1. The girls started the weekend off with a trip to the Science Center on Saturday morning (after our weekly trip to the grocery store). A few hours of fun before we headed back home for a nap (for the girls, not me). Ellie was very excited to take space food to school on Monday (they are studying space this month).
2. With the beautiful weather, we made sure to get outside and play in the snow Saturday afternoon. The girls had a blast playing in their 'snow fort' and making Olaf.
3. I love last minute plans that just come together. We were making lasagna for dinner (Ellie's request) on Sunday and, knowing we would have plenty of extras, invited another family to join us less than two hours before dinner. It worked out that they were available and we had an amazing dinner. The kiddos had a blast playing together and the girls slept well from the extra activity.
4. Neve is sneaky... and smart... Ellie usually claims the character of Elsa when playing Frozen with Neve. On Tuesday night we were listening to "Love is an Open Door" from Neve said that it was her and Daddy's song (Anna and Hans sing the song in the movie). Ellie commented that she wanted to be Anna and she was singing the song. Neve quickly agreed and then said that she was Elsa. Way to go Neve, outsmarting your sister so you can be Elsa.
5. I think Ellie is going through a growth spurt... she is eating anything and everything in site, is super emotional and has gone to bed pretty easy the past few nights (knock on wood). I better take inventory of our next size up in clothing!
Friday, February 13, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
5 on Friday
1. "It looks like a winter wonderland. But it feels like a blizzard." -Nick. Sunday morning after clearing the walk 8+ inches of snow (remember how we live on the corner and get double the sidewalk?).
2. We celebrated Nick's brother's birthday on Saturday at Jethro's Bacon Bacon. Ellie was very excited to have eggs for dinner! Neve was excited to see Grandpa.
3. "Pluto is too small, so they made it an indoor planet." -Ellie, age 5. Guess who is learning about the solar systems in school!? And I believe she meant dwarf planet, but she said indoor planet--- I asked her to repeat herself.
4. With all the snow we were driving nowhere on Sunday. Nick cleared the walks four different times throughout the day. Thank goodness our plans for the Big Game involved walking a few houses down. We made it, although the girls were not impressed with the walk and cold.
5. Neve's room had a "Frozen" day at day-care today to celebrate her teacher's last day. Neve was thrilled to dress-up as Elsa (surprise, surprise) and sang "Let It Go" on our way into school.
2. We celebrated Nick's brother's birthday on Saturday at Jethro's Bacon Bacon. Ellie was very excited to have eggs for dinner! Neve was excited to see Grandpa.
3. "Pluto is too small, so they made it an indoor planet." -Ellie, age 5. Guess who is learning about the solar systems in school!? And I believe she meant dwarf planet, but she said indoor planet--- I asked her to repeat herself.
4. With all the snow we were driving nowhere on Sunday. Nick cleared the walks four different times throughout the day. Thank goodness our plans for the Big Game involved walking a few houses down. We made it, although the girls were not impressed with the walk and cold.
5. Neve's room had a "Frozen" day at day-care today to celebrate her teacher's last day. Neve was thrilled to dress-up as Elsa (surprise, surprise) and sang "Let It Go" on our way into school.
Friday, January 30, 2015
5 on Friday
1. My sister turned 30 on Saturday and my niece turned 1 on Sunday! We celebrated with them at a joint birthday party on Saturday in Ames. Seems like just yesterday I was in the delivery room waiting for the baby to make her appearance.
2. Ellie is really into themes of birthday parties. My sister and niece's party had a "pink zebra" theme. Ellie had it all worked out a few days ahead of time, she was going to wear pink underwear and a pink shirt (no worries- she wore pants as well)--- the girl plans for the occasion. Then she found her clip on earrings and wanted to wear those. But they were flowers. So she wanted to know if it was a "pink zebra flower bush" party. We messaged my sister to ask. Sure enough--- it was! Ellie was on top of the world.
