We went to our local science museum yesterday
with Aunt Rosy. It was surprisingly quiet, which is how I like
it best. The kids had a blast. When it’s packed it’s really
noisy and Lex gets overwhelmed quickly and I loose him easily.
When it’s quiet he can run around and play with everything and
I can still see him — much more enjoyable for all of us!

Eve discovered herself in the mirror and spent
quite awhile talking to herself. Babies are so easily
entertained :) It will be fun when she’s moving and can explore
on her own, but for now I love having her close. Lex never
wants to play with me (*sniff*) so it’s nice to show Eve the
exhibits and play with her.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z14e7maZlHs]

Here’s just a little movie of Eve doing
her baby thing.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-56ifvcU_o]

We had our first real snowfall today. Our
neighbors across the street have a little hill in their yard
and we joined them for some sledding this afternoon. I think
we’ll be over there a lot this winter. Lex LOVED it! Even when
all the other kids went to play somewhere else, he wanted to
keep sledding :)

Sledding
with Parrish

Down the
hill sideways

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-D4dYd1pxM]

Here are a few pictures from our holiday
card photo shoot.




Now to find the time to put together
the card and order it…

It’s late and my laptop battery is almost
dead so this will be quick. I know it’s been a few days, so I’m
proactively avoiding nagging :) Seriously though, I took the
kids to Kohls today and bought them both cute holiday outfits.
Tomorrow we are going to have a family photo shoot and see if
we can get a good picture for a Christmas card. It’s about that
time again. When Lex was a baby I never felt tempted to buy him
Christmas clothes and at the store today I realized why. They
had one rack of slacks and sweaters for boys, all in red and
blue. But they had rack after rack after rack of holiday girls
clothes. So many cute things. I will even confess that I bought
her two dresses :) Yes, I did. If you’re all lucky I might post
a few preview pictures tomorrow. My dad is here doing some work
on the house and I’m going to get him to take a few of all four
of us together. Maybe we can actually get a nice family
picture. Ok, gotta hit post… battery dying….

Lex decided that the dog was hungry and needed a
snack. So he put the dog on the counter (Lex’s favorite place
to eat) and gave him a “bowl” (Eve’s new slipper). He cracks me
up.

When I was young I used to have this weird
dream of things watching me sleep. I recall seeing figures in
the doorway but the shapes were distorted from the bright light
behind. I guess I’m a little slow, but it didn’t occur to me
until I had Lex that perhaps these weren’t scary aliens – just
my parents. We got in and check on the kids every night before
we go to bed. Sometimes multiple time because they are just so
cute. Sometimes we even take pictures of them!! And now, gotta
love the Internet, I can share the pictures with the world!

PS. You can all thank Lauren for
reminding me that it’s been 5 LONG days without a kid update :)
Glad people care enough to nag!

We have our first daycare baby starting next
month and she came over for a few hours yesterday as a practice
run. Practice for me, my kids, her, and her mommy. We all need
some practice! She came right at nap time, which was tough, but
good since that’s the hardest part of the day. I was expecting
her to be fussy (she’s a baby, after all) and Lex to be
difficult (like I said, nap time), but what I was not expecting
was Eve to be jealous. That’s right, jealous! We were all
sitting on the floor reading stories and baby started crying. I
picked her up and Eve immediately reached for me and started
being fussy. It was so funny. Baby cried a lot and Eve cried
and Lex ran free. I ended up nursing Eve to sleep, rocking baby
in her carseat, and Lex got no nap. Like I said, we all need
some practice! Eve only took about a half hour nap (usually she
sleeps for a few hours). When she woke up, baby’s mommy was
back and Eve was all smiles. She kept looking at baby and then
giving me big hugs. She’s so mellow, but I guess there is a
jealous streak in there. So funny.

A little dinner time movie of my chatty
babies.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYJSMA4Ktgw]
Oh,
there’s daylight, this must have been lunch time. So hard to
remember… that was, like, hours ago!!