Crazy Cora

Cora is so fun and crazy!  She is also learning at lightning speed right now and constantly surprises me with new things she can say and do!  

Cora loves this horsie in her room and calls him a "neigh".  She calls most animals by the sounds they make like quack-quacks, meows (she has a Hello Kitty shirt and always request to wear her meow shirt), moos, etc.

 Sometimes Cora thinks that she doesn't need a nap so she jumps up and down in her crib for a while until I go get her.  Those days usually end like this.....

 Found some pasta in the pantry and thought it would be perfect for her kitchen.  

 When we don't have any morning plans we will stay in our jammies and read stories together.  She loves the tag reader and telling me the words that she knows.  It is one of my favorite times together.  Sometimes we get lucky and Eden joins us too and sometimes she is off playing by herself. 

 Cora has quite the distinct sense of style.  She put this outfit together all by herself (as you can tell by the wreckage behind her) and was pretty dang proud of it.

She also tried to put on Eden's Dora jammies.  The pants are upside down, but it seems to work.

Milan, Eden, and I went to the store and bought Cora a pink princess chair so that she can have a cute outside chair too.  Cora thought it would work better on top of the coffee table.  Speaking of princesses, Cora loves them!  She requests princess things whenever she can and especially loves Ariel.  

See, I told you she is a blast!  I really couldn't imagine our family without her.  

St. Patty's Day

We have some tricky little leprechauns at our house!  The girls try to catch them every year, but they always manage to get away.  This year, Milan build this awesome and very enticing house then hid syrup on the bed so the leprechauns would be stuck until morning.  Well, they didn't fall for it so they left a green note on the window that said, "Ha Ha Better Luck Next Year!"  The leprechauns also left green m&ms and glitter glue along with green toilet water, green balloons, and stuffed animals lined up along the stairs.  Tricky little buggers!

Eden and I made a special dinner with green pesto pasta, garlic bread, green Jell-o, rainbow fruit kabobs and green cupcakes.  Eden was quite the little helper in the kitchen.  Dinner was a hit and all the girls looked super cute in their green gear so I just had to take a picture!

Ballet

Eden is quite the little ballerina so I signed her up for a ballet/tap class through the rec center.  She was excited as soon as I told her and when it finally came to the day of her first dance class, she wore her "toleda" all day long!  Of course, Cora wanted to be a cute little dancer too.  Once we got to class, Eden was delirious; she is the one excitedly clenching her fists in the picture.  Love it!  She did so awesome that she was promoted to the older class.  Way to go Eden!

Little Man Ice Cream

We had some beautiful weather on Saturday we we headed downtown and checked out Denver's famous Little Man Ice Cream.  We had some yummy ice cream then headed across the street to the neighborhood park and it was so cool!  We met some great locals, played on teeter-totters, and loved the sunshine!  The day made me want to live in a city.....I guess we'll see if that happens.

Things to Remember {Cora}

Whenever Milan and Eden see a bird, they try to scare it by shouting, "BOO!"  Now, Cora thinks that is just what birds are called so she yells, "BOO" every time she sees a bird too!

She says "bye" when she wants her jacket on.

Tells me "neigh" when she sees a horse.

Points at the fridge when she wants her sippy of milk (which she prefers over just about everything else in the world.)

Loves to sing the wheels on the bus....her favorite part is the babies says "sh-sh-sh" with her finger over her mouth.

"U-show" means sit on the couch with a blankie and warm milk and watch a show.

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!