Valentine Preview

The kids made Valentines for all of their daycare friends last night. They had their Valentine party at daycare today.

Marcus even got into it. He only ate a few of the crayons, but he did actually color a little too.

Olivia was really into the coloring; she takes her artwork very seriously and it definitely shows.

The Valentines turned out great and Marcus even cleaned up all the crayons when we were done. What a good boy.

Spring Fever

We went to Home Depot yesterday and saw these cute flower pots for kids to plant. I am not a gardener...ask anyone...but I thought, might as well give it a try. It looked like fun!

First we put the pellets into the pots...

Then we add water...

Then you are supposed to wait 5 minutes for the soil to form...

After 5 minutes, we still didn't have soil, so we just added more water and waited more. It ended up being a pretty long wait. Even the babies joined in :-)

We did finally end up with soil, so we planted the flower seeds.

Then put the lid on to make a green house and we will see what happens. Check back in 7 to 10 days...we'll see if maybe we need Grami and Nana to teach the girls how to garden...I'm not to confident that this one is going to work :-)

Cuteness All Around

Last night I was having trouble getting the girls to go to sleep (ok, so that's every night...I'm almost ready to give Olivia thumb sucking privileges back; we never had problems getting Olivia to bed until she stopped sucking her thumb). Olivia lined up her stuffed animals and wanted a picture...how could I resist this.

She definitely has Mommy wrapped around her finger...she NEVER wants her picture taken...this was obviously a ploy to stay up later. It turned into a full photo shoot.

Of course, Emma had to get into the action too. What can I say...I'm a sucker for cuteness!

Our bedtime routine ends with a few songs. The girls have gotten pretty good at them so we decided to share tonight. Emma just learned "You are my Sunshine". It's her new favorite :-)

Twirling

Lately, the only thing that fits Olivia is dresses. Most pants that fit her in length are way to big in her waist. It's ok though, because she is really into dresses lately.

She loves to twirl around in them. She went a little overboard tonight and got really dizzy though. It was hilarious. She laid on the ground for a while but was laughing, so I think she was ok.

Look at those crazy legs...Emma just loves them!

Poor Marcus is catching a cold. He has a nasty cough...poor baby.

Super Bowl Sunday!

We went to Jordan and Kallie's house for a Super Bowl party. The kids had a blast...I think Jordan and Kallie did too :-)

Emma and Olivia even had a little tackling action of their own.

That cute Seahawks jersey is from Uncle Colby and Auntie Kimmie...it's actually for Marcus but it's a little big so Emma got to wear it today.

The night ended with more snow! Here's Emma, patiently waiting while Mommy and Daddy are getting Olivia and Marcus strapped into their car seats...she's saying "Wow, Snow!"

Tag

I've been tagged by my friend Lorie. I hope I'm doing this right. The instructions were to go to my 4th folder and post the 4th picture and then tag 4 friends. I still have pictures on my computer from 2003! So, here we are...Marc and I in 2003 on our way to Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands). We had some good times there during the summers when Raymond docked his boat at Friday Harbor. Who knew that 4 years later we would go from a family of 2 to a family of 5!

I tag Melinda, Lisa, Tracy & Kimmie.

A B C

Emma was doing this the entire time at dinner tonight. She says "Oergel Power" at the end...something Daddy taught everyone :-)

Checking on things

We had a glimpse of sun today so we ventured outside to play. The bikes and trikes came out too.

The girls went to check out their play area and learned they can't get into their house now. The snow is like ice...very hard and compact.

They were able to climb onto their play gym and spent quite a bit of time climbing all over it.

Olivia even tried the slide, but it ended with a hard landing in the hard snow...she only did it once and decided that wasn't much fun.

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 :-)