gingerbread houses

Today was gingerbread house making at school. She ate a bunch of the decorations, but still managed to get a lot on the house.

happy 1st birthday!

doctor emma

Emma said she was giving “the donkey” a check up. She even got her mittens out of her backpack so she could wear gloves like a doctor.

through the eyes of a 3 year old

A box blew into our yard and has been sitting there for days. As Emma was going upstairs she stopped to look outside and said “look mommy, the snow made a rectangle”. Apparently the wind finally blew the box down the sidewalk, but not before it snowed a little bit.

throwback thursday ( december 8, 2015 )

naughty or nice

We went to the mall this morning to see Santa. When it was our turn Emma wouldn’t go anywhere near him. I even told her she could just stand near him. Nope. At least I got these while we waited in line. As we were leaving Emma threw the

mommy look

I was getting lunch ready in the kitchen when Emma yells “mommy look at Olivia!”. Emma put her stool up against the couch and Olivia doesn’t miss a thing. .. especially when food or climbing are involved.

rudolph the red nosed reindeer

Everyone is pretty exhausted today. Olivia took a short evening nap while Emma and I watched Rudolph.

croup

Olivia started this weird cough / breathing thing in the middle of the night on Saturday. She was doing it last night too, so this morning I took her to the doctor just to check. She has croup. They said it gets worse around day 3. Great. Here’s looking forward

mommys bed

When Braden was traveling every once in a while it was a special treat for Emma and I to have a sleepover. I never thought his traveling would turn into Monday through Thursday almost every week for 4 months. Of course the first thing Emma said when we told her

one happy girl

After Olivia went down for her nap we bundled up to head outside. First order of business… snow angel. After that it was a snowman, followed by a second, bigger snowman that the kids next door helped her build. Afterward we came inside and had hot chocolate with marshmallows by

snow

Emma was super excited to wake up to this… This is the first decent snow we’ve had this year. She has been begging me all morning to go outside and make snow angels.