Winter Weather!?!

I haven't seen snow yet this winter. Kind of funny that Santa brought the girls a new sled that hasn't been used. Well, that's a lie. We've pulled Edee around on the house on it. :)

I think we missed a dusting when we were in Hawaii. I know we haven't gotten our first inch in KC, because that's been on the news. The last 2 days have been spring-like. So the girls have got some good outside time. Yesterday we met my dad at Westflander's Park. It was crowded, which Mallory always enjoys. Makes me nervous with Edee. I heard lots of parents say "watch out for the little one."

She's signing "all done" in this picture. Check out those blue eyes.
She loved all the slides she went on. If you look closely, you can see her tongue sticking out. Is she concentrating!?!

Mallory's wispies almost make it look like she has bangs in this picture.

It was nice having Papa there to help Edee up to some of the longer slides, while I waited at the bottom to catch her.


Today we just played outside at our house. Edee enjoyed the Cozy Coupe. Notice the tongue again.


We also played with sidewalk chalk. You can see it all over Edee's pants!


Not sure what this pose is, but it's so Mallory.

Edee had the tongue out while shooting hoops too.


I don't miss driving in the snow. But Mallory had so much fun sledding last winter. I was looking forward to sledding with her again. Who knows! We still might get snow. I hope it's soon though. Otherwise I'm worried my tulips are going to come up.

Boat Show!

For Papa Friday, my dad took Mallory to the OP Boat Show. She was so excited! According to my dad, she was the only one ready to leave school. She had her coat and backpack on.

She climbed in all the boats and got to "drive."

Her favorite boat was a yacht. Check out the look on her face.


She really liked the kids' room with the stuffed dog.

My dad took a picture of the price, so he wouldn't forget. $1,043,216. Yeah, just a bit out of our price range.

KidScape, etc.

I use to be able to blog after an activity or event. But I have found that every waking, free moment lately I've been spending creating a photo book for my dad. It's a Hawaii book that contains almost 60 pages with 300ish pictures. So until I get it done....this will have to do.

Thursday we met Ian & his family at KidScape. Because I have a search function for my blog, I just looked up the first time we went there. Ian was there that time too. Here's the link. It's fun to see Mallory so little!

Here she is golfing.

And pretending the X-Ray was her own bones.

Mallory loves the theater. She dances and sings (always has loved it). Edee loved the chairs for the audience. She loved climbing on them.

We had a great time! So nice that it's so close to our house.

Thursday Edee got to experience finger painting for the first time. She loved it! And I only had to pull her fingers from her mouth once. She's actually wearing my "paint shirt." It says "Big Red is Dead".....in reference to K-State beating Nebraska in football in 1998. :)



Mallory and I made homemade pizza this evening. So we both had aprons on and Edee decided she wanted one too. And sure enough we have a "smaller" one. So she got to wear it. Then Steve captured this great smiles. Not sure what technique he used. But I need to learn it!



He did get this mean-looking one of Mallory too. Maybe he's not quite the master.

Week in Review

We're slowly transitioning back into our normal life. Getting back to a normal sleep schedule has taken a full week. We woke up last Sunday at 10am. That was 6am Hawaii time, so it makes sense. I think we're finally back to our normal.

Mallory started back to school on Wednesday. She was really excited to bring some things to show to her classmates. She took some postcards. I really wish I could have been a fly on the wall to hear her talk about it. Here she is in her "HI" t-shirt. Pretty cute.

Thursday we had nothing on the calendar, so we decided to take Edee to Little Monkey Bizness for the first time. My parents actually met us there too. Here's Edee going down the slide for the first time. She actually loved it. Doesn't surprise me. Since she is such a wild, climbing girl.



Mallory and Edee went down the slide together.

Edee even went down the big slide. She had to get help up there, but she went down with no problems.

I think we'll be frequenting that place. She loved it!

Friday evening I had a show at the Kauffman Center with my friend Julie. While I was there, Steve took the girls to see a Funky Mama concert at Mallory's preschool. According to Steve, Mallory had a great time. Edee did too. She was dancing and everything. But I think it was a little much for Steve.....trying to keep Edee from getting trampled by the big kids. Edee thinks she's so big and wants to be right in the mix.

Sunday we went to church as a whole family. It was really nice to go together. During the Sunday School hour, Steve just walked around with Edee. Then we put her in the church nursery for the first time for worship. And I guess she did great. I was worried, but she did fine. I hope that continues.

I just love this picture of the girls before church. Mallory has on a super cute outfit she got for Christmas from Steve's parents. It has an attached scarf. She loves it too!


This morning I enrolled both girls in preschool. Well, sort of. I enrolled Mallory in the transitional kindergarten class. And I enrolled Edee in a Children's Day Out. I can't believe she's already old enough for that. My girls are growing up! :)

16 Months

A few items for Edee at 16 months.....

• She continues to climb all the time. It's now not just small, kid chairs of Mallory's. It's the chairs in the kitchen. It's everything, really.
  
• I really thought things would be easier when we got home from vacation in terms of chasing Edee. I thought the reason we were so worried about her was because the condos weren't baby-proofed. I was wrong. I still feel like I have to chase her around the house. You never know what she's going to climb on and then either fall from or get stuck. I consider it a good day if she only falls 2 times.
• We've started putting Edee in time outs. Normally it's for putting her hand in the cats' water bowl or standing on a chair. She hears "On your bottom, please" an awful lot!
  
• She's starting to get her bottom eye teeth. Her top left molar is coming in too.
  
• Her sleep in Hawaii was bad. She was sleeping through the night without any problems before we left. But she woke up every night in Hawaii. At home we let her cry a bit and she will generally go back to sleep easily. But I just didn't feel like we could do that on vacation when we were sharing walls with others. But the transition back home hasn't been too bad. She still cries a little overnight, but she goes back to sleep without any problems. I think we're starting to get back to where we were before.
  
• She did great in Hawaii with naps. She was flexible and that was the key. She'd nap on me on the beach. Sometimes she'd nap in her bed. Back at home we're down to 1 nap. She does well if she doesn't have a bowel movement. Seriously. If she goes, she'll wake up and not go back to sleep. Frustrating.
• She thinks she can walk down the steps. This started when we got back home. We're trying to sit on her bottom and go down. She is getting better at that. But she just thinks she's bigger than she is.
• She loves to roar like a lion. I think it's her favorite animal sound. I need to get a video of her sounds. They are funny!