Little gymanst

This little girl is quite the athlete! She's strong, confident and constantly in motion with boundless energy! All these work well together to make her a talented, athletic gymnast!

Graduating from level one, and on to level two!
Glad you got to see her graduate, Kristi!

Woodland adventure

I love that my 3 year old loves the outdoors. She wants to be outside and play outside all. the. time. No matter the weather, she's game for doing anything outside. A typical conversation in our house goes something like this:

Me: Who wants to go outside!??!
Khloe: Hand in the air, jumping up and down, MEEEEEE!
Kayla: NO!

But because I usually want to be outside too, along with Khloe, we all go outside. Sometimes its too cold for me to be outside, but Khloe is immune to frigid temperatures, so she plays outside by herself either riding her bike in the driveway or swinging on the playset.

This day Khloe said, "Mom, I want to go on a Mommy-Daughter adventure in the woods with you. I want to hear birds I've never heard before." She didn't have to ask me twice! We soaked up the nice warm sun and searched for treasures in the woods. We even came across deer poop. Khloe said, "I've never seen deer poop before!"

I love that this little girl is always up for an outdoor adventure!

I mustache you to love me

Art virtuoso

Another Friday night, another painting class at Studio 1219. Once again, I signed Kayla up for the "adult only" Lushes and Brushes class because we loved the instructor and the experience so much the first time. I enjoyed white wine, Kayla enjoyed pop. Jenny was glad to see us again! She's truly impressed with Kayla's painting ability, as are we!

I can count on one hand the number of times that Kayla asked for some help from me. No sooner did she hand me the brush and I started painting then she would say "I can do it!" and she'd steal the brush back. Fine with me! After that happened a few times I refused to help her and told her it was her painting and would reflect her work. She didn't want me touching her painting AT ALL!

 Students could pick which ever color tulips they wanted; Kayla choose pink and yellow.

Another fabulous painting hanging in our foyer!
She's doing so well and having so much fun, it's inspiring me to want to paint too!

Piano Patty's Day

How my mom comes up with these holiday costume accessories, I do not know. But she did say that she LOVES teaching piano when it falls on a holiday! An excuse to dress up, be crazy and have fun! I have to say it sure does make for entertaining and interesting piano lessons. Which I guess is better than the opposite -- crying because of a teacher and a lesson. (I recall those days for myself!) I'm glad Kayla has her Grandma to teach her piano!

This is a good picture to see all those missing teeth! Four of them!

Snow much fun!

Whew, we've been cooped up inside for way too long! For the most part it's been a pleasant tolerable winter with just the right amount of snow and not too much cold. We were thankful to NOT have the winter we did last year where we had 30+ days in a row that didn't get above zero degrees and we set a record for snowfall. But... January came. And the freezing temperatures. And then February too. And the bitter cold days stretched on. It was too cold for recess! And too cold to build a snowperson! And too cold to go sledding!

Until today...

Just look at the sun shining! And our happy faces! And our bright fun clothing! And we're outside! 

 These are the faces of some happy people!

 Khloe: The kid who will always choose swinging over any other activity in any weather at any time

Sleeping angels

There is nothing more precious and peaceful and beautiful than a sleeping child. Every parent in the world knows this.

I could stare at them for hours. We've been letting the girls start sleeping in our bed together at night if it's the weekend or if Aaron and I are going to be up late, or if one of us is gone in the evening at bedtime. This provides lots of opportunity for cute photos of sleeping cuddly girls before we carry them to their separate beds.

 The girls go through phases where they love to sleep with their robes on...

 ... or with their big pillows. I don't know how any of this can be comfy.