March 12/13 2010

Friday:
Day 71, 294 to go

Today was the last school day before Spring Break. You may remember the excitement you felt when you were a kid... or how long those last few hours felt. Well, believe it or not, teachers feel the same way. So, my picture for the day is... the clock!



3:45 means the end of the day for me and the beginning of Spring Break!!!

Saturday:
Day 72, 293 to go

Today was absolutely beautiful outside! We went to Home Depot and bought some flowers and bulbs to plant. Micheal bought the pieces he needs to fix the sprinklers outside. The neighbor's dog has chewed them to pieces. When we got home, the girls took a nap and Micheal took one on the couch. By the time we all woke up and got outside, there wasn't much time for planting. We got some things started and if the weather holds up, we'll get them planted tomorrow. The girls had fun playing outside, anyway. :-)

March 10/11, 2010

Wednesday:
Day 69, 296 to go

Today was a plain, ordinary day. I took some fun pictures, though. :-)









Thursday:
Day 70, 295 to go

Today was Raquel's 21st (again) birthday! We took her out to lunch. She chose Taco Bell. :-)


Dylan was being super silly at dinner tonight. She didn't want to let go of the spoon once I had it in her mouth.


Scout is working on her fork skills.


Tonight we watched LOST and now we're watching The Office. Yippee!

March 8/9, 2010

Monday:
Day 67, 298 to go

It rained today... a lot! This morning, Scout made the observation that the car was wet. She said it looked fuzzy. Then she looked up into the air and told me that the moon was wet. lol! I guess it did look wet. It was foggy. :-)

This afternoon, Scout's hair was super curly from all of the humidity. I was reminded of a rhyme my mom used to say to me...

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good, she was very very good.
But when she was bad, she was horrid!


Tuesday:
Day 68, 297 to go

Tonight was parent/ teacher conference night. I saw 24 parents in 4 hours. I have about 140 students. *sigh* This was my view for most of the night

Miss Joani babysat for us last night. Scout was thrilled! It was the first time we've ever actually paid a babysitter, but since Aunt Sarah is in Honduras on a mission trip, we didn't have much choice! I'm glad it worked out okay... I definitely feel good about using her in the future. :-)

March 7, 2010

Day 66, 299 to go

So, today I (once again) attempted to get Dylan's 11 month pictures done with the bear. Neither of the girls were very cooperative. In fact, they were both in pretty whiny, clingy moods all day. It's something about mommy that brings it out in them. If I was upstairs folding clothes or something, they were just fine playing downstairs with daddy watching. The second they heard my foot on the stairs, however, they screamed until I was sitting right there on the floor with them. I don't know if it had anything to do with it but (TMI warning) they were both super-messy-diaper-makers today. I changed 9 poopy ones today. 'Nuf said about that.

Since I really want to get these invitations out Tuesday, I had to get a good picture today. Here are a few of what I got.

This is the one I ended up using (I cropped it for the invitations)


Cute picture, but I wanted to show her size next to it. :-)


Scout insisted that they needed to sit on the couch together. Neither would look at the camera.


Scout wanted a picture with her bear.


Scout tried to show Dylan how to do it!


So, they both went to bed about 30 minutes earlier than they usually do. I'm now sitting here watching the Academy Awards and feeling very old...

March 6, 2010

Day 65, 300 to go

It was an absolutely beautiful day today. Mid-60s and a nice breeze... gorgeous! So, we took the girls to the park to play. They had a great time and so did we! Daddy and Scout went down the slide...


The girls had a great time on the swings!






Dylan is picking up some really cute expressions :-)


Wonderful day!

March 3/4/5 2010

Whoops! I've been so busy living life that I haven't been blogging about it. How'd that happen? Ha!

Wednesday:
Day 62, 303 to go

Scout singing to Dylan when we got home today


So, tonight Dylan decided she wanted to taste the bubbles in their bath. This led to an impressive bubble beard which made both girls laugh. Then Scout put her face in and came up with a beard herself. Both girls were cracking up and giggling. Then Scout said, "Come here, mommy," scooped up some bubbles, and put them on my face. So we all three had bubble beards!


Thursday:
Day 63, 302 to go

Tonight I tried to take Dylan's 11 month pictures with her bear, but it didn't happen. Dylan didn't feel like sitting still, and Scout kept taking the bear and saying it was her's. Maybe Saturday... I did get some smiles!


After Dylan went to bed, Scout and I made English muffin pizzas. Scout painstakingly put one piece of grated cheese at a time. The knives in the background are cracking me up now, looking at them!




And then she got to eat it!


Yes, I dressed the girls alike today. I don't do it often, but I thought it would be fun and Scout told everyone that she and Dylan matched. :-)

Friday:
Day 64, 301 to go

Tonight I almost forgot to take a picture! Right before I put Scout into her PJs, I remembered and told her to say cheese. This is what I got.


She then says, "See Scout? See Scout?" She's learned that she gets to see the pictures on the other side of the camera. She doesn't always let me take the picture before she wants to see it. Silly Scout!

March 1/2 2010

Is it really March already???

Monday:
Day 60, 305 to go

Today when I picked Scout up from daycare, I heard my two-year-old utter these words: I go to timeout, mommy. Jay Jay put me time out. Upon further questioning, She admitted that she "hit Claudi right here!" (pointed to her cheek). Her teacher, Miss Jay Jay was gone for the day, so I sent her a text message and asked her about it. I was pretty sure Scout was saying that she hit Claudi, but it could have been that Claudi hit her. Some of her words are hard to understand. :-) Jay Jay confirmed it... my child hit another child and was put in time out. *sigh* I'm glad she told me, but disappointed that she is hitting.

Tonight, the girls had the same things for dinner. Green beans, ravioli, meat sticks, and cereal. It didn't start out that way... Scout had green beans and ravioli and Dylan had meat sticks and cereal. But, both girls threw fits because they wanted what the others had. Go figure!








Once the girls were in bed, I had a huge mess in the kitchen to tackle. Micheal had cooked a bunch of food for his rehearsals (they have dinner on stage and they use real food) and this is how he left things:

Oh, joy. And now you see why I didn't have time to post this on Monday!


Tuesday:
Day 61, 304 to go

Micheal is feeling sick today, so he canceled his rehearsal, came home, and went to bed. Poor guy. I had the girls all alone, and boy am I tired! Dylan had her first real banana tonight and she loved it!



It was a beautiful day. Even the trees and flowers thought so. They seemed to think that it's spring!




Right now I should be cleaning in the kitchen again, but I'm just too tired. Or lazy. Not sure which.