And I thought the snow was over!

Just when I thought it was going to warm up, we got another snow storm! It's so cold outside that it isn't even worth getting the kids bundled up to go anywhere. So unfortunate, because just last week I took the kids for a walk in their wagon twice. I really thought we were on the up and up! They have been really good for being so cooped up, but you can tell they are starting to go a little stir crazy. Drake has been reduced to trying to play with the blender and the lamp, which he successfully pulled on top of himself today. Mia doesn't want to do anything but have me spin her in circles. Why is it that as we get older we get dizzy WAY faster than we did when we were kids? I finally had to put my foot down on the spinning today. I was like, "Mia, Mommy will dance and jump and skip with you, but no more spinning!" But of course, that's still all she wants to do. I can't wait until it warms up a little outside!


We moved Drake to the table with us instead of being in his high chair. It's actually his high chair without the tray that pulls up to the table. Unfortunately, all he wants to do is to stand up in his chair and crawl on the table. He thinks he's so clever, but it gets quite frustrating when he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME we sit down for a meal. He, however, thinks it's hilarious. Either it will get old and he will stop, or I will have to strap him in. He also started walking down the stairs without holding onto anything, not even the wall. He is so much more of a climber than Mia. I never worried about this kind of stuff with her!


You know those Corelle plates, the ones that aren't supposed to break when you drop them? Well, they break if you drop them. Drake pushed one on the ground, and it shattered everywhere! I couldn't find the dustpan and was kind of talking out loud to myself. I said, "Oh, Mia. What should we do?" She says, "I think we should get rid of Drake." It was hilarious. :)


Anyways, here are some recent pics of my two peanuts. :)

This one cracks me up - Mia is always wanting to get her picture taken with Drake, and this is pretty much his reaction...

This just makes me smile :)

Love this...

Hope you're staying warm!!

Life got in the way!

I've not fallen off the blogging train, life has just been getting in the way! Cold days mean lots of entertaining the kids inside the house! They have been so good, though. So far the winter has gone really quickly. We had a few days in the 50's, so that is getting us excited for the warm weather that is to come. :)

Below are some pics from the past several weeks. Mia is back on her manicure kick. She is COMPLETELY and TOTALLY into princesses right now, so she MUST have princess nails! (or so she tells me...) She'll disappear for a few minutes at a time throughout the day, and one day I finally realized it was because she was going upstairs to put lipgloss on. She is so girly. The only things she will wear right now are dresses. I even caught her pulling one out of the hamper the other day so she could wear it again. I was like, "Mia, we have to wash your clothes before you put them back on. And you can't wear that dress every single day!" She goes, "It's okay, mom. I will just wear it two times a week, and then I will wear something else." Like she had it all figured out already.

I have started using conditioner in her hair at night during her bath because it is so knotty when we brush it afterwords. As you can probably imagine, she is totally in to it. She is so excited to use something that Mommy herself uses. She is so proud to have her very own bottle of conditioner in her tub. This weekend we were out, and it was really windy. When we got inside the grocery store, I said, "Mia, is my hair all crazy from the wind?" She goes, "No, Mommy. Your hair looks fabulous. And it smells so good like your conditioner. Do I have my own conditioner, too?" Oh man, she's three and definitely in to the beauty products! I'm a little nervous for what she will be like at, say, twelve...

Drake is still smitten with the Bee Movie. It is seriously a cure-all for him. Grumpy Mood? Solution: the Bee Movie. Hungry and not time for dinner yet? Solution: the Bee Movie. Mom and Dad need a little more sleep on the weekend? Solution: the Bee Movie. I don't know what it is about that show, but he sure loves it. He shakes and squeals when we start to turn it on. We were out visiting a new preschool for Mia today, and there were little bees stapled to the bulletin board. He got so excited when he saw them and tried ripping them off the wall. (Hopefully that won't hinder our chances of getting Mia into that program. :) )

Drake's also been doing the cutest golf swing lately with his little clubs he got for Christmas. Now he's swinging with everything he can find, though: his fork at dinner, my cooking utensils, etc. It's really cute. He also loves doing Eskimo kisses (is that what they're called?) - he grabs your face and squints his eyes and rubs his nose into yours back and forth really fast. It's hilarous.

Enough of the talking; on to the pics!

I love these sweet little fingers, freshly manicured...
This is basically how she walks around every day - crown, necklace, dress...

I love how he's looking at her here :)

Oh, and I forgot... she wears a skirt under her dress, too...




Mia LOVES to bake... we were making cupcakes with the mini muffin tins from her kitchen set...

And like her mama, she LOVES the batter :) I would bake more with her if I didn't want to eat every. single. cookie (or cupcake) when they were done baking. I'm working on that. :)

Her sweet little fingers scooping up the goods...

Ta-da! Contrary to popular belief, we actually didn't eat all the batter and ended up with some delicious cupcakes...

Mia thought they were pretty fab, too. Look at her face!

Sitting in their chairs, watching, of course, the Bee Movie

Mia was really busy one day, running up and down the stairs with her dolls/stuffed animals. I finally asked what she was doing. "I'm decorating, Mom." I let her take these pictures of her work. She decorated her bed...

... her princess chair...

... tucked them into every crevice...

... and even decorated Drake's room for him

When in the world did he get so big?

We made it through surgery! And Mia's 3 year pics...

Mia had her surgery this morning, and it went well. She was so much calmer this time before her procedure, so we were really thankful for that. Unfortunately, she woke up about the same way as last time, crying and kicking and screaming, etc. It was no fun for anyone. But this time we were in recovery for about an hour - last time we were in there for almost 3 hours. So that was an improvement! She is doing well, although she is extremely swollen and pretty irritable. I'm hoping after a good night's sleep, she will be back to normal!

We also took her 3 year pictures last weekend. She was so excited about her very own photo shoot! Here they are...

I had asked her what she thought Drake would be doing if he were getting his pictures taken, and here is what she did...

Afterwords, she was 'reading' to us with Nana's glasses...

Updates...

We had a great Christmas with the kids. :) Of course the only thing Mia tells people she got for Christmas is her new Tinkerbell flashlight. Apparently Santa could have gotten off easy this year for just $7. Drake didn't really know what was going on, so Mia opened his presents for him and was so proud of herself for helping.

The kids most FAVORITE movie right now is the Bee Movie. They watch it almost every morning. Drake gets so upset when it is over - he starts hitting the tv and lays on the ground crying! It is hilarious. All you have to say is "Drake, do you want to watch the Bee Movie?" and he starts saying, "Yeah! Yeah!" in his little voice. This picture is of him making himself cozy to watch the movie...

Mia and my cousin's little girl Hannah at Christmas

Mia's other favorite Chrismas present, her Snow White outfit. She wears it EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Watching their movie on Christmas morning together

Checking out herself in the garbage can to make sure her crown is straight...

We had some leftover juice boxes from Mia's birthday party - Drake loved it!

Mia is scheduled for surgery this Thursday. Her doctor is going to remove the excess tissue from her lip left from her other surgery (when she was 17 months). I am so, so anxious about it. More than anything, I am anxious about them putting her under again. I will be so relieved when it is all over!

As always, she is so funny. The other morning I asked her what she wanted for breakfast. Here is what she said: "Mom, I would like a waffle. First put it in the toaster and then the microwave. Then sprinkle a little powdered sugar on it, and I would like a little beautiful syrup. Thank you very much, have a wonderful day." I was telling Brock how funny it was, and he goes, "Did you tell her to pull forward to the next window?" My family sure keeps me smiling. :) I'll post an update after her surgery on Thursday. Thanks for checking in on us!