More Pictures from Snow Days...

Was having trouble posting all of them, so here goes the rest (hopefully).

Snow Days

So, last week the girls got out of school early on Tuesday and had no school on Wednesday or Thursday. We tried to make the best of it with a few bumps in the road...the girls played in the snow on the upper deck on Wednesday and than on Thursday we snuck out for a bit while Isaac and Sophia were napping (though it was terribly cold with the wind chill I only let them stay out for a few minutes). I think by Thursday afternoon I had lost my mind...I let the girls make "snow cream"...yes, I usually am telling them "don't eat the snow" and that day, I encouraged it. You take 8 c. of snow, one can of sweetened condensed milk and a tsp. of vanilla and you end up with GREAT ice cream. We made ours into sundaes with caramel and cherries on top!:) The girls really thought I had lost it. We also made cookies...we had about 100 cookies cut out, the girls helped to frosting about 20 of them and than got bored with it. However, they did continue to add the sprinkles. I have included a picture of the "special" cookie Elizabeth made for Matt. A little cookie with your sprinkles? We also tried to have a little photo shoot with Isaac and Sophia in their Christmas outfits from Nana and Papa.

Mr. Smarty Pants...or so he thinks!

No further explanation needed...unfortunately I didn't catch the picture of him after he had fallen into the basket head first...he was SO mad!

Just some random pictures.

True love...

So often, poor Elizabeth is being told for the thousandth time to "not lay on your brother or sister" when she is giving them a hug or a kiss...it usually turns into her smothering them with her love. However, they SO adore her. Here you can see that true love...so precious...again a reminder that if they aren't crying, it is okay...would much rather her love them too much than resent them for turning her little life completely upside down!

Our silly girls...

Grace and Elizabeth continue to add spark and laughter to our family. They are great sisters to one another and I am so thankful that for the most part, they get along. This morning it warmed my heart to hear coming from the bathroom, "Would you like me to help you with your toothpaste Elizabeth?" Simple pleasures...things moms sometimes need to hear...I continue to pray that they will be forever friends with one another, watch out for one another and love one another unconditionally.

Thanksgiving

Matt's parents came for Thanksgiving. Isaac---is the MSG thing in turkey really true? See for yourself...Elizabeth enjoyed the BIG turkey leg and is still talking about how she at it ALL, wondering if we have any more?

Sophia and Isaac

Eating like a good boy! And yes, that is mayo on his face...Matt and the girls decided that it would be funny to make him look like "Santa". Hey, anything to get him extra calories I guess! Sophia is getting better with her eating as well. We are finding that maybe she just prefers to eat table food rather than baby food...that is as long as we can get her to do it without gagging!













Sophia and Isaac continue to change daily. They are cutting teeth like crazy, not sleeping well at all and ever so curious as to what is going on. We are working our way toward table food and weening them off of formula ever so SLOWLY. They are now avid "pull ourselves up on anything and everything" kind of babes. It tends to be a problem when those things move or they lose their balance. I am sure that sooner rather than later they will figure out that they can creep along and not stand in one place.