3. It was Ellie's turn to bring treats to Faith Formation on Sunday. She has been waiting all school year for this. She was very excited and picked out applesauce and raisins. I said no to the juice boxes and told her they could just drink water. She was actually OK with that- that's my girl!
4. Sunday night we celebrated with a family movie night. Popcorn, M&M's and Madagascar. Perfect.
5. Ellie's dance class costumes came in! The girls are going to look so cute!
2. Ellie is really into themes of birthday parties. My sister and niece's party had a "pink zebra" theme. Ellie had it all worked out a few days ahead of time, she was going to wear pink underwear and a pink shirt (no worries- she wore pants as well)--- the girl plans for the occasion. Then she found her clip on earrings and wanted to wear those. But they were flowers. So she wanted to know if it was a "pink zebra flower bush" party. We messaged my sister to ask. Sure enough--- it was! Ellie was on top of the world.
3. It was Ellie's turn to bring treats to Faith Formation on Sunday. She has been waiting all school year for this. She was very excited and picked out applesauce and raisins. I said no to the juice boxes and told her they could just drink water. She was actually OK with that- that's my girl!
4. Sunday night we celebrated with a family movie night. Popcorn, M&M's and Madagascar. Perfect.
5. Ellie's dance class costumes came in! The girls are going to look so cute!
Friday, January 23, 2015
5 on Friday
1. Last week Ellie was sick.
2. Then Nick was sick.
3. And then I was sick.
4. Neve wins! She avoided being sick. Thank goodness--- we needed some sort of break.
5. We were reminded of why we donate to IPTV--- we don't have cable and the girls rarely watch TV, but when Nick and I are both sick and the girls are home with us kid-friendly shows come in real handy. Thank you IPTV!
6. Then we spent time recovering from being sick. It was a boring two weeks.
7. Ellie was feeling better and able to make it to her friend's birthday party on Sunday. She had a great time and was very excited that Spider-man showed up!
8. Since we were sick we had to cancel the babysitter we had planned. Ellie was crushed. She even cried. She must like our babysitter (who also happens to be her teacher at school). I told her we would reschedule.
9. We are back and feeling much better now!
2. Then Nick was sick.
3. And then I was sick.
4. Neve wins! She avoided being sick. Thank goodness--- we needed some sort of break.
5. We were reminded of why we donate to IPTV--- we don't have cable and the girls rarely watch TV, but when Nick and I are both sick and the girls are home with us kid-friendly shows come in real handy. Thank you IPTV!
6. Then we spent time recovering from being sick. It was a boring two weeks.
7. Ellie was feeling better and able to make it to her friend's birthday party on Sunday. She had a great time and was very excited that Spider-man showed up!
8. Since we were sick we had to cancel the babysitter we had planned. Ellie was crushed. She even cried. She must like our babysitter (who also happens to be her teacher at school). I told her we would reschedule.
9. We are back and feeling much better now!
Friday, January 9, 2015
5 on Friday
1. Ellie and I broke out one of 'our' American Girl dolls, Marie-Grace (M-G), and started reading her story (our first chapter book!). Ellie thought it was awesome and loved playing with M-G. Neve wanted to know where her 'grown-up' doll was... unfortunately the other doll we/I have is Samantha, and I am not ready to pass her onto the girls yet. I told the girls they could share M-G. Maybe if Ellie loves M-G and takes good care of her (her hair specifically) she can pick out her own American Girl to ask Santa for next year (or the year after).
2. So the Marie-Grace chapter book tells all about the doll's life. The story is set in New Orleans in 1858--- Nick looked at me in shock when I came across the word "black boy" in the book. Explaining to Ellie how things were different back then has been interesting to say the least, but also a part of life. Maybe there would have been an easier book to read for our first chapter book, but I still love that Ellie is learning about history at such a young age.
3. Neve wants to dress-up like a princess EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Good thing she received a couple of new princess dresses for Christmas to add to her collection--- because that kid is 100% girl. It also makes me see how not-girly Ellie can be (I should have know by the sports lamp she picked out for her room.)
