the.great.outdoors

This girl can't get enough of the great outdoors. She brings me her shoes at least 5 times a day to inform me that she would like to go outside. She doesn't like it when I tell her to put them back. And when we do go outside, she completely falls apart when it's time to come in....for a nap. She leads such a rough life.

dragon.flies

The girls made some "dragon flies" (is that 1 word or 2? the more I look at it, I think it's 1, but I'm not going to change it) the other day out of a cookbook for kids. Super cute.

Dragon Flies or Dragonflies...however you want to write it:)

6 pretzel rods

12 large pretzels (we used 24 mini prezels because we couldn't find the big ones)

6 squares of almond bark

Optional: food coloring and sprinkles

1.  Cover a cookie sheet with foil.  Spray with cooking spray.  Line preztels on cookie sheet.

2.  Put almond bark in a bowl.  Microwave on high for 30 seconds at a time (stirring along the way) until melted.

3.  Add food coloring if you'd like.

4.  Cover pretzel rods with melted almond bark.  Dunk regular or mini-pretzels into the melted almond bark and stick to the top of the pretzel rods.  Add sprinkles.

5.  Put pretzels in the freezer for 15 minutes and enjoy!

dr.seuss

Claire has been reading several Dr. Seuss stories.  I found this really fun "One Fish Two Fish" project over at Deep Space Sparkle Art.  The girls really enjoyed it!  Meredith's fish are on the left; Claire's are on the right.  They LOVE to paint!

amelia.2

My sweet baby girl is 2. Oh my goodness, I can't even believe it! I bought a kitty costume for her at the resale (in the picture), and she is in love with it! Not only does she love to wear it around the house, but she makes the cutest little kitty that I've ever seen.

At age two Amelia loves...
doing anything that her big sisters do.
Daddy.
playing outside.
listening to music.
eating fruit.
eating bread.
eating cookies (who doesn't?).
wrestling with Daddy, Claire, and Meredith.
dogs...as long as they aren't touching her.
babbling on and on and on and on (and no one knows what she's saying).
baths.

At age two Amelia doesn't like....
sitting in her high chair.
coming inside after playing outside.
going to the nursery at church and co-op.
when people don't want to dance with her.
most of the main dishes that I cook.
getting out of the bathtub.

Amelia Kate, you have no idea how much you are loved in this house. Your big sisters adore you (as do your Mommy and Daddy). As much as we wish you would start using words that we understand, we know that your babbling is only temporary and we find it extremely sweet! It is especially cute when you're upset about something and you are crying and babbling on and on and on. We can't help but laugh. We love you so much Little Miss!

college.sports

Of course we've been all about March Madness in our house.  We've been talking about the college teams and where they are located and how they play each other.

Meredith was asking all sorts of questions about college sports.  Namely, she wanted to know what sports are played by college students.  I was listing a few off the top of my head:  boys basketball, girls basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf.

She says, "Is that all?" 

Me, "Well, really just about any sport you can think of...they probably play it."

(pause for 20 seconds...picture Meredith thinking hard...okay, now she an idea in her head and asks the best question of the week....)

Like hopscotch?

Ummmm....not hopscotch. :)

sweet.amelia

My sweet baby girl will be 2 in just a couple of weeks. We celebrated early last night with Josh's family, and she was so cute when we were singing to her! She had this little smile on her face when we sang "Amelia".

And she even blew her candle out all by herself! We didn't even practice ahead of time. So cute. I can't believe that she's almost 2. Time flies!

question.of.the.day

From Meredith:  Why did God put meat in deer?