TBT

I have two throwbacks for you...and THROWBACK VIDEOS!!!  Hooray!

Since we have been all about dance parties lately, here is Callie showing her moves back in September of 2011.


ABC Dancing from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

And here is the adorable (albeit much shorter) video of Maya dancing to a different version of the ABCs.


IMG 5852 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Then we have toddlers in silly shaped sunglasses.

And sweet faces.

Picture Outtakes

Back on Easter, I briefly mentioned doing an outtakes post.

If you follow this blog, you know that I do my darndest to try and get a cute picture of the girls together when I can.

When they are this age, the results are hit or miss.

Because really, it takes so many pictures to get one good (or at least USEABLE) one. 

SO. MANY. PICTURES.

In the case of Easter 2015, I didn't even really get a good one...see?

All that craziness for...this.

Here are a couple more examples:

St. Patrick's Day 2015

All that craziness for...this.

Christmas 2014:

All that craziness for...this.

So...thank goodness for iPhone cameras and the fact that I don't have to spend money to develop old school film.  I can see what I am getting (or not), and can delete to my heart's content.  Except I don't delete, because the outtakes are too freaking funny.

Weekend Wrap-Up

I am always amazed at how fast the weekends go.  If you have the Sunday blues, read on, because I have a couple of hilarious videos that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. :)

This weekend was another sweet preview of summer, and I am just SO dang excited to have so much time to be at home with the girls.

We had a nice couple of days: not too much planned, nice weather, and happy girls.

Saturday

We did our usual Target run and they were so cute sitting in the cart.

During lunch, Callie was VERY proud about trying THREE WHOLE BITES of my salad!

We also did the usual hang out with Boom and Bops and nap time at the condo so I could take Callie to dance.

Does she not look 5-going-on-15 to you????

This last session of dance has been awesome because they are learning one dance and getting new steps each week, like how it is starting in kindergarten classes.  Watching 4- and 5-year-olds try and put steps together is hilarious.  Callie's coordination has never been her strong suit, so I try really hard to do the not-obvious silent laugh in class when she (and all of the other girls) are all over the place trying to do the new steps.


IMG 6188 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

After dance, Cal and I went to a new park, just the two of us. That doesn't happen very often anymore, so it was great.

On Saturday night I went for a run and had a little help stretching when I was done.

Sunday

It was just me and Maya on Sunday morning, and she spent part of the morning testing Kona's patience once again.

And then I tried to get us reading her favorite book, "Gossie", on video.  She knows a lot of the words and is super adorable when we read it.  But I set up my phone so it was in "selfie" view, so she got majorly distracted seeing herself, and then it just got hilarious from there...


IMG 6241 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Those giggles...OMG. I can't handle the cuteness.

Most of the rest of the day was spent outside, because...SPRING!

Don't they look thrilled?

Before bed we had another bunny spotting- it is becoming a regular thing in the back yard, and the girls LOVE it.

Have a great week!

FTPDF

Happy Weekend!!! 

I got nothing more to say, so I'm just going to launch in updates on the girls.

I have been talking a lot about Maya's language development lately, but Callie's is also pretty amazing.  Last week when we were at the park with friends, Amanda and I were talking about nap time while pushing the girls on the swings.  At some point Callie piped in and said something like, "It isn't reasonable for 5-year-olds to take naps."  Reasonable?!?!?  Do 5-year-olds really use that word...in that context?  It was hilarious.  And her mind is just always going.  Today on our wagon ride, out of the blue she said, "Mommy, guess what I can do?  I can stand as STILL AS A STATUE!  Watch, I can sit as still as one too!" And then she expected me to watch her sit still in the wagon while I was pulling it. 

We have been working on her ability to wait for things and have patience.  She's still so egocentric and so when she wants something she needs it RIGHT NOW and will ask for it constantly until she gets it, no matter what we are doing.  So we are working on making her do more things independently (like cleaning, which is the one thing that her teacher said she still needs help with at her last conference).  Sometimes it is a tough balance to make sure we are helping her learn independence, versus just doing things for her to get them done quickly or more efficiently.  It's a learning curve for all of us.

Maya is hilarious.  I just can't get enough of her.  The biggest thing these days is her sleep habits.  Once she gets to sleep, she is fine and sleeps through the night (mostly).  But most nights she babbles in her crib for at least an hour before falling asleep.  Even when we try and put her to bed later.  It seems to be a habit for her now.  It is adorable and frustrating all at the same time.  Sometimes she wakes up at 5:30am and babbles for an hour then, too.  That isn't so adorable. 

The other thing about her is she is getting as picky as her sister.  Argh.  She refuses to eat a lot of things (at least at our house...she seems better at the grandparents'), but is still a die-hard guacamole fan.  Her love of avocados has not waned, and I'm thankful for that.

On to the pictures...

Favorite Thing #1: A library trip with two little readers

 

Favorite Thing #2: Crappy weather outside meant crazy time inside

 

Favorite Thing #3: Pictures from G-ma and Boom

 

Favorite Thing #4: Friday afternoon is finally nice!

 

Last but not least, we have a couple videos.  We have taken to having nightly dance parties this week.  They are super fun, and my Favorite Thing #5:

The pre-party:


IMG 6152 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

How'd you like that preschooler attitude? Whew!

Here's some dance party action:


IMG 6155 from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Have a great weekend!

TBT

It is Thursday once again!  Since we just celebrated Easter, this week's first throwback is Easter outfit related.

One of my favorite things about having 2 girls is the matching outfits.

The rest of the throwbacks are all library related.  I took the girls to the library on Monday for the first time in a loooooooong time.  It was an activity we did a lot when I was on maternity leave.  It was amazing to see Maya running around, when all I remember of her in the library is sleeping in her baby car seat.

Callie still loves having so many books to choose from, and now grabs a bunch and reads through them before making her selections.

I'm thrilled that they both love books and reading so much.  Reading is definitely one of our favorite things to do together, and they both love looking at books on their own, too.

Maya's First QOTD!!!

Once Callie started talking, I started doing "Quote of the Day" posts, or QOTDs as I like to call them.

If you are ever bored some day, type "QOTD" in my blog search bar.  There are SO MANY hilarious Callie QOTD posts.  One of my favorites was this one, in which I was totally outsmarted by my toddler.

Anyway, Maya still mostly babbles but she knows TONS of single words and is starting to put multiple words together. 

And tonight at dinner, she began figuring out how to negotiate.

Maya: (giving me her smile that she knows is adorable) More bagel.
Me: All done with bagel.  More grapes?
Maya: More chips!
Me: No more chips.  Do you want more grapes or raisins?
Maya: More crackers!

Oh boy, requesting carbs and salt.  The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.  Or should I say, the tortilla chip doesn't fall too far from the bag...?

And no, she didn't get any bagels, chips, or crackers.  I gave her more grapes and they ended up on the floor.

She finds herself to be hilarious, and I do too.  I have a feeling toddlerhood part II is going to be another wild ride.

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Happy Easter Edition!

Happy Easter!!!!!  We all hope you had wonderful celebrations with family and friends...we sure did!
Our weekend was filled with Easter-themed fun. 

Saturday

We headed out for a gigantic Easter Egg hunt not too far from our house.  The Wicks' came too, and we ended up running into Beth and Donald.  There were THOUSANDS of eggs, split up into different areas based on age levels. 

Once the kids (and parents) were told to go, there was a mad dash into the designated area.  Some of the parents were totally hoarding eggs for their kids.  It was a little ridiculous.  But the kids had fun, so that's all that matters, right?

Auntie Cat came over on Saturday afternoon to play.  Poor Auntie Cat...she ALWAYS has to share her food with the girls.  Then we went to dinner with a bunny and a guacamole hoarder.

Sunday

EASTER!  The Easter Bunny came and the girls got dressed up in their flower girl dresses.  Maya was a little uneasy about everything, as you can see from the picture.

I have SO MANY outtakes from the Easter Dress photo session, I'll have to do a post just about outtakes sometime.
That would be pretty funny.

We spent the morning over at G-ma and Pa's house.  We had an Easter Egg hunt, an Easter Basket hunt, and a yummy brunch.

After a lovely church service, Boom, Bops, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, Bob, Barb, Laura, Auntie Mari, Josh, Uncle Dan and Hanna all came over to our house.  We had appetizers, and then Callie decided to coordinate an Easter Egg hunt for everyone.  She and I hid the eggs in our front yard, and she directed everyone outside, gave them instructions, and was generally adorable bossing lots of adults around.

We BBQ'd and had a nice time hanging out.  Maya finally discovered that she could EAT what was in the Easter eggs, so that was exciting.

We drank Sangria from my Grandma's beautiful stemware.

We had one more game- we had to reprise the crazy Easter Egg game from last year, when we thought we were using hardboiled eggs but actually used raw eggs.  Since my Grandma thought that was HILARIOUS last year, my mom left one of the eggs raw, in her memory.  Barb was the lucky one to get it!

In the late afternoon, I went with my immediate family to go visit my grandparents' graves for the first time. 

Last but not least, we decompressed back at home in our jammies.  I realized that I never got a family picture when we were all dressed fancy, so we had to settle for a jammie selfie.  Would that be a jammfie?  A selmie?

I have one more day of spring break...Cal will be back at school so I'll get to spend the day with my Little Squish.