Snow Tunnels

Over the weekend Brent helped Gracie dig a couple of snow tunnels in the yard. Gracie had a lot of fun climbing through them! She claimed that she helped her daddy scoop out the tunnels, but I think he would tell you different.

Just Another Crazy Sunday Morning

It's never easy to get our clan ready for church and out the door. I don't think any family with kids has that luxury. However, Ella came up to me this morning while I was rushing around and gave me this look; a look like something was wrong.

She turned around and had her Zhu Zhu Pet caught in her hair. This has happened before, but this time I had to cut the strand to get the pet out. It was wound pretty tight. I never factor enough time in our Sunday morning routine for hamster removal from hair.

The girls both looked really pretty today, so I took some quick pics on the way out the door.

This was the first time Ella has consented to wear her boots for longer than 2 minutes. We cheered and clapped and told her how cute they were hoping it would make her wear them, and it worked. She did want them removed promptly after we got home from church though.

As you can see, Ella still doesn't like standing still to have her picture taken, so I had to resign myself to pictures on the run or on my bed. You can still tell what a cutie she was today!

Another Snowy Day

It takes 30 minutes to get everyone dressed to go outside, and then it doesn't last that long due to the cold temperatures. Gracie has had a lot of fun with all the snow. Ella thinks she wants to go out and play, but the cold weather zaps her pretty quickly. Here are just a few pics from their adventures outdoors today.

Two Dancing Princesses

Gracie started taking gymnastics at the YMCA. Yesterday was her first session, and she loved it. She went to bed asking, "How many days until gymnastics?" She hasn't been dressing up in her princess outfits much lately, but I guess gymnastics inspired her to get her gear out and get fancy again.

Since Ella has to be just like Gracie, she wanted to put on a fancy dress also. She is wearing Gracie's first dress up outfit, and she loves it just as much as Gracie did.

She's also trying out some of her own moves. Interesting, huh?!

Again with the moves! At 23 months, Ella is pretty limber!

That's all for now, folks! Shows over!

Gracie's PlayDoh Creations

Gracie and Ella got a monstrous set of PlayDoh for Christmas and they have been enjoying it very much. Today while Ella was napping, Gracie wanted to make PlayDoh inventions, so this is a picture of some of her inventions.

It really was pretty cute because she could tell me what each invention's function was. Very creative for a 5 year old!

Mmm, Mmm, Good

We made some cookies today and Ella got to experience licking the beater. She was a pretty big fan of this concept.

I loved licking the beater as a child, so it's fun to share the beater with my kids now. (Although if they aren't around I will still lick it sometimes!)

An Evening of Fun with Grandpa and Nana

Grandpa and Nana came up tonight for supper and to see the girls. They hadn't seen them since Christmas day. Gracie and Nana got involved in a fierce game of Connect Four.

I'm pretty sure Gracie ended up winning, and I think it was a legitimate win. She has a pretty good eye for Connect Four.

Papa and Ella worked on a puzzle which is one of Papa's hobbies.

After the games, we had a little fun with the Wii. After my parents got used to the Wii remote again they did pretty good.

Grandpa and Gracie drew each other pictures on the easel and then they would grade each others work and write nice comments. It was really cute to see some of Gracie's comments on Grandpa's drawings.