SnowMan take II

Thankfully we got another snow and Lydia was able to make her a snow man. Ever since the last snow, that is all she can talk about. Every time she sees a flake falls she screams "Snowwwwwww" and asks to go out and play in it. I always have to tell her that it there is enough on the ground, then we can go out and make a snow man... that day came today. She was so excited as she was walking down the stairs this morning that she screamed "Snowwwwww MAnnnnnn, please can we make one! You put gloves, hat, jacket on, lets go". Given that it was 7:30 in the morning I told her we had to wait for it to warm up a little. So right before lunch while they boys were napping, Lydia and I snuck out and made our masterpiece. We were limited on the supplies we had for the eye's and mouth, but did the best that we could. Lydia was very proud and wanted her picture taken next to it and kept tell the snow man to say "cheese". She has such a great personality that I love! When we came in we had the traditional hot chocolate and marshmello's and she loved picking them off the top and eating them. Once the boys woke up, Lydia showed off her hard work... both were impressed!

Eli's new trick

Eli is 15 months now! Gosh, it flies by. Eli has many new accomplishments that he is very proud of. The first is he LOVES waving bye/hi... to everyone. When we go out he thinks his duty is to greet everyone, and if they don't respond by acknowledging him, he get very loud and forceful with his "Di" and wave. Another very recent skill learned was that of climbing. As you can see in the picture, he can now climb on the table to get himself whatever he would like. Today I watched him climb up onto the chair then the table and then steal Lydia's banana (he had already eaten his and was down from his high chair). As you can see in the picture, he is VERY proud of himself.

We also had Eli's 15 month check up and the doctor kept going on and on with how docile and wonderful Eli was. He said usually a 15 month check up first thing in the morning makes him pull the few remaining hairs out of his head, but not today. Eli's current stats are 89% in height (32") and 45% in weight (25 lbs). His weight has been dropping in percentile but the doc. said he looks great and its just from all the running around.

Which brings me to his 3rd recent accomplishment. Running! At this age Lydia had only been walking for a week or 2, so I really have my hand full with Eli. Also, he's still not great at running, hence the bumps on his forehead you may have noted in the many pictures from Christmas and before.

Note Lydia trying to save her lunch from Eli
Eli with the stolen banana... very proud of himselfEli checking his tray to make sure he didn't miss anything.

BIG girl bed

We did it! We finally moved Lydia to her big girl bed. I think she may have been ready, but I wasn't. It's been a week since the big move and I think she is doing really well, for the most part. We made a big deal about her picking out her bed and bedding, which I think she didn't really understand the bed part. Every time I mentioned her getting a bed like mommy's she would respond "Sleep in mommies bed!". Either way, we got her bed put together and she was so excited. She couldn't hardly wait for me to put on the sheets to climb in and try it out. As soon as she was under the covers she said "Mommy, you get out, I'm sleepy". So I took that as a good sign. Over the last week she has "skipped" several naps, but she now understands that she's not supposed to get out of her room until mommy says its ok. So, naps consist of me laying her down, then, almost as soon as I close the door (this is assumed, I haven't confirmed it yet), she climbs out of bed and sits in front of her book shelf and "reads". Sometimes she carries them to bed and reads them under the covers and when I come to check on her, she is actually asleep.. VICTORY! Night time is a different story. She stays in her bed and goes to sleep... that simple. Well, until about 11:00 when she tells me to come sleep in her bed. So, we are getting there, our little girl is growing up.

Lydia all snuggled in her bed

Eli was excited about the bed too, mainly because it's low enough for him to get on himself... and off

Snow day...posted really LATE

OK, so this was from a couple weeks ago, but we actually got some SNOW! Lydia was so excited to go out side and Eli, well, he was ok with it, but I don't think it was his idea of fun. After about 20 minutes of getting our layers on we were outside for maybe 15 minutes. I tried to introduce them into the art of making a snow man, but our snow wouldn't pack! Once we came inside, it was followed by about 20 minutes of wining and crying from Lydia about how cold her hands were, so needless to say, I think I'll give it another year before we try to enjoy the snow again.

Lydia's "playing" consisted of grabbing hand fulls of snow and throwing it up in the air.

Eli didn't move... not once... for the full 15 minutes we were outside. Doesn't he look like he's having fun?!

Snow day

Lydia was so excited about the snow today. When we were loading up the car to run to the store real quick, she couldn't help herself from running out into the driveway and testing it out. I had to run inside and snatch up my camera before she quit being so cute. Here is what I captured. There will be more pictures tomorrow, as Lydia is dying to go out and build a snow man. Granted he may only be a foot tall, but we will build one. (And she doesn't have a jacket on because she snuck out)