4. A friend of mine gave us a pink leotard that was too small for her daughter. It fits Neve perfectly and she is so excited about it. We were driving home one night, talking about how Ellie had dance class in a couple days when Neve quickly chimes in that she is going to be in dance class too! I told her she wasn't old enough and she could start next fall :( She came right back with, "but I have a pink dance outfit now!" Poor girl, she CANNOT wait for her turn to take dance classes. On Tuesday when Ellie went to dance class, Neve put on her pink dance outfit so she could match (despite the outfit being short sleeve and it being cold out).
5. Some days things just don't go your way. They happen. Wednesday at work was that day for me. I came home pretty upset and Nick kindly reminded me that there is always someone else out there that has it worse. Sometimes you need that reality check to remind you of how lucky you are, and make sure you don't take the 'good days' for granted.
2. So the Marie-Grace chapter book tells all about the doll's life. The story is set in New Orleans in 1858--- Nick looked at me in shock when I came across the word "black boy" in the book. Explaining to Ellie how things were different back then has been interesting to say the least, but also a part of life. Maybe there would have been an easier book to read for our first chapter book, but I still love that Ellie is learning about history at such a young age.
3. Neve wants to dress-up like a princess EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Good thing she received a couple of new princess dresses for Christmas to add to her collection--- because that kid is 100% girl. It also makes me see how not-girly Ellie can be (I should have know by the sports lamp she picked out for her room.)
4. A friend of mine gave us a pink leotard that was too small for her daughter. It fits Neve perfectly and she is so excited about it. We were driving home one night, talking about how Ellie had dance class in a couple days when Neve quickly chimes in that she is going to be in dance class too! I told her she wasn't old enough and she could start next fall :( She came right back with, "but I have a pink dance outfit now!" Poor girl, she CANNOT wait for her turn to take dance classes. On Tuesday when Ellie went to dance class, Neve put on her pink dance outfit so she could match (despite the outfit being short sleeve and it being cold out).
5. Some days things just don't go your way. They happen. Wednesday at work was that day for me. I came home pretty upset and Nick kindly reminded me that there is always someone else out there that has it worse. Sometimes you need that reality check to remind you of how lucky you are, and make sure you don't take the 'good days' for granted.
Friday, January 2, 2015
5 on Friday
1. You know what is great about a smoker? Making a week's worth of meals in one afternoon. Saturday afternoon Nick smoked up chicken, pork, a ham and some amazing baked beans with smoked bacon. We have plenty of food to last us through the week!
2. We had a relaxing weekend--- took down the Christmas tree and cleaned up the house.
3. Ellie decided that we since we got new toys for Christmas, we should donate some of our old toys to Goodwill. Great idea Ellie!
4. We celebrated New Year's Eve at the neighbor's house. Such a fun time had by all- even if Ellie and Neve did not fall asleep as planned. A great way to end the year.
5. New Year's day was relaxing--- a perfect start to the new year.
2. We had a relaxing weekend--- took down the Christmas tree and cleaned up the house.
3. Ellie decided that we since we got new toys for Christmas, we should donate some of our old toys to Goodwill. Great idea Ellie!
4. We celebrated New Year's Eve at the neighbor's house. Such a fun time had by all- even if Ellie and Neve did not fall asleep as planned. A great way to end the year.
5. New Year's day was relaxing--- a perfect start to the new year.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Halloween Activities--- better late than never?
I may be a little late in posting these. But they are too cute not to. We had an amazing month of Halloween and used our costumes a ton.
Ellie and her day-care class visiting Howell's Pumpkin Patch (and feeding the animals).
Pumpkin Carving!
Trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. (Have I mentioned in the last few weeks how much I love our neighbors?)
Night Eyes with cousin Liam.
Trick-or-treating at day-care.
Surprising Grandma and Grandpa Thorson on Ames' Beggar's Night.
Elsa, Elsa, Grandma and Grandpa.
Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Greving in Ames (along with Liam and Alida).
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