Lazy Saturday

I love having a Saturday when all we have to is a few household chores (I finally got to hang my pictures from a month ago) and sitting with the kids and playing board games a new game for the Wii. It is really sad how much fun we have beating up the bunnies in Raving Rabbids...thanks to my cousins in Jersey, Rachel and David for turning us on to that game!

Pinky Pie

There is a "My Little Pony" named Pinky Pie that Jilly has and she loves. For Christmas she was given a memory game featuring the My Little Ponies and one of the cards is Pinky Pie. That was all she could focus on, she could grasp the concept of only turning over two cards at a time and trying to make a match, but all she wanted to do was find Pinky Pie...it was so cute.

She didn't care about who had the most matches, only about who had the Pinky Pie match. Kid has a one track mind!

Fun loving Friday Night

We typically have a standing date for Courtney to go ride Moose and then stay out at the barn and hang out with Sunny and Mikey. This week, Sunny and Mikey were busy so we decided to be oh so adventurous and as a family go and get our hair cut tonight. The girls and I met Jeff in Landsdowne because heaven forbid that Miss Mandy does not cut Jilly's hair!

Jeff has been seeing Mandy now for about four years, and has always raved about how she never cuts it too short, and she's so sweet, and she always asks about how us girls are doing. So when it was (finally) time to get Jilly's cut we took her to see Miss Mandy, I'm not sure who fell in love first. Jilly sat so still and was (thankfully) her cute little self, and has Miss Mandy wrapped around her finger. Mandy loves to cut her hair, because she does sit so nicely and smiles, and Mandy loves all the hugs and kisses that comes with Jilly. It's no wonder that girl walked out of there with 2 lollipops and 6 clippies.

Courtney's no slouch in the freebie department either. When she told Mandy that she just wanted a trim because she wants to donate her hair to "Locks of Love" once it is long enough, she ended up getting her hair straightened for free!

Jeff got yelled at for letting his get so long, and Mandy almost cussed me because mine is so thick that it took forever to cut. All-in-all, it was a fun night, and hopefully we will be able to get out of the house and enjoy the nicer weather in store for us on Sunday.

Plugged in again

It was so nice to be able to go to out today and finally get our cell phone upgrades that we have been waiting on literally for months now. Somehow I went into the hospital pregnant with a working cell phone and came out with a baby and a busted P.O.S. phone. It feels so good to have that security blanket when I go out to the barn and now especially with all this crazy winter weather upon us.

Spoiled children

So the kids are sharing pretzel fish for a snack after lunch. There is one zippy bag and they get to take turns holding the bag and doling out the fish. I'm not sure which one started it, but some how the one with the bag has to feed the one not holding the bag. The things these kids come up with crack me up!

I am really impressed that after 3 days of being together (and under "Hitler's" watchful eye no less) these two kids have not been in time out once. There has been no hitting, no sharing issues that couldn't be resolved, no real meltdowns (unless you count Jilly when she saw Uncle Bubba yesterday, she knew when he got here it was time for Riley-man to go home), they have eaten good meals with very little coaxing. I makes me so happy that these two may be cousins, but they can get along as well as siblings, and hopefully will for the rest of their lives. There is even talk of this being a more permanent once-a-week thing...here's to hoping!

Going somewhre?!?

When we feed Cooper, we put her in her car seat, only because it's already in the house and it can be put in the kitchen or living room, where ever we need it to be. Well, I didn't pull the seat belt tight and as you can see she was sitting up trying to get out. It looks like it's time to break out the high chair, because Cooper wants to be a big girl. It also looks like she's going to have the "little miss independent" streak that both my other girls have...yippee, I'm thrilled, can't you tell?

If you can't stand the heat...

I'm not too into many of the "reality" shows on TV these days, but I do love my Hell's Kitchen which premiered tonight. I think that most of the draw for this show is the meltdowns that Chef Ramsay incites, and there is something about watching grown professionals reduced to tears over their own stupidity. Example "I thought if I used cold water it would boil faster." I swear that one of these days I am going to find a recipe for lobster spaghetti, and risotto...they both sound really good. Well, here's to trying to expand our culinary horizons, without killing our loved ones or setting our houses on fire in the process. Happy cooking all.

My Baby Cooper (part 2)

Just a disclaimer for those of you with a weak stomach, no babies were hurt in the photos taken today...on the contrary, as you can see...I think Cooper came out the winner of the "War of My Baby Cooper". After seeing just what Cooper was capable of with her own sister, Riley steared clear of her for the rest of the afternoon, we'll see how much he remembers when he comes back tomorrow.

My Baby Cooper

Riley-man was with us again today (Grand-ma Alice is still a bit under the weather) and after lunch Riley and Jilly started to fight over Baby Cooper. Each of them taking turns shouting louder and louder "No! MY Baby Cooper!" I had to step in when they actually started to pull on her, it started with kissing on her, which was fine...but they were getting serious at the end. Thankfully I got a few pictures before things got too ugly. But, hey, if you have 2 two and a half year olds fighting over something, I'd much rather it be the fact that they love the baby then who gets to play with what toy!

Food for thought

Last night while I was feeding Cooper her dinner (which was 3.5 oz cherries and apples mixed with 3.5 oz cereal...no wonder she's our chunky monkey) every time I would get close to her mouth with the spoon, she would start to hum. It was so adorable, it reminded her Daddy of a cat purring. You can see she is a pro at eating, from the first time eating solids over two months ago she has opened her mouth like it was on a hinge when she sees the spoon come near her.