so much and can't believe that she is old enough to go to nursery. (Which is why we don't make her go, because she just seems to little, and Geoff can't stand to just let her sit in there and cry!!  :)     )