Beautiful Bianca

This little lady is such a sweetie. Come on, just look at her and you will agree. (i know, i know...) Baby B decided to start sitting up! She's so ambitious; the little silly isn't even 6 months old yet. Apparently she just wants to see the world from a new light. ;-) Aside from sitting up, and demanding to do so all of the time, Bianca has learned to SCREECH at the top of her lungs. I will give you one guess where she learned this neat little deafening trick! The 2 of them are going to pop the roof off the house. They get involved in this lovely game that I like to call a screech war. I have numerous videos of this and will be happy to post them if you are the type of person that likes nails on a chalkboard, or the sound of Styrofoam being pulled out of a box. The noise drives me insane, but I will admit, it is so fun seeing the two of my daughters engaged with each other. They are starting to interact more and more & I love it. Bianca lights up when Skylar walks in the room. She even smiles when Sky is loving her just a little too much. Sisterly love is the best!

Spring is arriving!

or so we hope! i busted out the patio furniture and the wife beaters at the first glimpse of warm weather. these last few days have been beautiful. we started out with a 70 degree thursday at the zoo with uncle charlie for his birthday. friday was 78! we had some family in town and spent the day with them. it was awesome to play outside, eat outside, lounge outside... you get the point! skylar spent the morning playing in the backyard ALL BY HERSELF. let me tell you folks, this is such a treat for me. she was in the garden, playing with mud and water, making mudpies. she was filthy but i didnt care! i was able to pick up the house and get dressed ALL BY MYSELF. looking out the window every 30 seconds or so. ;-) uncle char came over and they spent time drawing with chalk on the driveway.

the weekend was spent at our cabin. russ enjoyed fishing in his new kayak. i enjoyed sleeping in and playing with the girls! i cant wait for the summer activities to start out there; crafts for the kids, concerts, art shows, farmers markets, etc.

and of course, miss b got her 1st pedicure. gotta love those little painted toes.

i know the pics are not rotated appropriately. picasa and i are having some issues. its too smart for me.

help!

one of my favorite things about blogging is the cute backgrounds. (i know, total dork) but mine wont change!!! ive changed it a bunch of times and it still shows the AUTUMN background. who out there can tell me what to do? calling all blogging moms...

so... ive been entertaining the idea of doing a triathalon. i really want to do it but dont want to do it alone. whos with me? seriously, i need a partner! or 2! anyone... anyone... bueller? its at innsbrook on june 6th. a 500 yd swim, 3 mile run, and 18 mile bike ride. come on - you know you want to join me!

behind on bloggin'

a month has passed! wow! we have had so much going on! this past month we drove down to SC to visit Russ' family and have a vacation. It was so nice! Unfortunately, the photos from the trip are on my old computer! Russ and I decided to go out and splurge on new computers b/c our old ones were slower than death. Its amazing how miuch more productive I am with a computer that works. Imagine that?!

valentines day was awesome. skylar and i made bacon & pink heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. russ and bianca were awake as well. it was nice to start out the day of love with each other! russ and i decided to keep it low key. we opted to just buy each other cards and keep it simple. we waited until the kids went to bed and had a late dinner and a movie together at home.

aunt krista sent the girls some darling valentine outfits. heres a photo!

Disney On Ice

Skylar had the joy of dressing up as Snow White and going with Momma to Disney On Ice. She and about 1000 other little girls were all dressed to the 9's in their princess outfits. Skylar and her friend Mackenzie (aka Tinker Bell) were so excited, that they hopped and hollered all the way from the entrance down to the pre-show princess viewing. We eneded up with front row seats!! This was great for Skylar and Mackenzie. Both girls stood in shock and awe for the entire 2 1/2 hour performance. Afterward, the parking garage was jamb-packed with cars, so we let the girls chase each other around in a circle for about 30 minutes. Skylar passed out in her carseat before we even pulled out of our spot. ;-) When we got home, she was so exhausted but refused to take her costume off and insisted that Bianca be one of her dwarfs. As usual, B was such a good sport!

Baby Bianca

Bianca got a few little toys for christmas and she is so entertained by them. Here she is playing with her baby elephant, and a few more recent pics of her. This little turkey only likes to take little cat naps during the day - like 30 or 40 minutes at a time. She is sleeping from 10-5 at night though and for this I am very grateful! She really likes her mom and dad and has already started crying at other people. This cracks me up! She seems to cry when she sees her Grancy and her Uncle Charlie - 2 of the kindest souls on earth. Thats why its funny... because its downright ridiculous!

Playing Pretend

Skylar: "Momma, should we pretend to go bye-bye?"

Mom: "No, Skylar, lets actually get in the car and go to the YMCA."

Skylar: "But... I want to PRETEND to go the YMCA."

Oh the world of a 2 year old and her imagination is incredible. Skylar got a kitchen for christmas and has been pretending to make meals in it day in and day out. Its been well worth the money already! If you come over for a visit, plan on having a meal of a hotdog sandwich with fries, a vat of soup, and coffee thats really hot. Yum.

My aunt Janelle sent Skylar a snow white costume, which she loves. She immediately had to put it on and dig out 7 baby dolls to be her dwarfs. They were lined up on our couch for 3 days! Shes never seen the movie (damn those disney people and their silly special releases... grrr.) but I've told her the story so shes invented a game of pretend. Thanks, Janelle, for the costume. She will also be wearing it to Disney on Ice this weekend. Woo Hoo!

My favorite game of pretend is "going to the beach!" We were out at the cabin for new years, and she was playing with her beach stuff inside. She knew she couldn't actually go down to the lake and go swimming, so she was sitting in her blow up boat, pretending to be down at the beach. Of course, she had to bring Bianca with her. B was a good sport to sit inside a blow up boat! This photo just cracked me up!