Loving The Backyard

I absolutely love our new backyard! It's the perfect size, with the perfect fence and I have a great view of the munchkins while I make dinner or clean the kitchen. Zander, Sterling and the girls had a game of soccer and then hide and go seek and did some exploring for bugs under the rocks.

Before The Spring Snow Storm

We took advantage of the gorgeous weather Thursday and Friday by being outside nonstop. Friday Joey and I took the girls to the zoo where we saw lots of animals and answered tons of questions. If you ask Macey about her trip to the zoo she will tell you "them elphants are stinky...icky". We did everything but ride the train which we will do next time for sure!


On the carousel

Macey tried taking a nap, but it didn't work

Sweet, sweet sisterly love!

Checking out the zebras and giraffes
We have a picture just like this from Addalyn's 2nd birthday

She's giving a 'thumbs up' but her shirt doubled as a glove once it got chilly :-)

Had to rent a stroller, wouldn't have made it past the sea lions without it!

Addalyn continually brushes up on her photography skills

Swimming in March

Friday night the munchkins and I joined the Cruce family at the North Kansas City Community Center for a swim session. Miss Addalyn took a while to warm up to the water, but by the end of the evening, she was like a little fish! Miss Macey loves the water and spent a solid hour "swimming" laps on the stairs. Her swimming technique is very similar to the once popular dance move "the worm". LeAnn and I like to pretend that she was doing some Olympic training. The only time she got out of pool was to do her little trick with the railing. I have several videos from this night, but I'll only post 3. :-) Landon is an awesome swimmer and even baby Kellen dipped his feet in the pool! And of course, as long as mommy has any say in it, every fun activity is always followed up with some ice cream. Baskin Robbins this time. We LOVE ice cream!

Addalyn Gets Her Ears Pierced...Take Two!

The title does NOT mean that I got my 3 year old daughters' ears double pierced. She had them pierced at 12 weeks and we had no problems with them at all until the first time I changed them (right after her 3rd birthday). She must have been allergic and her little lobes got really infected and when I took the earrings out to allow them to heal, the holes closed up! She has had no desire to have them done again and then out of nowhere last Monday she told me she'd like to go to Zona Rosa on Friday, get her ears pierced, and then get some strawberry ice cream with rainbow sprinkles from Cold Stone Creamery. So that's what we did! My poor baby didn't ask me once if it was going to hurt, so I never offered up that information. She skipped on in there and smiled the whole time and laughed when the lady cleaned and marked her ears. And then came the piercing...heart breaking! But all it took was one big mommy hug and then letting her pick out a couple of things from Claires (pink hair spray and flavored chapstick!). She really does like them now and I'm glad she got them done on her own will. :-)

Macey Sings Fergie

Let It Snow! (just because my girls love it)

We decided to brave the cold today and go run around in the snow. It was so fun! I've never actually taken the time to bundle them all up to take them out and play. Isn't that sad?! It's not something I could do everyday considering I've managed to triple my laundry pile for the day because of all the layers, but the girls ran around, made snow angels, had a snow ball fight (one that I wasn't included in but still got smacked in the face by one...thanks Addy) and we made a snow family. I wanted to make a big snowman, but it wasn't the best snow for that. We came inside and warmed up with some hot cocoa and a warm fire, then snuggled on the couch and took a nap. What an absolutely perfect Sunday. I'm so blessed!

THANK GOODNESS for hardwood floors! Macey doesn't seem too concerned, does she? :-)

What Would I Do Without My Camera?!

I'm wondering if my picture taking is somewhat of a sickness?! I feel the need to capture everything on film because these little ladies change DAILY. When I'm old and my memory starts to fail, I'll be able to look back at times like these and remember the silly conversation they had over a bowl of Ramen noodles. And I'll remember the nights that Addalyn refused to sleep alone so she talked her cousin Sterling into sleeping in her bed or she climbed into little sisters bed to cuddle with her too. There's very little that goes on here that I don't photograph! :-)

Converstion With Macey

*for whatever reason, I know some of the videos I've posted aren't working properly...I've been told that if you click on the title and bring the blog entry up individually it should work...sorry and good luck!

"Nooooooooo Addyyyyyyyy!"

February Fun

I have a few random pictures I've taken in the past couple weeks I thought I'd share. The first one is Macey wearing some Harley Davidson goggles at Nana's work. She looks so silly!
Then we have the girls playing on the Noggin website. Addalyn is REALLY good at recognizing her letters!
You'll notice Macey missing at the dinner table in the next picture, she was throwing a massive fit in her bedroom at the time. :-)
Can't say that Sterling never taught Addalyn anything. Thumb sucking is job security for me though. She'll need braces someday!
And the last picture is just one I snapped of the girls playing together so sweetly. Addalyn was the mommy, Macey was the sister and the baby dolls were...well, the babies!

Boom Boom Boom!

"Boom boom boom, gotta get, get
Boom boom boom!"

Mission NOT Accomplished

Potty training is no fun. It's like an emotional roller coaster! One day I'm convinced that Mace finally gets it and she'll make it through the day with few accidents. And then there are mornings like this one...where she's gone through 3 pair of panties and then throws a fit when I try to put a diaper on her. Dang this baby and her sweetness though. She sure makes it hard to be upset with her!

Thanks, Great Grandma Betty!

I've been meaning to video the kiddos playing this game for a while now. Great Grandma Betty got it for them for Christmas. They have SO much fun playing it and always manage to wear themselves out in the process. It's great! They usually end up fighting over it so I have to put it away, but not before they both run, jump and march out all their energy before bedtime!

Macey Singing Alicia Keys

Macey has the sweetest little voice. Especially when she sings Alicia Keys, "No One". For those who can't tell what she's saying it's..."No one, no one, no one, can get in the way of what I'm feeling". Repeat that line 3 times and you have Macey's version of the song!

Gym Rats

I took the girls up to Oskaloosa this past weekend to watch "Coach Daddy at basketball". The game wasn't terribly entertaining, but Addalyn and Macey still managed to have a great time! Their favorite part is always running up and down the court after the game. I guess it makes sitting still for 2 hours on bleachers totally worth it! Luckily, Penn won. Macey got bored and decided to make the players chairs into a swing for herself and then wanted to chat with daddy with only seconds left on the clock. :-)