She’s 3!

Piper is my crazy girl.  She is silly as all get out and will talk your ear off.  Don’t be fooled if she gives you the silent Piper, it’s just a front.  I love listening to her pretend with her toys she has the cutest conversations with everything and can entertain herself for a long time.  Sadie was never like this.  Sadie at this age always needed me or someone else there playing with her.  She wasn’t a fan of solitary play and still isn’t.  It’s nice to have an independent player. 

One of her favorite things these days is to say “Mom” and then when I answer she say “mmm ne’er mind.”  She thinks she’s hilarious.  She loves to try and make us laugh in any way she can.  She also loves to give Sadie big hugs, mostly when she knows Sadie doesn’t want one.  She has a load of contrariness about her, but she also knows how to turn on the charm.  These days out of the blue she’ll say to me, “Mom, I so sorry I cry.  I not cry nymore.”  and then she’ll follow it up with an “I love you Mom” for good measure.  Anytime she hears music she starts moving her little hips….then her head starts a shakin’.  She can’t help herself.  She does this in the store, car and at home.  She loves to dance and is always turning up the music so she can get her dance on.  I love chatting with my little Pipes I love the way her brain thinks and the things she says.  She makes me laugh daily with the things she says (and how she says them). 

We love you little one!

everyone’s favorite time of year

It felt like a bit of a whirl wind as always, maybe even more whirly this year.  We had fun doing all of our traditional favorites; decorating together, watching all of our favorite Christmas movies,letters to Santa, crafting, making cookies, gingerbread houses, looking at lights, trying to guess what our presents are, Legoing and visiting family. 

Sadie’s letter to Santa. 

Christmas Eve.  Right before opening our Christmas eve present Piper was a little (aka  a LOT) grumpy from a nap she had just woken up from so no happy, excited pictures from her.  Sadie had enough excitement for the both of them.  Piper did eventually snap out of it and enjoyed gingerbread house making and our nativity complete with two pregnant Mary’s played marvelously by Piper and Sadie.

We watched The Grinch and while we did this Ryan made this amazing creation.  The Grinch Santa Clause.  Once again, no instructions.  Pretty amazing in my opinion!  He has now gained the status of Lego Maestro.

need a closer look??  It’s magical isn’t it?  I wish it could become immortalized as a part of our Christmas decorations.  Too late for that, it’s been crushed into a million pieces ready to be built into something even more marvelous. 

It’s gingerbread house making time!!  This is a thrilling time for all at our house.  Sadie says the way you make a gingerbread house is you eat one candy, put one on….eat one, put one on.  She stuck to her guns on this one.  A note for next year…..build the house in two parts.  One night graham cracker house construction, the next night candy.  I don’t have the patience to wait for it to harden. 

Christmas morning.  The dress ups were a clear favorite.

as were these cute purses Grandma Julie got the girls, fully equipped with all the essentials a girl could need including but not limited to:  wallet w/photo ID, money, chapstick, kleenex, notepad, tic tacs, pencils, and body glitter spray.

Sasdie with her new tool set!  This is what she wanted most of all. 

My two handsome guys.  They’re both getting more and more handsome every day.  I feel pretty lucky to have them both. 

Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope your Christmas was as fun and family filled as ours was.  Sorry no Christmas cards this year from us!  Maybe next year.  That is clearly not my forte, sorry!  Thanks for sending yours anyway.  I loved them! 

a tooth

Sadie lost her first tooth while we were in Texas.  She’d been wiggling that little sucker for weeks it felt like.  It came out the day before we left, she was sitting on Papa Steve’s lap while we played Risk wiggling away at it.  She was Steve’s lucky roller, she toasted me on many a roll.  Ryan and I were across from her and we could tell the second it came out.  Her eyes got huge and slightly watery.  She was quite surprised.  When we asked her what she thought when it came out she said she thought al her teeth were falling out!  That would explain the scared watery eyes. 

Her other tooth was already coming up behind it.  It was well over time for that tooth to come out!  Now we’re waiting on her next wiggly tooth to make it an even two.