Don't Under-Estimate A 3 Year Old

This morning the girls and I (and Seth, of course) went to Costco. I saw some men's slippers, which is something Carey has been mentioning that he would like. I had the girls help me pick out which color slipper we should get for daddy (of course they didn't agree, so we voted and the color I liked won...obviously since I was the tie-breaker). I told them it was a surprise for Christmas, but I figured by the time they saw daddy they would have forgotten all about it. Well, as soon as Carey walked in the door on his lunch break (about three hours after Costco) Haley said "We got you new slippers, Daddy. It's a surprise!"

Welcome Home Rodeo

Yesterday we went with our friends, the Orlandos, to Johnson's Tree Farm in Boulder Creek to pick out our Christmas Tree. At Johnson's Farm they have fun things to do and see, and, my favorite part is that they name every tree. We looked around and we found Squirt and Sheera, and we liked them, and then we saw Rodeo and we were sold.








Our friends Dana and Nicole Orlando


Notice the hay on the side of the tree. Haley was finding it on the ground and decorating the trees with it.



This morning, we let the girls decorate the tree. Their finished product looked great, with ALL of their ornaments grouped together on a couple of branches! I love it.

Seth's Happy Place

For some reason, Seth is never happier than when he's on his changing table. It's so strange but he just smiles and coos so much when he's on there (whether he's being changed or not)! He's a pretty happy guy, but it's like complete bliss for him on the changing table in his room! When I was walking down the hall to his room right before I took this video, he was crying. You'd never know once he hit that table.


(Sorry if it's a little long...I could stare at him all day so it's never too long for me!)

Happy 3rd Birthday!

As of Dec. 2nd, Abby and Haley are officially 3 year olds! On the Saturday before their birthday, they had a birthday party at Tumbling Tutor (the place that Haley has gymnastics class). When we pulled into the parking lot there, Haley threw up her arms and said "Hip hip hooray. It's my birthday party!"















It's really weird for me to look at those pictures because they in no way show the chaos that was really going on in that gym!

On the girls' real birthday, they woke up to pink milk in their sippies and then hot chocolate with their breakfast. We had a fun day together and then, that evening my family came over and we had birthday dinner, cake, and gifts.






Modeling their gifts from Uncle Nate!

No More Pacifiers!

Today was Abby and Haley's birthday (I'll post more about it with pictures later) and we've been telling them that when they turned 3, they had to get rid of their pacifiers. So, today, before nap, we put the pacis out on the fence so that baby birds could come and get them (I thought the paci fairy might be a little scary for my girls...a stranger coming into their room while they're sleeping and taking something...creepy). So, when Haley put her pacis out, she walked to the doorway of the house, turned around and said "Birdies, come get the pacis. I don't need them. I'm three!" It was so cute.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Thanksgiving started with a PTT (pre Thanksgiving Thanksgiving) on the Sunday before the actual holiday. The girls saw the turkey on the counter and asked me what it was. They didn't believe me when I said that it was a turkey, so I told them it was a dead turkey. Then, later, when they were eating, they kept asking me for more "dead turkey"! Here's Haley enjoying dead turkey:


On the real Thanksgiving we went to my parents' house. Our friend Laura (auntie Laura to the girls) came with us.



The girls dressed up in some princess dresses that my mom got for them, and Abby walked around singing "I'm a princess" for basically the WHOLE day. That song is sort of the soundtrack of my life right now! We all had a great time and enjoyed the delicious food (especially Auntie Laura's sweet potato pie).

The Gimp

Last night Abby and Haley were playing in their room and somehow she hurt her leg. She couldn't put any weight on it and it seemed to be really painful, but there was no swelling, so we decided to wait until this morning before we took her to have it looked at. This morning, she had forgotten about it, of course, so she tried to just get out of bed, but immediately started to cry and fall when she put weight on it. So, Carey took her to the ER and they said she had a fracture and they gave her a splint (I know that's a run on sentence, but I did it anyway). I took her this afternoon to have her cast put on, and that doctor said there was no fracture, so he didn't give her a cast. Hopefully he's right. We're supposed to take the splint off on Saturday and hopefully she'll be able to walk. Anyway, here's a picture (you can kind of see the splint):



If you're puzzled by the fact that she looks so happy, she's our little tv-head, and she actually got to watch shows pretty much all day. Oh, and Cars, which is her FAVORITE movie! A funny thing about it being her favorite movie is that if you watch it with her, in the very beginning there is the screen that says THX and the little Robot comes out (you know that screen they always show in the theater). When that part happens she will smile and say "this is the best part".