TBT- Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  We hope everyone had a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends.

Ours was lovely, and I'll write about it tomorrow.

My throwbacks today are all Thanksgiving related, obviously!



On the left: Newly pregnant and probably sick,
On the right: NOT pregnant and feeling good!

Callie: Almost 2, Maya: 16 months

Sisters (some happy, some not so happy)

Weekend Wrap-Up: The 16-Months-Old Edition!

I can't even describe how much I love this age of baby/toddlerhood.  It is perfect.  She hasn't started with the terrible two nonsense yet, she is still a little cuddler, but she is active and loves to play and is ridiculously entertaining to watch.  Golden.  It is the golden age.

I'd like to reiterate my statement about playing.  SHE LOVES TO PLAY.  I took a series of videos of her yesterday about the time that she was supposed to be going down for her 2nd nap (which is something that may be changing now as she is getting into toddlerhood- I think we are close to moving from 2 naps a day to 1).  Usually when I take videos, I take a few of them and then decide which one is the cutest to share on the blog, so as to not bore you with too much baby cuteness (though is that really possible?).  Today, I couldn't even decide.  So, since it is my blog (and if you are taking the time to read all this you will probably enjoy ALL the videos), I chose 3 of them.


IMG 1257 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

IMG 1259 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

IMG 1261 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Ever since the day she was born, I have been more than a little captivated by her sweet face. 

Let me just make that last picture bigger.  Because THAT FACE.

Okay I'm done.  I love 16-moth-old toddlers.  Especially my own.

On to our weekend...

Saturday

We had lunch with Boom and Bops.

We played at home and went for a snowy walk.

And then...Callie waiting in anticipation for her preschool crush Henrick to come over.

You may notice Callie is wearing a different outfit in the two pictures.
She was wearing her leotard and tights under her yellow dress before he arrived.
Then, once he got here, she took off her yellow dress and hung out in her leotard.
Then she got cold, and put on the red dress.  Before he left, she had changed
into her pajamas.  And I wonder why I have ridiculous amounts of laundry
every week.

Sunday

We had  super low key day.  Lots of play time at home.  That's about it.

Bath time, cuddle time, jumping time, play time, bottle time,
and hot dog octopus time

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

59-Months-Old!!!

ONE month until 5! It is unbelievable.

There is something so fascinating about this age. So many emotions...so many expressions...

So much curiosity...and so much attitude.

Four has been somewhat of a challenge and I'll be ready to embrace 5...but not for another month. 5 just sounds SO old.

FTPDF

Happy Friday!

We had a pretty chill week, so there weren't too many pictures.  As usual, I couldn't help but take pictures of the little one.  Especially in her high chair.

Favorite Thing #1: This one

And the older one doesn't stand still long enough for me to get many good pictures, but one night she did stay still long enough so she could make funny faces.

Favorite Thing #2: This one

My favorite time of day is between 6:00 and 7:00pm.  We are all usually upstairs in the play area, and the girls play and wrestle and giggle and it is so fun.

Favorite Thing #3: Family play time

I had the day off today, and my friend Amanda and I took our girls to an indoor play area close to our house (that I had a groupon for).  We had never been there before and it was AWESOME.


 

Favorite Thing #4: A new (to us) play area
(just in time for the LOOOONG winter)

 

Have a great weekend!

TBT #200

When I save my Throwback pictures, I label them with numbers, and today's first throwback picture is number 200!  I can't believe it!

Girls and dogs enjoy looking out the window at the world.

Callie's first pony, Maya's 1000th pony

And I have throwback video today of toddler sign language.  Callie learned "drink" around this time.


Drink from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Poor 2nd baby has only been taught "more."


IMG 1081 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Also, poor 2nd baby has not really been exposed to the wonder of juice.  Rookie mistake with baby #1 (even though we always watered down, and still do).

A Blog Post About Maya, Pebbles, Evita, Justin, Callie and Cindy Lou

I could not think of a clever title for this post, so I went with one that may peak curiosity, and probably some confusion.

Maya has some hilarious similarities to a few well known, um, characters.

I discussed the first one a few weeks ago on my Pony Evolution blog post.

The high pony just SCREAMS Pebbles Flintstone.

Additionally, her undone hair is getting pretty close to young Justin Bieber status these days.



When she is excited, her whole body shakes.  She straightens her legs, but more importantly, she lifts up and shakes her arms, a la Eva Peron from Evita.

DON'T CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA!
(I love guacamole)

I was pretty proud of my clever comparisons, and then I thought I should maybe look for a Callie doppelganger. It was the big blue eyes and her love for all things Christmas that brought me to Cindy Lou Who.

Okay now I'm done. 

Weekend Wrap-Up

It. Is. Freezing. Outside.

It is too early for single digit weather, but alas, here we are.  Brrrrrr.

We had a nice weekend.  Fairly low-key.

Saturday

Callie had dance class.  Chris took her. I did her hair with a little braid, pony and headband.  She looked adorable.

We met my friend Amanda, her husband and daughter at an indoor park on Saturday night.  The kids had an awesome time running around, playing and jumping. 

Maya mostly just wandered around (still with a slight drunken sailor unsteadiness) and enjoyed the excitement of being able to move around like the other kids.


IMG 1127 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Sunday

We had a lot of fun play time at home.

A couple of us shoveled, a couple of us watched from the warmth of inside.

We spent the afternoon over at the condo so we could hang out with Boom and Bops.  At one point I got caught napping.

I can't believe it is mid-November already.  The holidays are going to be here before we know it, as well as a certain preschooler's birthday.  FIVE is rapidly approaching.  WHAT?!?!?!

Hope you had a great weekend!