Jamie and Maggie worked on her first “real” Lego set this
week. She’s a few years below the
recommended age, but did really well with Jamie’s guidance. She has been obsessed with her Beauty and the
Beast castle all week, and has been building all sorts of things using her
Duplo blocks. She says she’s
an engineer now!
One of Jamie's happiest moments as a father
My proud engineer
Snow White's fortress
The girls love their day at Grandma’s house each week. She took them to the library and had
spaghetti for dinner… basically a perfect day!
I love how Maggie is holding Evie during story time
Probably stealing this from another child...
Trying to grow a beard like Daddy
Good to the last bite!
So happy to see April around the corner, I’m ready for more
playtime outside!
Too dainty to sit on the ground
Christmas in April!
Here's Maggie putting on her "evening show" in the bedroom, which usually consists of a song and a stuffed animal interview. I love it because Evie is a great sidekick:
Spring is here! I'm hoping that we are done with snow for the year!
Jamie and I had a fun Saturday celebrating my cousin Dustin's wedding. I unfortunately failed to get any good pictures - but it was a really great to spend some quality time with my man. On Sunday, Maggie and I went with my Mom, Allison and Claire to see Beauty and the Beast. Maggie had an awesome time, and fell asleep two minutes into the drive home.
Nothing new and excited to report for the girls, just being our silly selves:
Sitting on top of the world (I'm mad at Jamie for this dangerous, though cute, photo)
I jump, you jump?
Hard to look tough while eating a cookie, but she pulls it off
Not so hard to look cute
Playing Zingo Bingo!
Jamie showed Maggie the "secret compartment" in her room. It was really ugly trying to get them out of there.
Maggie got to see cousin Brooklyn at school this week!
She was all business
Matchy matchy
My loves
Laundry
Princesses of the land of boots
Silly faces before school
This is one my most favorite videos. Evie has this diva look that she gives us,
and it’s become a joke in our house. I finally caught it on video (at the end):
This past weekend was Bishop Foley’s play, the Wizard of
Oz. We had extensive power outages in the area last week, and the high school that was providing an auditorium was
without power until Saturday afternoon.
They had to move Friday’s show to Sunday, and the kids never got a dress
rehearsal. I was blown away by their
performance, they really did a great job! Jamie’s sets looked fantastic (I only have a small fraction of the set shown here), all the hard work really showed. Proud of my hubby. So happy it's over.
The cast!
Welcome to Oz!
Maggie was so intrigued with the castle and
the secret "packageway" (i.e. trapdoor)
Tree people
All by hand
We took both girls to the play, along with some family and
friends. Evie was a handful the entire
time, but we made it through with the help of snacks and dancing. Maggie was captivated, and was so happy to be
watching with her buddy Kate. Everyone
was exhausted by the time we got home!
Maggie and Kate
Evie invading Sam's personal space!
On Sunday, Jamie took the girls to Foley, and cousin Will
was able to join in the artistic fun! I had the house to myself and it was amazing!
This is a keeper
Love these little faces
Dinosaur time
You can never have too many dinosaurs. Can you?
Minnie came along
Chillin after a late night of partying
A few fun things from the girls:
Maggie is a really heavy sleeper... the
other night she had to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, but was still really out of it, and
called me to help her back to bed. I
asked what was wrong, and she was really upset because the penguins needed to
get into her bed but the sheets were too messy and they just couldn’t do it…
note – there are no penguins (stuffed or live) in her room. I swear she was still half-dreaming.
Not so sleepy
Evie on the other hand, will jump out of bed if she hears
the floor squeak outside her door. I
swear, getting ready every morning without waking her feels like navy seal
stealth training. I’m expecting a call
to enlist any day now.
I thought I heard someone
Maggie stopped wearing her braces about a month ago. Ever since then, she’s had no trouble staying
dry every night – big relief for us!!
I think every time Jamie takes Maggie somewhere, there
is a picture of her with a doughnut.
Evie loves to sing!
She really loves Twinkle Twinkle and Happy Birthday right now, and will
try to join in on pretty much every other song.
At preschool, Maggie learned about how everyone has a bucket. You can fill up another’s bucket by doing
kind things, and you empty buckets when you do or say hurtful things. Jamie and I thought this was such a lovely
concept… for about a week. Now, whenever
Maggie is scolded or in trouble, she starts sobbing “you’re emptying my bucket!” Lately it’s turned into, “I’m so sad I don’t
even have a bucket anymore!” Can’t wait
for the teenage years.
Evie loves socks and shoes.
She really likes wearing one sock and one shoe while going barefoot on
the other foot. She gets really upset if
you try to even things out.
Some others:
When your kids look great, but you haven't showered yet
Loving the Calico Critters!
Trying to have a nice family dinner at Red Robin. Trying.
Sometimes a little liquid encouragement helps
Teaching his daughters that running in
a library is a great idea!
Evie really loves brushing Maggie's hair, and Maggie is usually pretty patient with her:
Maggie has perfected her somersault. Evie desperately wants to do it too, but is still working on it:
