Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday.

Early Saturday morning was crabby.  And we ran errands.  And I took this picture.

I don't even know.

I spent the rest of Saturday morning at the condo with my mom and sisters.  We went through my parents' storage closet.  It was filled with a lot of my dad's stuff- TONS of electronics, records, childhood mementos, etc.  Needless to say it was emotional.

I honestly don't even really know what went on the rest of the day, and there is no picture evidence.  Thanks to G-ma and Pa for helping with the girls during the day.

This morning I had some much needed Maya snuggling.  With Baby Elliott, of course.

In case you were wondering, YES.
Baby Elliott was named after Kitty Elliott.

This afternoon we had some fun playing around with the slo-mo feature on my phone.  I happened to catch an awesome wipeout by Maya.



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Don't worry, she was okay. :)

I also took this picture this afternoon.

Which looks almost like a picture that showed up on my Timehop yesterday. So I had to put them together.

Tonight we had G-ma, Pa, Aunite Cat, Hanna, and Uncle Dan over for a little birthday celebration for G-ma.  Callie let the crew in a couple of games- Simon Says and Telephone.  She also enjoyed being the waitress and taking everyone's cupcake orders.

The girls showed off their crazy time before bed.  As you can see, Maya usually has the upper hand:

Kona came too! Our first baby.

Have a great week.

A Picture Update

I don't have much for you tonight. Callie and I were both slammed with bad head colds on Wednesday and have been miserable ever since. It hasn't been too fun around our house...

But I have a few usual Maya pics:

And some bath time pics. Baths can either go well or very very badly, depending on the mood of these two. Tuesday's bath happened to go well.

And finally, a reading from the grief book I read each night. This particular one spoke to me:

It reminds me of my 2016 words "Shine Bright", and as always, gratitude.

Have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday: Happy Birthday G-ma!!

First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA! We love you!

I have to start the Timehop part of the post today with 2.5-year-old Callie in the play house.  I was reading through May 2012 posts on the blog to remind myself of what Callie was doing at Maya's current age.  And I came to this video:



Which then reminded me of a playhouse video I took of Maya this fall:


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And then my brain exploded a little bit thinking about how fast they get big.

Anyhow, here are more Timehops:

Kona and the girls- Callie on top, Maya on bottom

And today Maya is wearing a mid-80s jumper that me and Auntie Yoda both wore. Thanks to Boom for finding the photographic evidence!

Kati, Laura, Maya

Weekend Wrap-Up

HOLY MOLY IT IS FREEZING OUTSIDE.

Just another reason to be so thankful for a warm house, plenty of food, and not many reasons to go outside.

Yesterday morning the girls and I tried making a "Mug Muffin"...a recipe I saw a video for online.  Callie diligently wrote down the recipe while we watched and paused the video.  She doesn't like to be told how to spell words...instead likes to sound them out on their own.  I love it.  Our first attempt (yes, there were two) didn't go so well, as we somehow forgot to add one of the most important ingredients: flour.  I'm not sure how that happened, seeing as we had all of the ingredients set out, including flour.  But regardless, it happened, and after 1 minute in the microwave, it was a brown mushy liquidy mess.

So I made another attempt, Maya helped me mix it, and ta-da! Banana cinnamon coffee cake made in a mug in a few minutes time.

The girls liked it too!  Bonus!

Later that morning we met Boom at the Rainbow Systems play place.  It was SUPER busy there, so we didn't make it more than an hour...but Callie had fun.

Maya sort of had fun.  She spent a lot of the time either clinging to me or throwing a fit on the ground when I wasn't holding her.  TODDLERS.

But then later she was ADORABLE...playing independently and creating little stories with the princesses, etc.  I had to take video because it was so dang cute.  And it is pretty clear that she learns a LOT from watching her big sister play.


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Seriously.


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Yesterday I had some good Dad reminders.  My sisters and I ordered "Lee" rings and I got mine yesterday.  And the sunrays after naptime...they were awesome.

Today is a super lazy day.  Chris took the girls to church while I stayed home, did laundry, and exercised.  I couldn't make myself go out in the cold.  And church is still probably one of the hardest things for me to do.  I need to get braver and go more often.  But I have faith that will come.

I am one week into working out regularly.  It is a cliche resolution, I know, but one that I need to do.  And to up the ante, I signed up to run a 15K race on April 16th.  That's 9.3 miles, which is pretty substantial considering I haven't run more than a mile in months. So my goal for January is to get fit and work on strength training, in hopes that when I start up the running again in February I won't feel as frustrated.  We'll see how that goes...

The rest of the day was pretty quiet. Chris and Cal went to the Wicks' for the Vikings game, and I hung out with Ms. Maya.

Hope you have a great week.

A Picture Update

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Hahahaha.  We survived our first week back in the real world.  Chris and the girls' schedules changed the most with him starting his new job, but it has all gone really smoothly so far.  And Chris loves his job.  And I had a great week back at my job, so all is good on the life transitions front.

Most of my pictures this week are of Ms. Maya.  She spent her days with Boom (Monday, Tuesday and Friday), G-ma (Wednesday) and Pa (Thursday) and I love that they are all so good at sending Maya pictures each day.

Maya does a great job with the grandparents.  She is a WILD CRAZY MONSTER at home (or out and about) with us.  We went out to dinner just the four of us last night and it took all my energy to try and keep her contained in the booth.  Thankfully there was a ledge she could sit on to look out the window, so she ended up eating up on that ledge too.  And the trampoline is still a hit.

Our living room table has become Play-Doh central.  They got a bunch of new Play-Doh and Play-Doh accessories for Christmas and have been obsessed with it ever since.  It is so fun to see their creativity come out.

Finally, we played another game that we got for Christmas tonight.  Hanna gave Chris the Jelly Belly game.  There's a box full of Jelly Bellies and a spinner.  When it is your turn, you spin it and see what color jelly bean you have to eat.  Each color is one of two different flavors- a gross flavor or a good flavor- and you don't know what you are going to get.  For example, the first one Chris got was white. The flavor options were coconut or baby wipes.  I'll let you guess which flavor it actually was.

We all tried one, and I had to take videos because it was hilarious.  Enjoy!

Juicy Pear or Boogers:


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Chocolate Pudding or Canned Dog Food:


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Let me tell you...the dog food flavor lingered a long time...

Buttered Popcorn or Rotten Egg:
 

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Maya was the only lucky one that round!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Timehop Tuesday

I like the sound of Timehop Tuesday better than Timehop Thursday, so I think I'll stick with that in the new year.

Here we go!

First up: Maya's SQUISHY cheeks!

And then: a reminder of what our lives were like 6 years ago with baby Callie, compared to now with chore-doing Callie (if $ is involved).

Next up: Sisters!

And lastly, a toddler comparison. Cal on the left, Maya on the right.

Winter Break Wrap-Up

It is hard to believe, but two weeks of break have gone by in a flash.  With the holidays on my normal posting days, there were some pictures from the past two weeks that I didn't get around to posting yet, so here is a picture update of all the non-holiday related things we did over break.

1. Playing at the park.  In the winter.

2. Teaching Callie how to clean the bathroom.

3. Playing with the new castle tent.

4. Gallivanting in the snow.

5. Going to Edinborough and the library with Boom.

6. Hanging out with cousins Arieanna and Annelise.

7. Goofing around with my 2-year-old.

8. Hanging out downtown.

9. Spending time with Brent and Bethany while they stayed at our house.

10.  Having sister time (some crabby, some happy).

11. Being super lazy on New Years Day.

12. Walking around Minnehaha Falls.

13. Playing with G-ma and Pa and Kona.

14. Enjoying 2 weeks with these two crazies.

15.  Reading lots and LOTS of Maisy books.



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Have a great week!