Snow day

Today we had our first snow day of the season. Maddie was so excited to look outside the window and see the snow falling. She wanted to get dressed and go outside immediately! I then realized that we are sorely under prepared for snow since she grew out of all of her snow gear from last year... But we did the best we could!

Maddie loved helping me build a little snowman that she immediately named "Olaf." She then wanted to build snow versions of Christof, screen, Anna and Elsa. She has a lot of confidence in our ability to build things out of snow!!

We were so lucky to get a visit from Uncle Paul this afternoon! He helped tune our guitar, had hot chocolate and raisin toast with us and even walked the dogs for me. What an awesome uncle. He also learned that my life is currently filled with changing diapers, calming crying kids, watching My Little Pony and feeding Carson. Haha!! We hope he wasn't too bored and comes to visit more before his mission!

One more cute story: Maddie was coloring some My Little Pony pictures while watching the show today, and when she finished each one she would declare "it's perfect!" I love her confidence.

A day at home

Today was a day spent at home doing chores, watching My Little Pony, and playing in the living room. It was pretty chilly today and tonight the temperature is supposed to drop into the upper 30's and there's supposed to be some snow! I'm so excited! But it also means that I didn't feel like taking the kids anywhere today.

Maddie got caught trying out Carson's "didi" (binki) and didn't want me to take photographic evidence of it. Haha!! She's starting to get so sly with the looks she gives me and the things she said. Part of her lunch today was a cheese stick that I had broken in half so it would fit in the compartment on her plate. Near the end of lunch I told her that she could have some fruit snacks if she ate at least one of the cheese sticks. She picked one up, took a tiny bite, put it down and said "one" while giving me a sly smile. Haha! Such a goof.

I brought up Dave's out of tune guitar that I have no idea how to play for Maddie today. She loved plucking the strings to play songs for baby Carson. She then would want me to "play" the guitar fast so they she could do her crazy fast dancing. She gets these crazy big eyes and a big smile when she does her fast dancing, it's too funny.

While I was prepping dinner (we had baked potatoes with chili and a side of broccoli) I looked down and saw this scene. It makes my heart so happy. Maddie kept saying "baby Carson so cute! Little belly button!"

After dinner Dave put on Frosty The Snowman for Maddie and somehow both kids ended up on my lap. I'm not complaining though... I'll take all of the snuggles I can get!

Maddie loves friends!

Today we had a few friends dates! This morning we spent a few hours with my friend Becky and her son Eli playing at their park. Maddie loved the slide and the swings and holding Eli's hand. Haha! It was cute.

Tonight we met up with two different families for dinner, both who have girls around Maddie's age. She had a blast playing with "my girls" Lucy and Jo Jo. At one point the other girls needed to go potty (they're both potty trained) and Maddie decided she needed to go too. You know, gotta keep up with her girls! Haha!! On the way home she kept talking about Jo Jo and lucy coming to Maddie's house. I guess she needs some more playdates with friends!

I love these cute kiddos of mine! I'm such a lucky mama :)

A picture a day

Today I have decided that I need to use this blog more to record memories from this fun time as a stay at home mom to my two cute kiddos! And to keep it easy, my goal is to post at least 1-2 pictures everyday to represent each day's adventures.

Today Maddie kept talking about the birthday party she went to on Saturday night while she was playing with her little nativity set. So with that combination we talked about how Christmas is Jesus's birthday, and some how ended up wearing a birthday hat while carrying around baby Jesus saying "happy birthday, Jesus!" Haha! Such a goof.

Little Carson is 5 weeks old right now and is such a snuggler. Most of the day he just wants to be held. If he's down too long he'll start to get fussy, and a lot of the time Maddie will try to help him by saying "it's OK baby Carson" while rubbing the corner of his blanket on his nose (which is how she self soothes.) It's so cute!

Ok, I really am going to try to post once a day with different memories and pictures! I'm excited to capture it all :)