Speaking of too fast, Matney is going to be 3 a week from today. I don't even have words to explain what that feels like. Three is old, not like the thirty-one old that I am but the "geez, having a three year old makes me feel like I should have this parenting thing down by now and I am not even close and all my hair is going to be gray before she's five" kind of old. One thing that will not cause gray hair this year is parties. In the past we've done birthday parties here and I've stressed about invitations, food, decorations, etc. This year I got smart and we're having it at one of the places they like to play and we're combining both girls' parties into one. When I looked into renting a place I realized that as expensive as it seems it is cheaper than feeding 20+ people at my house twice...and WAY LESS STRESS! So, since the girls are too young to understand a calendar this year we're doing one joint party in the middle of April. Ahhh, can you hear my sigh of relief? We'll let the girls choose what they want to do with Mom and Dad on their actual birthday - pretty sure next week I'll be at a park, the pet store and the mall for Matney - and then have a big party at a place play for all their friends. Perfect, right? I'm thrilled!
Every morning, every.single.morning, the girls demand to be ballerinas. Actually HK comes screaming "rina-rina" with her shoes and tu-tu. I know they have to be cold but they don't seem to mind. I wouldn't care except that getting them dressed is like dressing a wiggling octopus. Having to do it twice, once to be a "rina" and once in real clothes is a real pain! But goodness they sure are cute!
HK loves cream cheese on a spoon. Strange I know but food is such a struggle with her that we let her eat almost anything she wants!
When the girls were supposed to be napping they were really having fun making a giant mess on my floor and climbing on the table.
After the climbing/mess incident above I decided they needed out of the house before they destroyed anything else. See Matney climbing up the stairs? She's so easy. See Halle Kate headed up the big, unstable ladder. She's so NOT easy!