Magic in a bottle

I know it doesn't work for some, but this stuff did the job for Olivia. Marc bought this on Friday, we painted Olivia's thumb nail Friday night and by Saturday she was saying "I'm a big girl...I don't suck my thumb!" She even asks us to paint her thumb now just so she won't suck it. This stuff is great! I seriously have not seen her suck her thumb since Friday. I asked her today if she sucked her thumb at daycare and she said "Nope, I'm a big girl." However, she does tell on Marcus now (also a thumb sucker). I told her she needs to teach him not to suck his thumb now too. I think she is determined to try. Bless her little heart :-)

Big Boy

Marcus worked on using a spoon and bowl tonight.

This is his usual reaction when the camera is pointed at him...sometimes I'm quick enough to catch it.

He even tried to lick the bowl clean. I'm not sure where he learned that; I can't remember the last time the girls did it.

He did pretty well. By the way, he undressed himself...I just decided to let it go :-)

Jump and Party

We went to a friend's 2nd birthday party today. It was at this cool place called "Jump and Party". This should give you an idea of the fun we had :-)

Don't forget the cupcakes...oh, and pizza too! YUM!

Another Christmas

We finally got a break from the snow so we took advantage of it and headed to Grami & Poppie's to do Christmas with them.

The kids are getting pretty good at opening presents. I sure hope they aren't getting used to this though. They are going to be expecting presents every week the way things are going :-)

Marcus got a cow to match the girls' bugs...what a hit that is! I've attached a little video below so you can see how good he is at it already.

Emma got princess jammies and she put them on right away. She wore them all day Sunday and even wore them to bed Sunday night. I had to put up a fight to get her to take them off this morning...she loves her princess stuff.

Marcus is 13 months old now...this is amazing to me because Olivia had just started walking at 13 months and Emma didn't walk until 14 months. There is no way they could do this at Marcus' age...He is a lot bigger than they were at this age too. Crazy how different they all are.

Tubing

Cabin Fever

The kids and I attempted to play outside this morning. They are getting a little restless indoors lately and I don't blame them one bit.

We tried to build a snow fort but the snow is not good packing snow. So we tried to dig out a fort in the snow but that didn't work so well either. The kids followed me around everywhere and seemed to be happy outside...however it was a little on the cold side this morning, so I made them go back in.

Looks like we won't be swinging or sliding for a while :-) Can you see the fence line in the background? Yeah...me either :-) That gives you an idea of how much snow we have here.

These are the trees in our front yard. I thought it was kind of a pretty picture for my little camara.

We need a break!

It's still snowing! We can't seem to catch a break. Marc decided we need to remove some of the snow from the roof especially since all the roofs around the city are collapsing. So he got a roof rake and went to work on our roof.

Can you believe this snow? Poor Marc is sleeping right now and going to go out to plow at midnight. He is very busy and his phone won't stop ringing.

We did clear off some of those monster icicles too. It's supposed to start warming up soon...so they say...I'll believe it when I see it.

Daycare for a week

Nana and Papa were kind enough to watch the kids all week while Marc and I worked. Daycare was closed this week due to Christmas and I do not have vacation/sick leave until Jan. 1 (begins officially today!!! YEAH).

The kids had a great time with Nana and Papa...it was really nice to hang out too.

This is our Happy New Year picture. Actually, Nana and Papa offered to watch the kids while Marc and I went to a neighbor's party. I can't remember the last time I went to a New Year's party! I only made it to 11pm but Marc made it past midnight! It was a lot of fun...thanks Mom & Dad!

Christmas Again

Nana and Papa came to visit us and we did Christmas with them on Sunday night. Emma is thinking..."Wow, I think I like Christmas!"

Olivia helped Nana organize all the gifts by name...

Look at all those presents! These were from my sisters and my brother too...we were spoiled!

Marcus pretty much loves all this Christmas stuff too. He had a ball with all of his new toys. What fun!