Oh Abby!

This morning I sent the girls into their room to get socks on (since it's freezing). Abby came out wearing this:


She had taken her pants off and put on tights, and if you look at the picture closely, you may think she put on purple socks, but those are actually gloves! Yes, she's a creative child. Free-spirited, you might say!

Super-Human Strength

On Friday, the girls were having a hard time napping, and I kept having to go into their room and remind them that it was time to lie down and sleep. At one point I heard a LOUD thud and walked in to find this:


In case you don't know, that is Haley's bed on the opposite side of the room, standing on it's side. The thud was them knocking her bed into the wall. I was so stunned when I walked in. I mean, what on earth were they even thinking! The good thing is, they are learning to work together (come on, that had to have taken some teamwork)!

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.