February

Dave had both Valentine's Day and the following Saturday off of work.  Two days off was quite a treat for us so we savored all of our time together.  There were lots of snuggles.....

 Dave was quite amused by all the dancing, singing, and "conformances" at our house.  I think he almost forgot what this crazy show is like :)

Yep, the little has a swimsuit and a tote on her head, no biggie!

 Eden attached daddy and planned on tickling him, but....

 We ventured to the zoo on Presidents Day.  It was a beautiful day and the girls seemed to have a great time. 

 Last time we went to the zoo, we missed out on the carousel so it was one of our first stops this time.  

 Cora loved it too, but I couldn't get far enough away from her to take her picture.  She's a little crazy so I didn't want her jumping off an animal....I don't think that would win me any points at the zoo!

 Milan's favorite part has always been the peacocks walking around.  

 Whenever we have nice days, we head to the park down the street.  Here's Milan showing off her hanging skills....

 Cora likes to swing like a big girl.

Our other little climber.  Yesterday, Eden went across some monkey bars all by herself for the first time and was pretty dang proud of herself.  I'm sure she will be a little professional in no time.

 Yesterday, we headed to the Butterfly Pavilion.

 Milan was super excited to hold the Tarantula.  She thought it was pretty soft and very neat!

 Eden loved the butterfly garden.

 This picture cracks me up!  I guess it was just too much fun for them!  We didn't let this meltdown ruin our day though so we headed inside and played on the jungle gym, mazes, and climbed on the spider web.  All in all, a fun day :)

Valentine's Day Fun

I don't say this very often, but I was kind of a rock star mom about Valentine's Day.  We had love mail boxes during the month of February and the girls loved waking up to little treats.    

One day, everybody got super cool sunglasses.

 I love this....Eden is showing Cora how to put her sunglasses on.  

 I threw Eden a Valentine's party with her new little friends.  It turned out really cute, but I only got one picture....it's not even of Eden or any of her friends, just the cupcakes we made.  Oh well, you'll have to trust me, it was crazy, but fun!

Valentine's Day, the girls got some cute presents.  Again, no pictures, so just trust me, they were awesome!  I visited Milan's class for her party.

Then we came home and had a special Valentine's Day dinner with special floats, licorice straws, heart pizza, and treats. 

One of the best parts was that Dave just happened to be off for the day so we got to spend time together as a family!  Dave and Eden bought me a sweet surprise and we even got to go on a date!  I love my family so so much!

Valentine's Day Photos

I have always wanted to do cute Valentine's pictures for the girls and this was the year!  Since we just moved here, I didn't have any locations picked out, but we happened to find the perfect spot with about half an hour of daylight left.  Cora wasn't in the mood for pictures so I held her the entire time and captured Milan and Eden.  

This is what happened when I asked them to give hugs.  I love it!

She came up with this pose all by herself.  It doesn't really get any better than this!

This was the Valentine card we made for Milan.  She loved handing them out to her class and we received a couple of compliments from the little girls in her class and some parents at the party :). 

 This is Eden's card.  She mailed a couple to her old preschool teachers with handmade cards and handed some out at the Valentine party we hosted.

After our little photo session, we loaded back into the car, but for some reason Cora decided she wanted to do some pictures.  After we unloaded and walked back down to the field, she just sat down, waited for her sisters, and gave me her best smile even though she was freezing!  Since we missed Christmas cards this year, we mailed out cute Valentine's cards to our family! 

What's happenin'

We have had some chilly weather and lingering colds so we have been hanging out at home and having a blast!  

One day, Cora decided to wear her goggles all day long.....

Home preschool.  Honestly, I am hit or miss with this, but Eden is a smart cookie so it's ok :) 

 Group picture!  What is Milan wearing?  Just a bathing suit top, bandanna skirt, and robe tie headband, obviously :)

 Our little cook!  Look at that concentration......"hmmm, what should I add to this recipe?"

 Eden is posing with her hands up so I can take a picture of her finger callouses....I guess that is what happens when you suck on your fingers every day for 4 years.  Look closely on the fingers without nail polish.  Oh, and Eden's wearing jeans for the first time this year.  It lasted about two hours and she was pretty proud of herself.  

 We made Shrinky Dinks and Eden is just too cute!

 Another awesome outfit....flower girl dress and a robe.

 Our finished Shrinky Dinks!  (Set my camera on the tripod so we don't have heads, oh well, I like having pictures of me and my girls!)

 Today we ventured out into the snow.  Eden likes to eat it!

I gave the girls some measuring cups and buckets and they thought it was pretty cool for about 10 minutes (then they couldn't feel their fingers and wanted to come back inside.....can't blame them!)

 This is what happens when you realize you are too poofy to get back up on your own.  Dang it!  She was happy as soon as she could play with sisters again!