Quotes of the Week

Pick your words wisely :)


Hannah:  I'm going to wear that PJ top to school
Mommy: That's not a PJ top, that's a plain pink shirt
After the shirt is on
Hannah:  I can't see the plane.  Is it on the back?
Mommy:  oh, no.  there isn't a plane.  It's just a pretty pink shirt


Daddy's car broke down


Hannah:  PopPop didn't have a hammer
Mommy:  What did PopPop need a hammer for
Hannah:  To fix Daddy's car.  Now it has to go to the store


Pregnancy 101


Mommy:  You and Addie came out of Mommy's belly
Hannah:  Who's belly did Bailey come from?
Mommy: Bailey came from a mommy dog's belly
Hannah:  When I get older, Daddy's gonna come out of my belly


And the AWWW moment of the week


I was vacuuming, which scares Addie.  Normally I hold her while I'm vacuuming, but I was only doing it quickly to pick up a spill.  After I moved the vacuum into my bedroom (to not scare Addie because it's in the hall), I come into Hannah's room to check on Addie.  Addie is snuggling next to Hannah crying and Hannah is rubbing her back telling her it's OK. 


Would have been fabulous if I had the camera :)

Hardest Workout Ever (well at least in a long time)

Before I even start this, let me just say I can't stand laptops sometimes.  I just wrote this whole blog out and then my finger must have slipped and the whole thing disappeared.  Awesome. 

So, now onto the actual blog -

I recently started working out again and I've actually gotten a pretty good routine down.  Normally the girls are both asleep by 8:30 and I'm in the basement by 8:45pm.  Last night was raining and dark out, so I thought I would be able to put Hannah down a little early.  I got her down and then I got ready and was in the basement when I heard her yelling for me.  Normally I would put in the effort to keep her in her room and go to sleep.  But I knew if I did that, I wouldn't feel like working out after.  So I allowed her to come into the basement with me.

I set up a chair infront of the TV, thinking this would keep her occupied.  I was wrong (which is often the case with the kids, apparently we don't think the same way). 

Hannah ran, did lunges, girl push-ups, and squats all directly next to me.  Which doesn't really sound that bad, but when you are trying to concentrate on counting to 50, someone in your face asking your questions gets kind of tough. 

Our basement isn't finished, so the first batch of questions were about the basement - "what is the pole for" "why are there so many" "what's on the ceiling" "what do they do (pipes)".  Then I got on the treadmill "why is the mat moving" "what's up there (the time and distance clock)" "why do your knees go fast" "when is it my turn"

After about the 20th question, I asked her "Can you please go ask Daddy questions?"  Her reply "No, I'm a girl, I stay with you because you're a girl." 

But I did finish the work out :)

What have We Been Doing?

So while my original intention was to work on this blog weekly, I have already slowly been slipping.  I use to work on this blog at night, after the girls went to bed. 

See the problem with that, is that Day Light Savings Time kindly messed up that schedule.  The girls use to go to bed between 7-7:30, which gave me time to do general clean up and then do this one a week. 

Now bedtime has been pushed back to 8:30 for Hannah because she doesn't like to go to bed until it is dark out.  We actually debated about getting her darker curtains. 

But while this has pushed back my general routine so that I have no time between their bedtime and my bedtime, it does make our general playtime sooo much better.  Now when we get home from school/work, we can have dinner and then go outside to PLAY!  YEAH!

So I'm going to try to improve and get back in the swing of things...

Here are some things we've been up to:

• I come downstairs from putting Addie's PJ's on and ask Hannah if she is done coloring.  Hannah says Yes.  I say, why don't we go put all your markers away.  Hannah says "today's a special day, I'm going to sleep in my clothes today."  No, you're still putting on PJ's, not that I know entirely what that has to do with putting your markers away
• Kids 'professional' pictures are next weekend.  Hannah has been planning her outfit and decided that she has nice curls and wants to wear her hair down.
• Addie is walking all over and up the stairs.  She is really into books and being outside (loves the swings) 
• Hannah and Addie are actually starting to play together.  I'll come in the room and they'll be on Hannah's bed together playing/reading. 
• Hannah is really starting to be a great big sister.  She'll rub Addie's back when Addie is crying and tell her everything is going to be OK. She also will help get anything out of Addie's room (sneakers, socks, toys, diapers, whatever). 
• I say, "Hannah, I think that shirt's getting a little too small for you"  Hannah says "I know, but when it gets bigger, Daddy can wear it." 
• Hannah is really into Boys vs Girls.  Meaning, all the girls go for walks together (Mommy, Hannah, Addie, and Bailey) and the boys (Daddy and Foster) go next.  Or all the girls stay upstairs together and the boys stay downstairs. 

