Stylin'

I love naptime. Not my own (although if it existed I would indeed love it!). I really relish the time the girls are sleeping. It comes just about every day around 1:00 pm when I get S&P all squared away in their beds for a couple of hours. And as any stay at home mom would tell you, those couple of hours are vital for our sanity. Praise God for making sleep a major requirement for little children....otherwise I'd be in the loony bin by now.

But lately I've looked forward to the end of naptime only to see what sort of outfit P is sporting as she walks down the stairs. See, with the arrival of baby Wyatt coming upon us, Jason and I have been really encouraging P to get dressed on her own. She has picked up on it quickly and enjoys showing off her new skill. Perhaps a little too much....

I went to check on her the other day during naptime and this is what I found. Wouldn't her hands be hot?





And this afternoon she walked down the stairs looking like this. That's right...tights OVER her shorts. Fantastic.





While P likes to tell me she's "stylin'", I think I'll be picking out her outfits for a while...

One in a billion

Remember how I said the last six months involved about a billion things that mainly involved two little mischievous girls? Well, this would be one of those things...

I was downstairs cleaning up after lunch and the girls had gone upstairs to play before their naps. They were playing very well together so I (of course) took advantage and decided to take the time to get some other things done downstairs while they occupied themselves. About 15 minutes had gone by when my mom instincts kicked in and said "Hey dummy....it's too quiet up there. You should check it out."

So I sneak upstairs only to overhear in the playroom Sydney say, "Give one to mommy." Then I hear P say "No, Sydney. Don't give one to mommy. She will be angry." I immediately reveal myself to them, curious to know what exactly it was that I would be angry about. I look in the room and my eye instantly goes to their "craft" table on which I find this





That's right. Thirteen unwrapped and already licked lollipops neatly lined up in a row (courtesy of P, no doubt). It appears they had found my "secret" hiding place for their bucket o'lollipops and were deciding which color they liked the best. P had 2 in each hand, also unwrapped and already licked, and Sydney had one in each hand...one of which she was so kindly going to give to me so I could join in on their little slice of heaven.

Surprisingly enough, their only punishment was to help clean up the wrappers strewn about the floor and bid farewell to their lollipops in the trashcan. And yes, the bucket o'lollipops is now hidden once again, this time way up high where they won't be able to reach them for a long time. Or so I think...

6 months....

Sooooo.....a lot has happened since I last posted. Life just got really hectic and I really didn't think anyone read this blog anymore anyway, so I set it aside. However, after some heckling this weekend by my sister-in-law and mother-in-law (love you guys!) I decided that perhaps I should dust off the ole laptop and get back to blogging. Here's a recap of what all has happened over the last 6 months:

Our little munchkin celebrated her 3rd birthday



We found out we will be welcoming baby #3 in mid-July. After much anticipation and perspiration (on Jason's part) we found out it would be a boy. S&P cannot wait to meet Baby Wyatt. :)




We took a family vacation to New York to visit relatives and enjoy some snow



Our little squidster celebrated her 2nd birthday



And of course there are about a thousand other things that went on around here most of which include 2 little munchkins and their mischievous personalities. Perhaps I will be able to catch everyone up over time....