Merry Christmas to me :)

Yesterday my new appliances arrived. Oh, dishwasher how I love thee! My sink is clean and empty, my counters are spacious and my cupboards full :) It's been almost a year since our nice, expensive and not that old dishwasher broke :( I'm so glad to have one back in functioning order.

We also got a new stove to replace our 1980's gross, old one that was starting to near it's end. Now my burners actually look clean when I clean them, go figure. Today the girls and I baked sugar cookies in our new oven. Get this they have this light you can turn on and see inside the oven when your stuff is baking ;) Clara and Hazel were totally fascinated by this concept. I'm looking forward to baking Christmas cookies this year :)

Snow bunnies

The girls were having fun playing in the snow today. Clara can't get enough of it. She has been peeking through windows since it fell on Saturday to make sure it's still out there. Unfortunately, for her I don't think it's going to last much longer. Here she is with the snowman we made today.

(Excuse the fuzzy photos. I found a little girl fingerprint on the lense.)

Big Girl

Clara and I made strawberry banana smoothies for breakfast today. I decided to give Haze some in a big girl cup with a straw. She was so happy and proud of herself.

Shots and Such . . . Hazel is 18 months old.

We had Hazel's 18 month check up today. She's growing great. She's in the 70% for height - 32.5" and 40% for weight - 23 lbs. 9 oz. Her language skills are excellent and she's developmental skills are all good.

Bryan and I talked about whether to get the flu and H1N1 vaccines for the kids and decided we'd do what the doctor recommended. She said it's a good idea so we went ahead with them. Poor kid had to get 4 shots :( She was a trooper and only cried for a little bit. Clara on the other hand was completely ridiculous. She's always been great at the doctors, in fact she likes going and getting check-ups, really likes it. She's never been super bothered by the shots either. Well not today. She found out she was getting one and was hiding in the corner saying she didn't want any. She only got one and the other was a nasal spray. She freaked out about the nasal spray as much as the shot. I had to really hold her down and I felt horrible about it. Hopefully, it was worth it.

A day in the life of Hazel

. . . usually involves two things. She gets stuck in some completely insane predicament at least a dozen times throughout the course of the day. "duck! duck! DUCK!"





She insists on using her sister's potty because she has to pee. "Pee-potty!"


(She has not actually gone to the potty but hey it's a start.)

Christmas Crazies

Clara has now reached the age to grasp the concept of asking for specific presents. She's become obsessed with this Lego farm. She calls the Cow Farm. "I want the cow farm for Christmas. I'm getting the Cow Farm for Christmas. Santa is bringing me the Cow Farm." And she's pretty sure she's getting it too. I blame this on the influx of Lego catalogs that have recently permeated our household. Hmm . . . I wonder how those got here.

Lazy days

We seem to be having a lot of these lately. Not for lack of things that need to get done; dishes, laundry, etc. Time ticks by and that what happens, not much. I'm finally, getting caught up with this blog so I think I can let people know it's here. So, check out the older posts if your reading now. I've got lots of video clips I need to edit and post too, I'm always behind on those. Don't think I'm not doing anything. It seems like not much but imagine how much more time I would have if I didn't have to feed someone every other hour, change diapers, accompany a certain little girl to the potty, let dogs out, track a deaf dog down to bring her in, you get the idea. Plus, there is all the brainstorming of ideas to keep Clara occupied ALL DAY LONG. There are only so many times I can play Candyland before I feel the urge to scream at the top of my lungs. I really miss naptime. I love spending time with my kids but it's so nice having that hour or two of total quiet during the day too. And now I have to go, my twenty minute are up and I'm being pulled away so I can attend a trip to the sandy beach, at least it's not Candyland :)