My Valentine's...

Hope you all had a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! We had a great family filled heart day and I got to spend it with all my Valentines!We spent the morning cleaning up around the house and then met Grammy and PawPaw at the circus. Taylor was so excited about going to the circus and told me she couldn't wait to see the silly clowns and all the animals. I think the two girls really enjoyed the show and we all had a great time together.

Sweet Taylor

Silly Caroline

I love my Dad and Taylor sure loves her PawPaw!
Crazy child :)
So hard to get Taylor to sit still and take a picture...we tried!

CIRCUS TIME...Caroline was so excited. She kept pointing, waving, clapping and laughing. I am pretty sure she enjoyed her first circus!

Enjoyed our day with Grammy and PawPaw. Taylor loved her new elephant light up toy. She had to go to bed with it tonight--Hey whatever it takes these days :)

So sweet

My three favorite people...although poor Caroline looks pretty uncomfortable and not into this picture.

Too funny...is that belly full Caroline from all that you ate today?!

Happy Valentine's Day at VK

On Friday the girls had Valentine's Day parties at daycare. I went to Caroline's first and of course my batteries in the camera died after about 5 minutes!!! I didn't get any of Taylor's class and really hate it because so many of them were dressed up for their party and Valentine's Day dance. They all looked adorable. Hopefully I can get some copies from other moms. The daycare clears out the cafe and puts up a disco ball. They turn out the lights, turn up the music and let the kids shows us their dance moves. It is always so cute. Again I HATE I don't have pictures or a video to share with you. We took Caroline with us into the dance and she even showed us some of her new moves too :)

The kids must LOVE these parties since they basically get to eat LOTS of junk food...(good times for the parents!!)

Caroline was asking for "MORE" even though her plate was still full!

Snow days!

Well we haven't been hit hard in a few years with a good snow storm until this past weekend. We got about 8 inches of snow and ice...LOTS for us in the triad! Of course in NC, that means everything shuts down for a week to two :)--Well almost that long!
The girls loved it and I liked it for about a couple of hours. The snow was pretty but I just hate that it takes forever for it and the ice to melt away! I am not usually one that likes to be stuck in the house. Although as much as I do love to be out and about, I do have to admit it was a little nice to just lounge around the house all day on Saturday. We all had some good quality family time and I even got some MUCH needed cleaning done. Once the snow and sleet stopped we were able to go out and enjoy all the snow and some good sledding with our neighbors on Sunday.

Taylor checking out her snazzy boots on the way out to play!

Taylor was playing with the boys in the cul-de-sac and one of them put ice down her back...she couldn't wait for me to get it all out!

Caroline wasn't too sure about the sled at first. So I decided to show her it was fun...

Oh YES she was trying to push Mommy along on the sled!

Taylor was helping Daddy shovel the driveway. Always such a good helper!

Caroline was a little upset that the jeep was "stuck" and not moving well in the snow!

Follow up

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and little prayers. Caroline's minor surgery went well. She did great! She was very groggy coming out of it and got sick on the way home but by this afternoon she was back to herself. Hopefully these tubes will be good for her!

Sweet Caroline

Poor Caroline has been battling ear infections for over a year now. We went to the Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Doctor at the beginning of the month and he highly recommended us putting tubes into Caroline's ears. Tomorrow is the big surgery day. I am a little nervous about the whole thing, especially putting her to sleep. I know that tubes have become very routine among little ones and most kids seem to do remarkably well. I am hoping she will finally get a little relief and feel better.
I am sure she will be fine but any extra prayers are always helpful.
We appreciate it!
Say an extra prayer for this sweet little girl...

Kids say the funniest things...

At our house Taylor usually demands the TV to be on "her" cartoons. When she watches Nick Jr. she is exposed to LOTS of different commericals. Lately she has asked Rob several times if she can have a Pillow Pet. She usually goes back and forth between the ladybug and the frog. I guess this is the first of many commericals that are going to draw her in!
So on Friday night I had just gotten Taylor into the shower and Rob had just gotten home from work and came upstairs to change. Taylor heard him come upstairs so she opened the shower door and said, "Hey Daddy! You know what; the Pillow Pets are EVEN machine washable!"
We were both caught off guard and had to ask her what she said again. She was so matter of fact about it. She is seriously into this Pillow Pet so I guess it is on her mind a lot :)
We have made a deal with her...if she is good girl at night and actually goes to sleep without getting up 100 times and making a big fuss then we will consider ordering her a Pillow Pet.
I just thought it was hilarious that she told us that the Pillow Pet was machine washable and that she is already "working" on getting things she wants.
Of course she hit up Daddy first because he is the push over with his little girls :)

I guess it is hard to deny these two sweet little girls!

Random...

These are just a few random things from the past couple of weeks...

On New Year's Day Rob's Aunt Liz, Uncle Stephen and Granny came for a visit and we all had a wonderful dinner over at Mimi and Popie's house.

Taylor "tried" to help Granny out with this large puzzle but I am pretty sure she messed a few of the pieces up :)

Uncle Stephen and Granny were trying to be interested in Taylor playing her new Leapster...her look already reminds me of a teenager!!!

About the age, 16-17 months Taylor started to refuse sitting in her high chair. I guess Taylor and Caroline are a lot alike. This past weekend Caroline refused to sit in her high chair too. I am sure since Taylor sits at the table that Caroline wants to be just like her sister and sit there too. We are experiencing a lot of that...Caroline wants to do what Taylor is doing or wants whatever toy Taylor has! Sometimes it is not a good ending as someone ends up crying or throwing a tantrum for not getting her way!

The other night Taylor asked for pudding...for some reason I don't think it is as bad if it is sugar free :) Of course Caroline screamed "MINE" until I gave her some pudding too. Rob walked in from work saw her messy face and went straight for the camera. She definitely enjoyed her pudding and got very mad at me when I took it away.