Sisters

Sisters eating silently. (Mom and dad like silence, but we like sisters holding hands more)

An Accident Waiting To Happen?!

The first week in the new house was rough for Cari. She was velcro baby, and would not leave my side. I am happy to say she is becoming more and more comfortable each day. When asked what she thinks of the new house her response is "the sea foam green paint in the hallway has got to go, but I love the steps."


Side note: Yes, that paint color in our hall way and laundry room is sea foam green. And it is U-G-L-Y. I can not imagine anyone going to Home Depo, looking through paint swatches, and choosing that color unless they were color blind, or a four year old girl. Needless to say, Mark is looking into scaffolding, so that we can paint over this sea foam green nightmare before Christmas. We were thinking a warm earth tone would look nicer than an Easter egg pastel. Besides the painting project, we will be putting STURDY baby gates at the top, and bottom of those stairs.

What Is She Doing?

This is my creative little four year old. Give her some window markers and she can make quite the scene on my patio door. And what is she holding? Take a few random items strewed across the house, put them together, and it's Abbey's sparkly sippy cup.

A Picture Says A Thousand Words

"OUCH ABBEY!! YOU'RE CHOKING ME!!" In light of her head lock on Cari, Abbey really loves her sisters.

We Made It

We made it into our new house. The move did not go smoothly. There is a saying that once you are over thirty years of age, you need to hire movers to move you instead of asking friends and family to move you. Looking back to last week, I got to agree with this. One thing I am sure of, is that unless Mark gets a MAJOR job promotion with a MAJOR relocation package, stock options, etc, I will not be moving again until Mark and I move into a retirement condominium in Tampa Florida.

I am working on just getting settled, and trying to have some fun along the way. We found a pizza joint in the area. Not fancy, but it sure was tasty. The girls and I located the local library and a Starbucks close by. Cari is officially walking more than crawling just in time to live in a two story house. And Ellie is finally interested in crawling. She is trying so hard. Poor Abbey is out of sorts, and misses her friends. I am hoping to have her in school by late next week to start her own routine. Despite life's challenges, it feels good to be back.

Mountain Lions, Four Wheelers, An Aquarium, and Bears... Oh My!!!

The hours between 5-7 pm are considered the witching hour in our house. It if fine in the summer because after dinner we take the girls for a walk or just let them play outside in order to wind down. With winter fast approaching, we have to come up with some alternative activities for the witching hours.

The other night we took the girls to the huge sporting goods store called Cabellas just a few minutes from our house. I am no hunter, but this place was like a museum, including stuffed deer, moose, polar bears, and many other real stuffed animals on display. They also had a huge aquarium filled with native Wisconsin fish. How funny it was to see ourselves and many other families looking around as though we were at a field museum. Carina thought the aquarium was pretty awesome, and she kissed the stuffed bear she took the pic with. Abbey wasn't complaining either. For those of you who are not familiar with the attitudes of pre-schoolers, if they are not complaining then it is a good sign they are having a fun time. As for Ellie, she just squealed with delight, and bounced up and down. Not a bad little evening. we'll be back.

While we were there, Daddy found a little something to put on his Hanukkah/Christmas list. Maybe next year Babe!!!

The Many Faces Of Ellie

1. Baby Elmo blowing rasberries

2. Random act of cuteness

3. Pirates of the caribean: Jack sparo and the Curse of Flowered Nuk

4. Larry Bud Melman, The former Character from The David Letterman Show

5. Year of the Rat... or mouse....Minnie Mouse and her flowered nuk.

6. The Glass slipper fits Cinderelllie. She found her Prince Charming and they are off to the castle to live happily ever after. If you look closely you can see the the barefooted "Wicked Step Sister" crawling away in discust that the glass slipper did not fit her.