Indoor day

It's been pretty cold here in the frigid North. So much so we took to the local indoor dome for some exercise. We went with our friends Alex and Dawn. Dawn did an excellent blog about it and there's even a video. :-) Thank you Dawn. (I know my first post after almost a 2 month hiatus and it's not even mine. Sorry, I will try to get back on the horse soon.)

http://aboutourday.blogspot.com/2009/02/warm-play.html

Here's a cute pic of Skylar and our first (and only) snowman of the season.

Naughty or Nice?

Annelise would like to know.  This is serious business people.

The Perfect Christmas Card?

Just wanted to share some funny pics about what went into this years Christmas card. I won't publish the chosen picture, it should arrive in the mail soon. Enjoy!

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"Ok Skylar, a little less 'Cheeeese'. You're scaring your sister."Annelise says, "I'm outta here."Skylar smiles great, Annelise blinks.

Skylar's turn to blink. And Annelise is thrilled about being held."Are we done yet?"I don't know what Skylar keeps looking at off to the right, but it must be interesting. At least Ani still has a sense of humor.Skylar literally said, "Ok mom, here I've got her! I'll make sure she doesn't run away."

Hopefully put a little Ha, ha ha, in your Ho, ho ho. Thank goodness for digital cameras.

Say What?

The other day on the drive to school, Skylar and I had an interesting discussion. It's went a little something like this....

Skylar: "Momma, when will I be a momma?"
Me: "Not for many, many (many) years."
Skylar: "Can I be a Momma someday?"
Me: "If you'd like to be."
Skylar: "I want to be a Momma for Halloween."
Me: "Ok, what's a Momma costume look like."
Skylar: "Well, I'll need a mask." (ok?)
Me: "Ok, what kind of mask. (No response.)
Skylar: "And I'll need some legs too."
Me: "But you already have legs!"
Skylar: "Oh yeah?!" (End of discussion.)

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That was a good conversation. Made me smile. She's one funny kid. Since I never did a first day of school picture, here's one of her at her locker.

Happy Thanksgiving!

To our family and friends far and near,

A very special Happy Thanksgiving.

Happiness comes not from having much to live on,

but much to live for.

Jail Break!!

Much to my dismay, Annelise has learned to scale her crib! Lay her down for a nap yesterday and after about 10 minutes hear a rather loud 'Thump!' from the back of house towards the bedrooms. When no crying followed I assumed Annelise must have been kicking the wall next to her crib. She does that. (Sometimes at 6am, just for fun.) But after a few minutes I hear her bedroom door open and she wanders down the hall with the biggest smile I've seen on her face. As if to say, "Look at me, I'm free!" So one week shy of her 17 month birthday her crib now looks like this. For saftey and sanity reasons we've decided to go with a crib tent. So far, so good. I am not ready to tackle the 'big-girl bed' with her yet. I don't think she's ready either. Here she is later in the day mugging for the camera. In desperate need of a haircut, or at the very least a clip. (But those I'm always worried she's going to eat. That however is a another blog.)

Guess what this is?

I went into Skylar's room one day and she had made this on the floor. Can you guess what it is, beyond the obvious doll house furniture that make it up? This is one angle.Here's another. Give up? It's, in her words, a "Playset". You know like the one we have in our backyard. There's a ladder and the blue bed in the upper picture is a slide. I was thoroughly impressed at her creativity and the dexterity it took to build. She had her dollhouse people going up the ladder and going down the slide. They were having a blast, or at least Skylar was, which is all that counts. While they do make actual dollhouse 'playsets' I like this one much better. :-)