And as a random side note, Call Me Maybe is on constant repeat in my head for weeks at a time. 

See you all next week!  I'll try to put pictures up (our computer crashed and Kodak Gallery was bought out to Shutterfly, so I'm a little behind on getting pictures downloaded)

Happy Valentine's Day

For Mother’s Day this year, I wanted to do something outside as a family (and lucky for me, it was sunny and 80).  But while I wanted to be outside, I wanted to go somewhere that the girls could walk out of the stroller and not be in the way or run over. 

After playing around, I found the Lehigh Valley Zoo.  I was a little skeptical.  I’m use to the Philly Zoo.  The Philly zoo is BIG.  Big zoo equals big animals.  But I was pretty sure that the Philly zoo was going to be packed. 

So off to the Lehigh Valley Zoo we go.  It was an hour drive and we left about 20 mins before the girls nap time.  My thought was that they would sleep in the car. 

Hannah had other plans.  What does a 2 ½ talk about for an hour straight in the car, well, let me tell you:

·         Why do I call daddy Kevin and not daddy

·         Why are there balls in the sky (this was looking at the balls up on the electrical wires)

·         Are we going to the flamingo zoo

·         About 3 rounds of Baa Baa Black Sheep

·         About 3 rounds of Money on the Bed

·         Where is Thumbkin

·         I don’t know how to sleep in the car, so I’ll just relax

·         I’ll feed my peaches to the elephants, OK

·         Are there going to be boys at the zoo

·         I’ll feed the hippopotamus, OK

And there was LOTS more.  I gave up trying to keep the notes on my phone. 

The zoo ended up being great for the girls.  Both of them could walk out of the stroller, they saw animals, there was a playground, and we got around the whole zoo in 3 hrs.  It was perfect.  Here are some pictures J
Oh, and when Hannah woke up on Sunday morning, she said “Happy Valentine’s Day Mommy.”  Close enough :)

Take 1

Take 2

Feeding the Birds

Addie stuck in the stroller

Take 3 (after this I gave up getting them both to smile at once)

Sleeping on the ride home :)

Thanks for the Random Advice

On Saturday, after running errands, we decided to take the girls out to Friendly's for dinner.  We walk in and the hostess immediately explains that her goal is to win a stuffed animal out of the 'grab' game in the front of the store for her two year old son.  Walking us to our table, she remarks that we have two girls and asks if we are planning on having any more children.  While this is a little odd to come from a complete stranger, she was friendly, so we explained that maybe a little down the line.  She then asks if we are aiming to have a boy next time, because if we are, she knows the trick.  Again, to remain friendly, we just go along with her and say yes, it would be fun to have a boy.  At this point she goes off on a 10 min explanation about how her sister's sister-in-law works with fertility and that the trick is to drink Robitussin.  What?  Apparently she said that if one of us (she couldn't remember which one), takes the normal amount of Robitussin, it will guarantee a boy.  It apparently worked for two of her friends. 

So, while I will not be following that advice.  Um, thanks :)

Happy 1st Birthday Addison

Here are some pictures of you growing over the year J.  You are getting to be such a big girl!

·         24 lbs – 18 month clothing

·         4 ½ teeth

·         Curls are coming in

·         Becoming more picky about what you eat

·         Love to paint/color

·         Started walking about two weeks after your birthday (and now you are everywhere)

·         Love to go in the wagon and be outside

·         You think its hysterical to try to pet Bailey and Foster

·         Love playing ‘chase’ or ‘boo’ with Hannah

·         Just a happy little girl

Who Lives in the Ocean

I had a bachelorette party this weekend and was trying to explain to Hannah where I was going and what was going on:

Me:  I’m going to go help Miss Kate celebrate her wedding party

H:  Where is Miss Kate?

Me:  Miss Kate lives near the ocean

H:  Are you getting Miss Kate?

Me:  No, Miss Jessica is picking me up and we are going to go see Miss Kate for her party. 

H:  How you getting Miss Kate out of the ocean?

Me:  oh, no.  Miss Kate doesn’t live in the ocean.  She lives near the ocean, in a house.  Who lives in the ocean?

H:  Aunt Sarah

Me:  No, Aunt Sarah doesn’t live in the ocean either.  Remember, the fish and whales live in the ocean.

H:  And the pink dolphin. 

Hannah believes Aunt Sarah lives in the ocean, and has, for quite some time because I tried (like a year ago) to explain that they were going to the ocean for their honeymoon. 

And thank you Sprout TV for teaching my daughter that there are pink dolphins.